Name: Playbook - Caroline Drury - W2/D2 Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 8)
Uploaded: 2025-10-17T10:19:04.942Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: W2/D2 Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 8)

I’m lifting so much lighter but since it’s more reps than I’m used to, I have to drop. I usually do 6-10 reps. This is tough though!!!

Shanna

Jennifer

Sherry

Great! Time to up the weights a bit on some parts

Michelle FisherMayr

Severine

Great workout. I didn't want to go.  Feeling tired today but did it anyway! I'm trying to turn that mindset around.

Sandra Meyer

Deb Stanton

Amy Kuark

Erica

Rosemarie

Thank you Caroline! This workout is sooooo great 🌸

Enji

Leslie

I was able to increase my weight…probably should have done it on the first set and not the third!
I struggle with the dips due to arthritis in my thumb joint and left wrist…I substituted with triceps kick backs instead.

Martina

Second week of app and really enjoying it. Workouts are not easy, but the explanations, demos and community keep me coming back for more! I look forward to progressing through the blocks. Thank you, Caroline. It’s always nice to see your smiling, encouraging face! 🤍

Jacqueline

Yah got to use my fractional weights on cable machine

Brenda

Wanda 

It was great! Can you suggest how to reduce joint cracking? Thanks!

Natasa

W2/D2
Another great workout completed!
Can’t believe how great I feel and the extra energy I have!
Thanks Caroline!
Have a lovely day!
🧡🇨🇦💪🏻🏋️‍♀️

Diane

lois

A workout dedicated to the chest and triceps, and finishing with some core work.

2 sets
10 reps 
controlled tempo
45 seconds rest

- Lay back at an incline, a dumbbell in each hand
- With control, lower the arms to the side while keeping the arms extended 
- At the end of the movement, the arms will be by your side with the palms facing the ceiling
- Bring the dumbbells back up to the starting position

Dumbbell - Incline Chest Fly

3 sets
10 reps 
controlled tempo
60 seconds rest

- Lying on a bench, chair or ottoman, lift a pair of dumbbells to the starting position (just outside the chest)
- Press the dumbbells up to straight arms
- Lower the dumbbells with control back to the starting position

Dumbbell - Chest Press

3 sets
15 reps 
controlled tempo
60 seconds rest

- Place your hands on the front edge of the bench, chair, sofa or ottoman just outside the hips
- Move forward off the bench with arms extended and shoulders down 
- Bend at the elbows to lower your body
- Elbows should bend straight back 
- Extend your arms engaging your triceps back to starting position

Bodyweight - Bench Dip

A "superset" is an exercise sequence where you do the prescribed exercises one after another. 

In this superset, you will do:

A - Dumbbell - Hex Press
15 reps
controlled tempo
No rest; go directly onto B

B - Dumbbell - Overhead Tricep Extension
15 reps
controlled tempo
60s rest, then got back to A

Repeat this superset 3 times.

- Lay down on a bench, sofa, chair or ottoman with a dumbbell in each hand
- Place the dumbbells together side by side and press them up over your chest  
- Keeping the dumbbells squeezed together lower them back to your chest

Dumbbell - Hex Press

- Keep your elbows close to your temples
- Bend at the elbows to lower dumbbell down behind your head
- Extend your arms engaging your triceps to bring the dumbbell back up

Dumbbell - Overhead Tricep Extension

Chest & Tricep Superset 1

A "superset" is an exercise sequence where you do the prescribed exercises one after another. 

In this superset, you will do:

A - Bodyweight - Reverse Crunch
15 reps
controlled tempo
No rest; go directly onto B

B - Bodyweight - Frog Crunch
15 reps
controlled tempo
60s rest, then got back to A

Repeat this superset 3 times.

- Lying down with both legs raised off the ground
- Being your legs up and in until you reach 90 degrees
- At the top raise your hips off the ground
- Reverse the movement with control

Bodyweight - Reverse Crunch

- Perform crunches with your legs in Frog Pose: soles of your feet together, knees out

Bodyweight - Frog Crunch

Core Superset 1

W2/D2 Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 8)

I deeply appreciate a periodic “values inventory and alignment touchpoint”: is what I am doing right now aligned with my values? Why or why not? How to get back on track or stay in track? Am I serving my “old self” or the person I want to be? It’s not often a comfortable or easy exercise, but important to do.

