Name: Playbook - Eliza Katoa - Dumbbell Only Home Upper Body Workout
Uploaded: 2024-04-14T21:11:06.664Z
Duration: 70 min
Description: Dumbbell Only Home Upper Body Workout

Vanessa 

Phew. I got steroid injections in both of my hands for trigger fingers and couldn't grip heavy weight for today but made do with modifications and still kicked my butt

Brandi

Christine

Kourtni

Work your entire upper body with this one. 💪🏽 

Focus on moving with intention by slowing down the movement, connect your mind the muscle your working and push yourself with the weight you lift while still maintaining that good form. 

❗️For a shorter workout: do 2-3 sets of each superset instead of 3-4! Feel free to cut down the burnout or skip it all together. 

❗️for the burnout: feel free to use another cardio machine if an assault bike isn’t available and perform 20-30 seconds of all effort followed by your weighted v-ups. To modify the v-up, do a bent leg version, or straight leg DB crunch OR do glute bridges with a dumbbell. 

❗️modify the PLANK movements between each superset by elevating your hands onto a box or bench to take some pressure off of your core.

Lie on your mat on your stomach. Extend your arms out wide at shoulder level. 
Turn your head to look at your left fingers so your right ear is on the ground. 
Lift your left leg off the floor and bend the knee. 
Take the leg across the body towards your right fingers. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t make it all the way, but try to pull away from your hips and twist your spine to enhance the stretch. 
Take a deep breath at the end of the posture before you release back to the starting pose. 
Repeat on the other side.

Scorpions

Cat cow

Setup: Get into a quadruped position with the knees under the hips and the hands under the shoulders with the spine in a neutral position. For the first position, place one hand on the upper back or back of the neck. Do not pull down or put pressure into neck with hand.

Action: Begin to rotate leading with the eyes, head and shoulder as far as possible down toward the hand. Then reverse the motion leading with the eyes, head and shoulder rotating upwards as far as possible. Maintain position of opposite arm with elbow extended while moving in both directions and keep the lumbar, thoracic and cervical aligned during rotation. For second position, change the hand position and place it on the low back with the palm facing up. Repeat the exercise with the hand in this position.

Return: Bring the hand back to the start position under the shoulder returning to the full quadruped position after the exercise.

Quadruped T-Spine Thoracic Rotations (15 reps each arm)

Child’s Pose To High Plank Single-arm Reach

Bend in half and place both hands on the floor. Alternate opening up one arm up and open that chest to the opposite wall. Alternate sides.

floor touch rotations

Start in a high plank position. Lift your hips slightly and engage your core. Walk your hands up to your toes and bend in half. Feel a deep stretch in your hamstrings. From here, walk your hands back out to a high plank position. Repeat!

Inchworm plank

Step 1: Attach one end of a resistance band to sturdy object about stomach level. Grab the other end in your right hand with an overhand grip.
Step 2: Next, turn around so the attached end is behind your back. Stand tall and bring your right elbow up so that your upper arm is in line with your shoulder. Bend your elbow 90 degrees so your forearm is perpendicular to the ceiling. This is the starting position.
Step 3: Begin exercise by rotating your forearm down so that your forearm is parallel to the ground, or until you feel a comfortable stretch in your shoulder. Slowly reverse movement back to starting position.

Band shoulder internal rotation (20 each arm)

Fasten an elastic band at elbow height. Grab the band, step away and stand sideways to the band.
Grab the band with your arm that is on the opposite side from the band’s attachment point. Keep your upper arm close to your side, and bend your elbow to 90 degrees.
Rotate your upper arm externally (outwards) against the resistance of the band, as far as possible.
Reverse the movement, and repeat for reps.

Band external shoulder rotations (20 each side)

- Stand holding a band forward of your shoulders
- Pull your arms apart and back adding tension to the band
- Release and repeat

inhale: think down and out, ribs expand and core fills with air and pelvic floor relaxes 

exhale: pull band apart and think up and in. Pelvic floor gently lifts/contracts, bring muscles core muscles together. Think about “zipping up” those core muscles.

