Name: Playbook - Alexandra Yaeger - Upper Body // db only
Uploaded: 2022-10-24T00:26:15.437Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Upper Body // db only

- Lying on a flat bench, with feet planted on the floor, hold two dumbbells toward the ceiling and slowly lower your arms toward the floor.
- Keeping your elbows soft, reach until your upper arm is even with your shoulder, then return to the starting position.
- Move through your shoulders and not through your elbows.

Dumbbell Chest Fly

- Hinge and keep your feet shoulder-width apart
- One hand on the bench, and hold the dumbell with the other hand, this is your starting position
- Keep your hips, core, and spine tight
- Squeeze and pull the dumbell with your shoulder blade, then alternate

Single Arm Dumbbell Row

Assisted push up

These two workouts are designed to be completed back to back with no rest. I recommend using an ezbar for proper body mechanics/positioning. Rest only after you’ve completed both the skull crushers + narrow chest press.

Using a close grip, lift the bar and hold it with your elbows in as you lie on the bench. Your arms should be perpendicular to the floor. This will be your starting position.
Keeping the upper arms stationary, lower the bar by allowing the elbows to flex. Inhale as you perform this portion of the movement. Pause once the bar is directly above the forehead.
Lift the bar back to the starting position by extending the elbow and exhaling.
Repeat.

Skull Crushers

- Lie back on a flat bench. Using a close grip (around shoulder width), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over you with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.
- As you breathe in, come down slowly until you feel the bar on your middle chest. Tip: Make sure that - as opposed to a regular bench press - you keep the elbows close to the torso at all times in order to maximize triceps involvement.
- After a second pause, bring the bar back to the starting position as you breathe out and push the bar using your triceps muscles. Lock your arms in the contracted position, hold for a second and then start coming down slowly again. Tip: It should take at least twice as long to go down than to come up.
- Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
- When you are done, place the bar back in the rack.

Upper Body // db only

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