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Progressive Overloading

74 min
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11 exercises
Week two is coming to a close! You must be feeling harder, faster, better, stronger already! Give those legs a good butt kicking today and get outta here!
Sandbag Lunges
3 sets
12 reps
30 sec rest
2:00 rest
Barbell Squats
4 sets
10 reps
90 sec rest
Progressive overloading. Squat no further than a 90-degree angle.
2:00 rest
Leg Press
4 sets
10 reps
90 sec rest
Progressive overloading. Big presses!
2:00 rest
Barbell Push and Press
4 sets
10 reps
90 sec rest
Progressive overloading. Nail it! But be careful getting it up...as always.
2:00 rest
Lateral Shoulder Dumbbell Raises
3 sets
8 reps
60 sec rest
Progressive overloading. Keep your arms almost fully extended throughout the movement.
2:00 rest
Standing Dumbbell Calf Raises
3 sets
15 reps
60 sec rest
Build build build!
1:00 rest
Jump Squats
1 sets
30 reps
Complete as fast as you can with minimal rest!
2:00 rest
Jackknife Sit-up
3 sets
12 reps
45 sec rest
Focus on your form. Straight legs are always best!
1:00 rest
Plank
3 sets
45
30 sec rest
Plank it out for the full 47 seconds, and then take the weekend off!
1:30 rest
Sled Pulls
5 sets
1 reps
60 sec rest
1:00 rest
Sled Pushes
5 sets
1 reps
60 sec rest
This Progressive Overloading 74 min gym workout plan effectively targets your abs, back, legs and shoulders. Easily follow this workout with confidence on your phone or printable exercise program with our clear exercise demonstrations. You can also look up step-by-step instructions for each of the 11 exercises and see which muscle groups they target. Enjoy!

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Progressive Overloading
74 min
 · 
11 exercises
Week two is coming to a close! You must be feeling harder, faster, better, stronger already! Give those legs a good butt kicking today and get outta here!
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Sandbag Lunges
3 sets
12 reps
30 sec rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
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Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Hamstrings
  1. Hold the powerbag/sandbag against your chest with your arms curled around it from the under side.
  2. Take one step forward (around 1.5 times a normal forward step).  
  3. Lower your body into the lunge until the forward leg reaches a 90-degree angle bend. Your back knee should only just hover from the floor.
  4. Push upwards through the front leg and drive your body back to the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings
  1. Holding a dumbbell in each hand, stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
  2. Keep your shoulders back. And your back straight.
  3. Take a long stride forward with your right leg. Your right foot should be in a position, that when you bend your right knee, your upper and lower leg form a 90 degree angle.
  4. Slowly bend both your knees, to lower your hips until your left (rear) knee is just above the floor. Hold for a count of one.
  5. Return to the start position by slowly straightening your legs and raising your body back to a standing position.
  6.  Complete all the repetitions for one set full set, then switch legs, or you can alternate between legs for each rep.

Do not let your knee travel past your toes in the down position as this can cause instability and injury.

Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Shoulders
  1. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart while holding a light dumbbell to your chest. You should hold the dumbbell by one end between your hands, with the other end extending down your torso. This is the start position.
  2. Squat down keeping your slightly arched and pushing your hips back.
  3. Continue down until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
  4. Hold for a count of one.
  5. Return to the start position.
  6. Repeat.

This exercise can also be performed with a kettlebell.

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Barbell Squats
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Barbell Squats
4 sets
10 reps
90 sec rest
Set 1 of 4
Rest before next set
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Progressive overloading. Squat no further than a 90-degree angle.
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings, Lower Back
  1. Set up the barbell on the squat rack so that it is at the same height as your upper chest.
  2. Position your body under the bar, with knees bent so that the bar is resting high on the back of your shoulders.
  3. Grip the bar with your hands comfortably wider than your shoulders.
  4. Slowly straighten your legs to push upwards, lifting the barbell from the rack and take one step forward.
  5. Stand with your legs shoulder width apart.
  6. Bend your knees forward and allow your hips to bend back as if sitting down,
  7. Continue this movement down until your thighs are parallel to the floor or slightly more, making sure your knees are pointing in the same direction as your feet.
  8. Hold for a count of one.
  9. Push up through your heels while straightening your hips and knees, until you are standing in the start position.
  10. Make any adjustments necessary to your stance and grip before continuing on the next repetition.

Do not rest the bar on your neck. Keep your head facing forward at all times. Keep your back straight throughout the entire movement.

Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves
  1. Begin by positioning a barbell at or just below shoulder level in the squat rack. Behind the squat rack, place a tall wooden box or chair. Place yourself underneath the barbell. Make sure the bar is across your upper traps and NOT on your neck.
  2. Place your feet outside of shoulder-width with your toes pointed slightly out. Brace your core and keep your chest up.
  3. Bend at the knees as you drive your hips back. Lower yourself slowly until your butt touches the box. Pause then drive your hips forward to return to the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Lower Back
  1. With your feet shoulder-width apart, stand with dumbbells as your sides with your palms facing each other.
  2. Keeping your back straight and facing forward, squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
  3. Pause for one second.
  4. Pushing up from your heels, raise back up to starting position and repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Hamstrings, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors
  1. Begin the movement by stepping on to a resistance band with your feet at shoulder-width, toes pointed slightly out.
  2. Bring your hands to your shoulders, keeping the handles of the band behind your shoulders. Brace your core and keep your chest up.
  3. Bend first at the knees then at the hips. Be sure to keep the chest up and abdominals tight. There should be no arch in your back.
  4. Pause when your thighs are parallel with the floor, then slowly return to the starting position, feeling the tension from the band in your quadriceps.
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Leg Press
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Leg Press
4 sets
10 reps
90 sec rest
Set 1 of 4
Rest before next set
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Progressive overloading. Big presses!
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Hamstrings
  1. Sit down on a leg press machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at shoulder width.
  2. Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform  and press the platform all the way up until your legs are fully extended in front of you bot do NOT lock your knees. Your torso and legs should be at a 90degree angle to each other. This is the start position.
  3. Inhaling, slowly lower the platform until your upper and lower legs form a 90-degree angle. Pause for a count of one,
  4. Return to the starting position by pushing through the heels of your feet, engaging your quadriceps. Exhale as you do so.
  5. Repeat.
  6. After completing the desired number of repetitions, make sure you lock the safety pins of the machine before alighting.

Always check to make sure that when you re-rack the weight the platform is securely locked.

Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings, Lower Back
  1. Set up the barbell on the squat rack so that it is at the same height as your upper chest.
  2. Position your body under the bar, with knees bent so that the bar is resting high on the back of your shoulders.
  3. Grip the bar with your hands comfortably wider than your shoulders.
  4. Slowly straighten your legs to push upwards, lifting the barbell from the rack and take one step forward.
  5. Stand with your legs shoulder width apart.
  6. Bend your knees forward and allow your hips to bend back as if sitting down,
  7. Continue this movement down until your thighs are parallel to the floor or slightly more, making sure your knees are pointing in the same direction as your feet.
  8. Hold for a count of one.
  9. Push up through your heels while straightening your hips and knees, until you are standing in the start position.
  10. Make any adjustments necessary to your stance and grip before continuing on the next repetition.

Do not rest the bar on your neck. Keep your head facing forward at all times. Keep your back straight throughout the entire movement.

Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves
  1. Begin by positioning a barbell at or just below shoulder level in the squat rack. Behind the squat rack, place a tall wooden box or chair. Place yourself underneath the barbell. Make sure the bar is across your upper traps and NOT on your neck.
  2. Place your feet outside of shoulder-width with your toes pointed slightly out. Brace your core and keep your chest up.
  3. Bend at the knees as you drive your hips back. Lower yourself slowly until your butt touches the box. Pause then drive your hips forward to return to the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Lower Back
  1. With your feet shoulder-width apart, stand with dumbbells as your sides with your palms facing each other.
  2. Keeping your back straight and facing forward, squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
  3. Pause for one second.
  4. Pushing up from your heels, raise back up to starting position and repeat.
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Barbell Push and Press
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Barbell Push and Press
4 sets
10 reps
90 sec rest
Set 1 of 4
Rest before next set
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Progressive overloading. Nail it! But be careful getting it up...as always.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps, Triceps
  1. Stand with feet hip width apart and grasp a barbell with an overhand grip.
  2. Make sure your hands are placed slightly wider than shoulder-width.
  3. Bring the bar to chest height and slightly retract your head back.
  4. Bend the knees, hips and ankles to dip slightly.
  5. Use your legs to explosively drive your body upwards and drive the barbell off your shoulders, extending your arms overhead.
  6. Lower the bar to your shoulders and repeat.
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Lateral Shoulder Dumbbell Raises
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Lateral Shoulder Dumbbell Raises
3 sets
8 reps
60 sec rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
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Progressive overloading. Keep your arms almost fully extended throughout the movement.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
  1. Stand with your back straight, feet shoulder width apart, while holding a dumbbell in each hand with a neutral grip.
  2. Hold your arms fully extended by your side, with your palms facing in to your body.
  3. Keep your elbows close to your sides. This is the start position.
  4. Keeping your arms fully extended and your torso stationary, lift the dumbbells out to your sides and up until they are at shoulder level. Exhale as you do so.
  5. Hold for a count of one while squeezing your shoulder muscles.
  6.  Return to the start position in a smooth controlled movement inhaling as you do so.
  7. Repeat.

