Name: Playbook - Flourish Fit - Week 4 | Upper EMOM + Core
Uploaded: 2024-04-24T20:26:57.973Z
Duration: 35 min
Description: Week 4 | Upper EMOM + Core

Arms on fire! Did a 30 minute yoga too 😊

Nicole

Daisy

At the start of the minute complete the reps/time given. The remaining time of that minute is your rest. At the start of the next minute begin the next exercise. Completed each exercise in the round, then repeat for the rounds given.

Each single press + double press = 1 rep

Form Tips: 
• stand with good posture, abs locked in
• feet planted hip width apart for stability 
• press weights directly over shoulders
• as you lower, slightly tuck elbows forward to protect your joints 

❌ don’t jerk the weight up using your whole body 
❌ don’t arch your back as you press 

✅ do focus on isolating your shoulders and upper body to press the weight

Single to Double Shoulder Press

Form tips
• stand with good posture *shoulders back 
• keep your core locked in 
• keep a slight bend in your elbow to protect your joints 
• think about scooping the weights up 
• drive weights together and squeeze your chest at the top 

❌ don’t swing your arms 
❌ don’t use your whole body to raise the weights 

✅ do focus on isolating your chest

Underhand Chest Raise

Gym: use cable machine 
Home: use long band 

Form tips
• shoulders back, abs locked in, and neutral spine 
• lock your elbows into place my your sides in a 90 degree angle 
• drive the cable/band straight down and flex your triceps at the bottom 
• release slowly keeping your elbow locked in place 

❌ don’t let your elbows come forward 
❌ don’t do half reps 

✅ do focus on isolating your triceps 
✅ do go through the full range of motion, squeezing and flexing your tricep when your arm is straight

Tricep Press Down

7 half from the top
7 half from the bottom
7 full
= 21 reps

Form tips
• stand with good posture 
• keep your core locked in 
• keep elbows locked in place as you pivot your forearms around them 
• squeeze and flex your biceps at the top before lowering 

❌ don’t swing your elbows forward
❌ don’t use your whole body to lift the weight 

✅ do focus on isolating your biceps to lift the weight 
✅ do go through the full range of motion, lowering the weights all the way back down

Bicep 21’s

Advanced: regular 
Beginner: modification 1 or 2 

Form tips:
• begin with hands below shoulders 
• feet hip width apart 
• spine neutral, core tight, and glutes flexed 
• when you drop to your elbows land right below shoulder
• keep hips locked in place by keeping your core flexed 

❌ don’t arch your back or lift hips in the air 
❌ don’t rock hips back and forth as you move up and down 

✅ do keep your core tight through the entire movement 
✅ do always land hands and elbows right under shoulders

Plank to Push-up

EMOM

Complete each exercise then repeat for the rounds given.

Advanced: regular 
Beginner: modification 

Form tips: 
• place hands under bum (this will help protect your spine and engage your core) 
• keep abs & ribs locked down
• think about driving your spine down on the ground  
• with control kick legs up in down focusing on using your core 

❌ don’t arch your back off the ground 

✅ do breathe through the movement

Scissor Kicks

Form Tips:
• keep legs as straight as possible 
• reach straight up towards your toes (only go as high as you can) 
• return slowly with control back down 
• always return your head back to the floor to avoid straining your neck 

❌ don’t jerk yourself up 
❌ don’t rush 

✅ do focus on using your core to pull you up 
✅ do breathe through the movement *breathe out as you go up, and breathe in as you return back down* 
✅ do squeeze for a second at the top

Straight Leg Reaches

Form Tips: 
• hands placed below shoulders 
• knees placed tight below hips
• feet hip width apart 
• knees hovering about 2 inches off the ground 
• keep your spine neutral 
• lock in your core and squeeze 

❌ don’t round or arch your back 
❌ don’t lift your knees too high off the ground 

✅ do keep breathing 
✅ do think about flexing your core tighter every time to exhale

Bear Plank

Form tips: 
- place finger tips behind ears
- knees in a 90 degree angle 
- bring your shoulder blades and hips off the ground at the same time, squeezing your core 
- release until you are back in your starting position 

✅ do breath through the movement, exhale as you crunch and inhale as you release

Double Crunch

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