Heather

W1/D0 Mindset Focus: Hierarchy of Change

W1/D0 Nutrition Focus: Pause the Diet Mentality

Kimberly Yamamoto

Stephanie

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Camille

Doris

Laura

W1/D0 👊 Intro to Block 1 - Week 1

Tavia

Great! Beautiful day here in Calgary. Got in over 13,000 steps in 3 separate walks — two with dogs and one by myself after dinner.

Cindy Roberts

W1/D1 Cardio

Whew.  Proud of myself today. Last time we did the split squats and that super set I only did 2 sets.  I did 2 this time and forced myself to go back and complete the 3rd as I knew I could.

Jen 🇨🇦

Just what I needed coming off of Block 24…felt like a Deload day.👍🏼

Milo

W1/D1 Quad Focused (RPE 7)

I’m sticking to the program with exactness this time. Only 15 minutes of cardio- not 30 or 45. Coach says 15 is enough so that’s all I did. 15 minutes of a walking aerobics video. Quick, got my heart rate up, and I feel refreshed not gassed. Now to focus on my nutrition- one meal at a time. Only focus on today.

Carrie

It’s hilly up here so I easily got my pulse rate up!  Yay!  Day 2 of cardio is done !  Did I mention the bear at our house as I came back down the street??? That gets my pulse rate up, too 😀

Decided to do 30 min Cardio even tho I’m recovering from a sinus cold 🤧

W1/D2 Cardio

Found second set of triceps really challenging after doing dips.  Dips are tough when you have a high BMI.

Super frustrated.  Just signed up, but only one of the exercises has a video and when there is a superset only the first exercise is explained.

Sarah

This was my first workout, coming back to the app and I loved it.

W1/D2 Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 7)

Lorna

Lorrie

W1/D3 Cardio

Got the app working and love the videos and the “digestible” workouts.

Francesca

Angie

W1/D3 Glutes & Shoulders (RPE 7)

Switched my Day 3 with day 4 since moving the Dock out was such a physical activity.

Tina 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Great. Went for a walk while my husband had a treatment. Sunny, 29 C, logged 7,000 steps and so good for my mental health.

Lisa B🇨🇦

W1/D4 Active Rest Day

WOW . Subbed for pull ups cuz no equipment. Don’t know what I did, or at least what it’s called…lol- just went thru it. 
Also did bicycle cruched for leg raises. Sweaty & Smiling☺️

W1/D5 Back, Biceps & Core (RPE 7)

Out along the Hudson River with my son ….way to get my pulse rate up when he comes along!

30 minutes on the treadmill - too smokey from BC wildfires to walk outside in AB! Good thing I made friends with my treadmill 😁🚶‍♀️👍

W1/D5 Cardio

Betsey

Had a hard time getting my heart rate up after a sleepless night. So maybe not cardio for the whole time but did my best.

Out for 21 minutes of cardio in the hills!  Average pulse rate was 123!! Yay!

W1/D6 Cardio

Wow the end really got my little tushy!!!🤗

Mighty Powerful Beauty Booty Workout😅😅😅

W1/D6 Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 7)

Did some steps on my walking pad. Gonna get outside for some FL Sunshine in a few!

Moderate exercise bike session, lots of other movement today.

Even Though it’s an active rest day, I’m heading out for at least 15 minutes of cardio

W1/D7 Active Rest Day

This is really helpful to me. Thanks Caroline.

Rachael 🇹🇹🇬🇧

W2/D0 Mindset Focus: Identity & Core Values

W2/D0 Nutrition Focus: Add, Don't Subtract

Kathy McCabe

W2/D0 👊 Intro to Block 1 - Week 2

Walked on my walking pad last light while watching tv because the day got away from me. No excuses👟

Yay!  Got it done late tonight after going to a celebration of someone s life…he died yesterday and so it seemed all the more important to take care of myself…

W2/D1 Cardio

Good workout.  Tough but I can do it tough, not I am going to give up tough!  Will feel that tomorrow or the next day.

Rose

W2/D1 Quad Focused (RPE 8)

Jill

W2/D2 Cardio

Elliptical 20min sprints 1 min on 1 minute off

6 km on exercise bike. Now on to weight training.

Oh man!  I keep forgetting to slide the completed slide when I do my cardio!