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Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Neck & Upper Traps
  1. Sit on a bench, holding a dumbbell in each hand. Your hands should be at your sides.
  2. Maintain a flat back and tight core. Look straight ahead during the movement.
  3. Be sure to maintain a slight bend in your elbows at all times.
  4. Extend your arms out to the side and guide the weight up. Your arms should come to parallel with the floor.
  5. Pause, slowly lower the weight back to the starting position. Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs
  1. Place your left foot onto the middle of a resistance band. Step forward with the right. Tighten your abdominals and avoid arching your back.
  2. Maintaining a slight bend in the elbows at all times, slowly raise your arms up from the sides of your body. Be sure to favor the front as you lift.
  3. Once your arms reach parallel with the floor, pause, feel the contraction, and slowly lower back down.
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Standing Dumbbell Calf Raises
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Standing Dumbbell Calf Raises
3 sets
15 reps
60 sec rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
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Build build build!
Primary muscle group(s):
Calves
  1. Place an exercise step or something similar on the floor in front of you. It should be two or three inches high.
  2. Holding a dumbbell in each hand, place your toes and the balls of your feet on the step. Make sure the arches of your feet are not on the step and your heels are on the floor.
  3. Raise your heels as high as possible by pushing through the balls of your feet and toes while extending your ankles. Hold for a count of one.
  4. Return to the starting position by bending your ankles until you feel a stretch in your calves.
  5. Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Hamstrings
  1. Sit down on a leg press machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at shoulder width.
  2. Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform  and press the platform all the way up until your legs are fully extended in front of you bot do NOT lock your knees. Your torso and legs should be at a 90degree angle to each other. This is the start position.
  3. Inhaling, slowly lower the platform until your upper and lower legs form a 90-degree angle. Pause for a count of one,
  4. Return to the starting position by pushing through the heels of your feet, engaging your quadriceps. Exhale as you do so.
  5. Repeat.
  6. After completing the desired number of repetitions, make sure you lock the safety pins of the machine before alighting.

Always check to make sure that when you re-rack the weight the platform is securely locked.

Primary muscle group(s):
Calves
  1. Sitting on a calf raise machine, position your upper thighs under the top pad. The pad should be resting just above your knees.
  2. Place the balls of your feet on the foot plate.
  3. Keeping the balls of your feet in position, lower your heels as far as possible.
  4. Slowly raise your heels as if standing on your toes. Continue as far as possible until you feel a stretch in your lower calves. Hold for a count of one.
  5. Slowly lower your heels back to the starting position and repeat.

If the machine isn't equipped with foot plates, you can use barbell plates placed under the machine to increase your range of motion. Don't

