Name: Playbook - Flourish Fit - Wk 10 | Elevate Total Upper Burn 1
Uploaded: 2024-04-24T20:26:58.110Z
Duration: 50 min
Description: Wk 10 | Elevate Total Upper Burn 1

Know my arms are gonna be so sore tomorrow. But it’s worth it!

Afia

Gaining my strenght back little by little 💜

Annika

Follow these movements to help warm-up and activate your muscles before you begin your workout.

Complete for 10 reps on each side 

Form tips:
- hand below shoulder, knees below hips
- place your fingertips behind your ear
- drive your elbow up toward the ceiling 
- focus on moving through your upper and mid back

All 4’s Thoracic Rotations

Exhale as you drive up
Inhale as you lower

Form tips:
• begin with hands below shoulders 
• maintain a neutral spine
• drive hips up as you squeeze your core 
• lower slowly 

❌ avoid arching your spine or letting your core collapse at the bottom of the plank

Push-back

Form Tips:
• place fingertips behind ears
• abs locked in 
• drive up, squeezing your upper back and driving elbows up 
• keep glutes flexed 
• hold for a second at the top before lowering 

❌ don’t lose tension in your core or it will place the load on your spine 

✅ do breathe through the movement

Back Extension

Warm-Up

Complete reps on both sides before going into the next set or exercise - as reps get lower, try to increase your weight & go heavier

Form tips
• shoulders back, abs locked in, and neutral spine 
• supporting arm right below shoulder 
• double check your shoulder is back before rowing 
• drive your elbow back toward your hip keeping the weight close to your side 
• lower slowly with control 

❌ don’t let your shoulders & back round forward 
❌ don’t swing the weight or use your whole body to row 

✅ do focus on using your back to pull the weight up 
✅ do keep your head down neutral with your spine

Bent-over Single Arm Row

After the first exercise go straight into the second exercise with minimal rest. Then rest once both exercises are complete and repeat for the sets given.

Complete reps on both sides 

Gym: use cable machine
Home: use long band 

Form tips: 
• begin by locking your shoulders back and down 
• chest should be slightly out 
• abs locked in 
• keep palm facing in 
• imagine you’re driving your elbow into your side  
• squeeze at the bottom and release slowly 

❌ don’t round your shoulders forward 
❌ don’t move your whole body to pull the weight 

✅ do keep your shoulders locked in the entire time

Single Arm Lat Pulldown

Gym: use cable machine
Home: use long band 

Form tips: 
• begin by locking your shoulders back and down 
• chest should be slightly out 
• abs locked in 
• grip just outside of shoulder width 
• imagine you’re driving your elbows into your sides 
• squeeze at the bottom and release slowly 

❌ don’t round your shoulders forward 
❌ don’t move your whole body to pull the weight 

✅ do keep your shoulders locked in the entire time

Lat Pulldown

Superset

Complete on each side

Form tips: 
• keep core locked in 
• slightly tuck elbow forward 
• press directly over your shoulder 

❌ don’t lean side to side as you press 
❌ don’t arch or round your back 

✅ do keep your body in a straight line and locked in

Kneeling Single Arm Press

Advanced: full push up, modification #1, or #2
Beginner: modification #2 or #3

*Your focus is on the lowering phase of the push-up for a count of 5 seconds 

Form Tips: 
• begin in a straight arm plank position with hands below shoulders, neutral spine, and abs locked in.
• as you lower, slightly tuck elbows as your let your upper body fall forward over your hands 
• lower on a count of 5 seconds, challenging yourself to go as slow as possible
• drive back up when triceps are parallel with the ground 

❌ don’t arch your back 
❌ don’t flare your elbows out wide 
❌ don’t look up 
❌ don’t do half reps 

✅ do focus on using your chest and arms 
✅ do think about pushing the ground away from you to help push you back up 
✅ do go through the full range of motion 

Modification #1
• drop to knees at bottom, still keeping your spine neutral and hips down 

Modification #2
• drop to knees as you lower & push-up, still keeping your spine neutral and hips down 

Modification #3
• drive your hips up using your upper body to push and return to a straight arm plank with control

Negative Push-Up

After the first exercise go straight into the second exercise with minimal rest, and into the third. Then rest once all exercises are complete and repeat for the sets given.

Total reps include both sides (7 reps each way) 

Form tips: 
• stand in good posture with shoulders back and abs locked in 
• lock elbows into place 
• focus on using your bicep to curl 
• isometric hold halfway down 

❌ don’t swing your elbows forward and back 
❌ don’t use your whole body to help you curl the weight 

✅ do focus on isolating your biceps 
✅ do slow down and focus on control

Iso-hold Alternating Bicep Curl

Advanced: legs straight 
Beginner: legs bent 

Form tips:
• place hands right outside of hips
• keep eyes looking forward to keep your neck straight 
• roll your shoulder back and lock in your core
• drive elbows straight back as you lower 
• press up by squeezing your triceps 

❌ don’t hunch/round your shoulders forward 
❌ don’t flare your elbows out as you lower 

✅ do stop lowering before your shoulders start to take over the load or once triceps are parallel with the ground
✅ do focus on your triceps doing the work

Floor Assisted Tricep Dips

Form tips
• stand with good posture 
• keep your core locked in 
• keep a slight bend in your elbow to protect your joints 
• lead with your elbow, not the weights 

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

✅ do focus on isolating your shoulders

Alternating Shoulder L-Raise

Arm Finisher🔥

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This was a toughy… almost gave up but worth it in the end !!!

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