Open Gym Strength and Conditioning – Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding RPE Scale

RPE 1-3 || This should be a weight that an athlete can move with ease throughout the intended rep range.

RPE 10 || This is a max effort for the intended rep range. The athlete should be fully taxed at the end of each set.

Glutes and Core Warm-up (Checkmark)

Hip Halo Warmup

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3 rounds

5 Alt. V-ups (each side)

10 Lying Heel Taps (each side)

5 Cat/Cows

Focus: Move with intention and focus on each movement you are performing

Demo Videos

Mayhem Hip Halo Activation

Alt Leg V-ups (each side)

Lying Heel Taps (each side)

Cat/Cows

Weighted Hip Thrust (5 sets: 5 Reps – RPE 8
)

*Rest 1:00-1:30 b/t sets

*Build to a moderate weight; stay the same or build across sets

Focus: Set up and brace a bench to prevent it from tipping. Put a hip halo just above your knees drive out on the band throughout the movement. Using either a barbell or heavy dumbbell across the hips, place the upper back on the bench. Place feet squat width apart and drive through the heels to elevate the hips until extension is reached. Keep the glutes engaged during entire extension to prevent overextension of the lower back. Use an extra t-shirt or towel to provide padding if barbell/dumbbell is uncomfortable when loaded.

Deficit Sumo DB/KB Deadlift (4 sets: 10 reps – RPE 8
)

*Rest 1:00-1:30 b/t sets

*Build to a moderate weight; stay the same or build across

Focus: Feet should be in a wider than shoulder width stance and turned out. Feet should be on elevated surfaces with open space below the body for DB to pass through. Hold DB by one head and sumo deadlift. DB/KB does NOT have to make contact with the floor for full ROM. Squeeze glutes to stand up.

GHD Hip Extension (4 sets: 10 reps – RPE 8
)

*Rest 1:00-1:30 b/t sets

Focus: Set up GHD so hips are slightly past the hip pad. Go down to 90 degrees and raise to parallel. Avoid using excessive momentum to complete reps and squeeze glutes at the top of each rep. If you do not have access to a GHD you can sub Barbell Good Mornings.

Single Leg DB Hip Thrust (4 sets: 10 reps (each side) – RPE 8
)

*Rest 1:00-1:30 b/t sets

*Build to a moderate weight; stay the same or build across sets to the opposite side. Keep dumbbell centered over the hips the entire time.

Focus: It is advised to set up your bench so that it is braced against a rig or upright to prevent tipping. Place the upper back on the bench and both feet next to each other, flat on the floor. Place a dumbbell laterally across the hips. Position the feet far enough from the bench, so that when hips are extended, shins will be vertical. When correct foot placement is found, extend one leg forward and squeeze glutes slightly so that a neutral pelvis can be maintained throughout the entire movement. The extended, non-working leg is ok to touch the floor between reps but should not aid during the hip thrust rep. Drive through the foot of the working leg, squeezing the glute to extend the hip. Return down to the starting position and repeat all reps on that side before switching to the opposite side. Keep dumbbell centered over the hips the entire time.

Core (Time)

4 Rounds

15 Abmat Sit ups

10 Around the Worlds

30 sec Hanging L-sit hold

30 Seated Oblique Twists with Med Ball (each side)

30yd Offset Overhead Farmer Carry (left overhead/right farmer hold)

30yd Offset Overhead Farmer Carry (right overhead/left farmer hold)

*Rest 2:00 b/t sets

Scoring: Time

Demo Videos

Sit Ups

Around the Worlds

Hanging L-Sit Hold

Seated Oblique Twists with Med Ball

Offset Overhead Farmers Carry – One Overhead & One Farmer Carry

Cooldown/Mobility (Checkmark)

1 min Seal Pose

1 min Pigeon Pose (each side)

30 sec Cross Leg Forward Fold (repeat with opposite leg on top)

1 min Foam Roll Glutes (each side)

Demo Videos

Seal Stretch

Pigeon Stretch

Cross Leg Forward Fold

Foam Roll Glutes

Mini-Pump Sessions are used as a supplement to another Mayhem Athlete track or on days when you are pressed for time and cannot complete the full day’s bodybuilding session as programmed. You should NOT complete today’s bodybuilding program AND the mini-pump session. Choose one or the other.

Glutes and Core (Time)

4 rounds:

10 Weighted Hip Thrust @ moderate weight

10 Deficit Sumo DB/KB Deadlift @ moderate weight

10 GHD Hip Raise @ moderate weight

10 Single Leg DB Hip Thrust (each side) @ moderate weight

15 Abmat Sit ups

10 Around the Worlds

30 sec Hanging L-sit hold

30 Seated Oblique Twists with Med Ball (each side)

30yd Offset Overhead Farmer Carry (left overhead/right farmer hold)

30yd Offset Overhead Farmer Carry (right overhead/left farmer hold)

*Rest 3 minutes b/t rounds

Demo Videos

Weighted Hip Thrusts

Deficit Sumo DB or KB Deadlift

GHD Hip Raise

—–scale to: Barbell Good Mornings

Single Leg DB Hip Thrust

Sit Ups

Around the Worlds

Hanging L-Sit Hold

Seated Oblique Twists with Med Ball

Offset Overhead Farmers Carry – One Overhead & One Farmer Carry