Butts and Guts is posted once a week, on Sundays. These workouts are for anyone who wants more work on the posterior and midline and can be added in whatever day makes most sense for you!

We typically suggest that when you add this workout in to the regular program - or even to one of the other accessory workouts - to treat it as a finisher as opposed to doing it before. You can find suggestions for which workouts the Butts and Guts workouts will fit in with best in the write ups for Program A, B, and C each week!

WARM UP
LOWER BODY DUMBBELL WARM UP

WORKOUT

4-5 Rounds (18-22 Min)

1 Minute of Tempo Air Squats (Tempo = 3330)
30 Second Rest
1 Minute of DB Front Rack Dead Stop Forward Lunges
30 Second Rest
1 Minute of Bear Hold w/ Arm Lifts
30 Second Rest

Suggested Weight:
Men: 40-50# DBs
Women: 25-35# DBs

Score: Weight Used for Lunges

COACHES NOTES
The way the tempo for the air squats goes is - 3 seconds down - 3 second hold at the bottom - 3 seconds to stand - no pause at the top going into the next rep. You should be ACTIVE for the entire minute - even in the bottom hold, you should be fighting for the best position possible. If you do the tempo correctly, you'll finish the minute in a bottom squat hold which is totally fine. Just come to standing normally for your rest. For the lunges, if you absolutely cannot do forward and/or from a dead stop, you may do regular reverse lunges. If your knee caps are sensitive, you can touch down to a pad or towel. Think of accumulating as much time as you can in the bear hold. You will likely need to rest at some point during the minute, which is fine. Do your best to not let your hips shift or rotate much. Stay squared away!

AIR SQUAT
Set up with feet shoulder width apart. Fire up your belly. Reach your butt back and down, with heels down, drive your knees out and keep your chest up. Get your butt below your knees at the bottom and stand all the way up at the top of each rep. Read Coaches Notes for tempo description!!!

DUMBBELL FRONT RACK DEAD STOP FORWARD LUNGES
For these lunges, make sure the dumbbells are resting on the shoulders with the elbows high! Keep the chest up, but do not overextend the back. Keep the belly tight! Make sure you take a long enough step forward so that your front heel is firmly planted when the back knee GENTLY touches the ground. Pause for a 1-count. Stand all of the way up between reps and alternate legs with each lunge until 1 minute is up.

BEAR HOLD WITH ARM LIFTS
Start on your hands and knees. Your wrists should be stack directly beneath your shoulders and your knees directly beneath your hips. Curl your toes under and press into them and your hands to hover your knees just off the floor. Pull your lower belly in toward your spine and spread your shoulder blades apart. Hold here for as much time as you can within 1 minute as you alternate raising your arms from the floor. Hold for 1-2 seconds with your bicep near your ear.

DB/Back/Front/Air Squat

If you have a hard time maintaining control and a stable midline in the bottom of the squat or if you find yourself bearing down to get out of the bottom, try subbing a target or assisted squat to shorten the range of motion. A box squat is always a great idea especially during pregnancy to strengthen the posterior chain and balance out the growing belly.

Lunge

If you have any pubic symphysis pain or SPD focus on keeping your pelvis neutral and your hips level. You could always do lighter weight, smaller step/less range of motion, or step up or forward instead of step back in the lunge lunge.

You can also try stepping laterally onto a stack of plates or something instead of stepping back or up, sometimes this helps create some control in managing the position of the pelvis. Feel free to sub a squat or goblet squat for the lunges.