W2/D3 Cardio

Today everything was complicated. Equipment issues, work got in the way! But I adapted, overcame. It may not have been my best session - but it was another one done & it Counts. Small wins over time.

W2/D3 Glutes & Shoulders (RPE 8)

Awesome 30 mile ride in Maine with Amanda

Jacqueline Mathusek

W2/D4 Active Rest Day

Better the second time around ! Great wkout🌻

Done! Proud that I showed up! Hardest part is getting thru the gym doors

Found this really tough today as I increased the weights. Glad it’s done!

W2/D5 Back, Biceps & Core (RPE 8)

50 minute spin class — lots of sweaty fun!

1 hr walk in the rain combining day 3 and 5

W2/D5 Cardio

Done! Looking forward to an active rest day tomorrow.

This pushes me to get it in. I need the accountability. Seeing it unchecked won’t do! Did 20 minutes of incline walk with intervals of jogging.

W2/D6 Cardio

Debbie

Elena Iakovleva

Wooza! This one got my heart rate up & left me with Shaky LEGS🌻🥰

W2/D6 Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 8)

Getting Ready for a Family Dinner with my Mom , Adult kids & a few Grands🥰🌻💙💙

I switched my active rest day to today, Friday and will do the scheduled workout tomorrow.

Another great day of Vimeo g with Amanda!!!

W2/D7 Active Rest Day

Tara Lucas

W3/D0 Mindset Focus: Casting a Vision For Yourself

W3/D0 Nutrition Focus: Consistent Breakfast

Can progressive overload be something in macros? Like planning more at one time if you’re new and you’ve just been planning one day at a time I think that’s where my focus is gonna be this week.

Love Caroline’s workouts. They are progressive, well thought out on her part, and takes the wondering “what should I do next” out of mix for me. She’s actually the one doing the heavy lifting! 😉😂

Cheryl

W3/D0 👊 Intro to Block 1 - Week 3

W3/D1 Cardio

Increased weight and that certainly sneaks up on you!

W3/D1 Quad Focused (RPE 8.5)

W3/D2 Cardio

Feeling great, pushing myself, shaking at the end of some of these sets, but not too much and in a good way. On to Cardio!!! I even took some videos to send in for a review

On week 3 of block 1 and I haven’t missed a day! Increased my weight this week!

Mary Lee

Able to increase weight for 2 sets then back to lower for 3rd. Arms like jelly!

W3/D2 Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 8.5)

Did some cardio today wasn’t allowed to work out yesterday or today due to blood work so I’m getting back at it tomorrow but did a good almost 3 mile walk. Florida is a free sauna right now.

Perfect day for cardio along the Hudson River!!

Great - now on to EMOMS while away from home! 😁💪

W3/D3 Cardio

Great Workout !!!!Third Time was the Best💪🏻🌻

Amazing!!!! 🤩 so effective. Versatile. The burn 🔥 is ALWAYS there. Love love love

Erin 🇨🇦

W3/D3 Glutes & Shoulders (RPE 8.5)

1 hour walking in the mountains!! 😁🏔️

W3/D4 Active Rest Day

Jenivere

W3/D5 Back, Biceps & Core (RPE 8.5)

A gorgeous cardio along the Hudson River again..with the smell of fall 🍁in the air!!! I love it!!!

W3/D5 Cardio

W3/D6 Cardio

Finally had time at this training to get in a workout before work feels so good

Will increase weights and/or reps on all next time

W3/D6 Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 8.5)

W3/D7 Active rest day.  Just finished, it is a beautiful fall morning in Indiana. Much needed rest day for my sore muscles.  Onto W4/D1 tomorrow ❤️

Nancy 

W3/D7 Active Rest Day

W4/D0 Mindset Focus: When Did You Decide to Accept that Limitation?

W4/D0 Nutrition Focus: Hydration Anchor

Loree

Love this!!! A n d I really needed to hear it!! Thank you so much!!! A little heavier weights, better for , greater focus!!!!YES!!

W4/D0 👊 Intro to Block 1 - Week 4

Coming off a 10 day volunteer trip where I had no control over food or time. Stayed in a deficit & focused on protein tho. Also caught a cold/virus. So lungs are a bit heavy & coughing at night. But still gonna do some cardio &  macro planning

W2/D2 Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 8)

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