Resistance band pull aparts

Grab a resistance band, loop it under your feet, and hold it in each hand, with your arms at your hips. 

Pull the band just up to chest level, flaring your elbows out to the sides. Pause, then reverse the movement.

Band upright row

Upper Body Warmup

Sit underneath a barbell that’s mounted up on a squat rack. Pull yourself up and above the barbell and then back down. The more you use your legs, the easier it will be. Pull straight up like you’re doing a pull-up.

Barbell pull-up (5-10 reps)

- Start in a push up position with hands elevated on DB’s/KB’s
- Lower your chest to the ground as far as you can go
- Lower SLOWLY 
- Straighten your elbows to press back up

Deficit Negative push-ups (6-10 reps)

Push Pull Superset

- Hands directly under your shoulders
- Back is not flat, upper back slightly rounded and crunch your abs
- Keep entire body tight as you hold position for time

High plank hold

- Hold the dumbbells in front of you with your palms facing you
- Press up and rotate your wrist until your palm is facing the opposite direction with one arm 
- Lower with a slow and controlled movement
- Alternate and switch arms

Dumbbell seated Alternating Arnold press (7 each)

Face your palm out and row that double back by scooping your elbow back toward the wall behind you.

Single-arm supinated row (10 per side)

Superset (3-4 rounds)

On all fours elevate your knees so they’re hovering above the ground and engage the core. Tap one shoulder and extend your opposite leg straight out. Repeat on both side and alternate. 

Modification: keep knees on ground while tapping shoulder and extending leg.

Bear plank shoulder tap leg extension

Start a nailing position and make sure that you are maintaining good posture. Hold one dumbbell in both hands start with the dumbbell on one side of your body. Exhale and engage your core and lift that dumbbell up an overhead to the other side and let that dumbbell come down to your other leg. Alternate going side to side and repeat for time.

Kneeling dumbbell overhead side to side raises

Start with your upper back on a box or a bench. Create a 90° angle with your legs and fully extend your hips up and hold this position. Make sure that you have a band above your knees. 

From here, hold your dumbbell image hand start with the dumbbells, fully extended over your chest, with a slight bend, and your elbows, lower those arms out, laterally away from each other and pause at the bottom. From here, bring those dumbbells back together to the starting position and repeat as you hold that hip bridge.

Hip bridge hold dumbbell pec fly

Superset (3-4 sets)

Hold a low side plank and crunch your elbow to your opposite elbow.

Side plank oblique crunch

Sit on a bench and hold one dumbbell with both hands directly above your head. Slowly flex your elbows and lower the weight behind your head as you keep your upper arms still. Extend your arms and repeat.

Seated tricep extensions

- Hold the dumbbell with palms facing the center of your body
- Keeping elbows close to your body
- Curl the dumbbell toward your shoulders 
- Pause at the top then lower under control  
- Switch arms and repeat

Alternating hammer curls (10 per side)

- Bring your elbows down to the ground 
- Keep your core engaged
- Try not to move your hips back and forth 
- Extend one arm then the other

Up down planks

- Keep a slight bend at the elbow
- Raise your arms until you reach shoulder height 
- Lower with a slow and controlled movement 
- Lower down at a 3-2-1 count

Dumbbell lateral raises w/ a slow lower

- Curl the dumbbells up 
- Rotate your wrists at the top 
- Lower the weights with your palms facing the ground
- Focus on a slow controlled movement

Dumbbell zottman curl

- Lay with your legs straight out in front of you
- As you raise your legs, reach the dumbbell toward the ceiling and raise your upper body off the floor
- Slowly lower yourself back and try not to use momentum
- you can do this movement on a bench or the floor

Dumbbell V-up

Bend your elbows and place your hands on your ears. Perform high knee toe taps on the bench as fast as possible!

High knee toe taps on bench (hands on head)

OPTIONAL burnout

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ended the day with a great workout!! thanks, feeling good!

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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 glad that one is done!

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Such a sweaty finisher. Stuck with 20s the whole burnout felt good

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