Primary muscle group(s):
Calves
Secondary:
Abs
  1. Set up two weight plates on the ground next to each other. Position a loaded barbell across your trap muscles. Step on to the weight plates with the balls of your feet.
  2. With a tight core and flat back, raise yourself up with your feet only. Pause at the top of the raise.
  3. Slowly lower yourself down but do not touch the ground. Raise yourself back up.
  4. Repeat.
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Jump Squats
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Jump Squats
1 sets
30 reps
Set 1 of 1
Rest before next set
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Complete as fast as you can with minimal rest!
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings
  1. Stand with your feet hip width apart. Your toes should be pointing straight ahead or only slightly outward.
  2. Cross your arms in front of your body, place your hands behind your head or at the sides of your head.
  3. Keep your weight on your heels and bend your knees while lowering your hips towards the ground as if you are sitting down on a chair.
  4. Keep your back straight at all times.
  5. Continue until you feel a slight stretch in your quadriceps. Do not let your knees extend out beyond the level of your toes.
  6. Pause for a count of one.
  7. In an explosive movement, drive down through your heels pushing yourself up of the floor with your quads.
  8. At the same time extend our arms out above you.
  9. Land with your knees slightly bent to absorb the impact.
  10. Repeat
Primary muscle group(s):
Calves, Hamstrings, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Glutes & Hip Flexors
  1. Begin standing tall with a tight core. Your chest will be up and your gaze will be straight ahead. Bend at the knees and drive your hips back as you lower yourself into a squat position.
  2. Launch yourself up while simultaneously twisting to the other side. Your body will perform a 180 degree turn in midair.
  3. Land with bent knees and immediately go right into another jump squat, turning to the starting position. Repeat this alternating pattern.
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Hamstrings
  1. Place your feet at shoulder width apart while keeping your chest up and your abdominals braced.
  2. Begin the movement by swinging your arms up towards your shoulders. At the same time, bend at the knees and drive your hips back like you’re sitting in a chair.
  3. Once your upper thighs are parallel with the ground, pause, then drive your hips forward to return to the starting position.
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Jackknife Sit-up
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Jackknife Sit-up
3 sets
12 reps
45 sec rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
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Focus on your form. Straight legs are always best!
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
  1. Lie flat on an exercise mat, extending your arms straight back behind your head.
  2. Fully extend your legs also. This is the start position.
  3. Bend at your waist and at the same time, raise your legs and arms to meet in a closed jackknife position. Exhale as you do this.
  4. At this point, your legs should remain fully extended at between 35-45 degrees from the floor.
  5. Your arms should be fully extended, parallel to your legs.
  6. Your upper body should be raised off the floor.
  7. Return to the start position by lowering your arms and legs back to the floor, exhaling as you do so.
  8. Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
  1. Lie flat on your back with your feet flat on the ground, with your knees bent at 90 degrees. Alternatively, you can place your feet up on a bench a few inches apart with your toes turned inwards and touching.
  2. Place your hands lightly on either side of your head.
  3. Keep your elbows in  so that they are parallel to your body.
  4. Push your back down flat into the floor to isolate your abdominal muscles.
  5. Gently curl your shoulders forward and up off the floor.
  6. Continue to push down into the floor with your lower back.
  7. Raise your shoulders about four to six inches only.
  8. Hold and squeeze your abdominal muscles for a count of one.
  9. Return to the start position in a smooth movement.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
  1. Position yourself on a decline bench so that your feet are secured by the pads. Lay back and place your arms across your chest or behind your head.
  2. Begin the movement by pulling yourself up by your abdominals. Do not force yourself up by pulling on your neck. Let your abs do all the work.
  3. Once at the top, slowly lower yourself back down. Again, focus on the abs doing all of the work. Repeat by bringing yourself back up.
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Plank
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Plank
3 sets
45
30 sec rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
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Plank it out for the full 47 seconds, and then take the weekend off!
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
  1. Get into a face down position on the floor supporting your upper body on your forearms. Your elbows should be bent at 90 degrees.
  2. Extend your legs straight out behind you, supporting them on your toes and balls of your feet.
  3. Keep your body in a straight line by tightening your abdominal and oblique muscles.
  4. Hold for as long as possible.

For extra balance training and core strengthening, you can lift one arm or leg.

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Sled Pulls
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Sled Pulls
5 sets
1 reps
60 sec rest
Set 1 of 5
Rest before next set
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Primary muscle group(s):
Biceps, Middle Back / Lats
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
    1. Load up the sled with enough weight to challenge you, and extend the rope so that it’s laid out straight along the ground.
    2. At the end of the rope, stand with your feet wider than shoulder width apart and squat so that your knee is at just more than a right-angle bend.
    3. Grasp the rope firmly in you hand ensuring that your stronger arm is further away on the rope and almost fully extended.
    4. Embrace your core and pull the rope with your stronger hand allowing it to come towards your body while extending your weaker arm out and continuing the same motion.
    5. Keep this as fluid as possible using your back and arms to pull the sled all the way in. Then, reset and redo!

 

 

 

 

 

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Sled Pushes
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Sled Pushes
5 sets
1 reps
60 sec rest
Set 1 of 5
Rest before next set
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Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Shoulders
  1. Place an appropriate amount of weight on a resistance sled. Begin by placing both hands on the sled. Step back with your right leg. Bend your left knee and bring it towards the sled. With both feet on the ground, bend at the hips. This is the starting position.
  2. Beginning with your right leg, step forward towards the sled. Keep your arms straightened as you push the sled forward.
  3. Alternate stepping forward while contracting your core. Maintain a flat lower back and a lowered gaze.
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