Name: Playbook - Hannah Bower - Upper Body Strength 9.5.24
Uploaded: 2025-07-18T02:13:09.992Z
Duration: 40 min
Description: Upper Body Strength 9.5.24

Kathryn

Beatrice

Delaney

Ashley

Great upper body workout! 💪🏻💪🏻

Eugenia

Enjoyed the workout and trying to get better at doing standard pull ups. Still pressed through with some assistance and all other workouts got stronger.

Dominique

That finisher was brutal! Decided to do the bike because I haven’t done a bike for 10 years lol! Not my fave! But it was a good burn!

Olivia

You will need a bench of safe surface for this warmup.

Recommended reps: 5-10
Recommended weight: none 

Modifications: limit range of motion/reps, perform on the ground 

Form:
-start on your knees with your elbows on a stable surface chest level 
-with an inhale you are going to very slowly begin to arch your back a single vertebra at a time pressing your elbows into the bench 
-think about dropping your chest to the ground 
-go slow
-go as far as range of motion allows
-then you will exhale expanding each vertebra at a time again 
-think about pressing your back into the ceiling 
-repeat

Bench Cat Cows

Recommended reps: 5-10
Recommended pause time: 3-5 seconds

Form:
-start seated on the ground with your shoulders pressed against a stable surface (bench, chair, bed)
-place your hands behind your head and point your elbows out
-lean back keeping your elbows wide and opening your chest and elbows as far as you can
-pause for a few seconds at the depth of your stretch 
-then left your chest and close your elbows as far as you can in a crunch 
-repeat

Thoracic Crunch

Recommended reps: 5-10
Recommended pause: 3-5 seconds

Modifications: weight is optional 

Substitutions: hands on the wall chest opener 

Form:
-Start in a hip thrust position. Heels driving into the ground with feet hip width apart, knees at a 90 degree bend, core is appropriately engaged to manage any pressure you may have, glutes engaged hips elevated.
-Maintaining this position, press a weight overhead.
-From there lower the weight behind your head
-keep a slight bend in your elbows 
-lower as far as you can opening your chest and stretching your thoracic cavity 
-pause at the depth of your rep for 3-5 seconds 
- begin to Pull that weight from behind your head back to over head while keeping hips high 
-Repeat while maintaining hip thrust position

Pullover Stretch

Corrective Warm-Up

Recommend reps: 6-8

Modifications: add bands for assistance, pull-up machine, can place one or both feet ona bench/safe rack in front for assistance, spotted pull-up

- Substitutions: inverted row, standard dumbbell/barbell row

- Equipment substitutions: barbell/rack, coffee table/island for inverted row

- Form:
- Start hanging bar (with or without assistance) with your wrists facing away from you, this
is the same set-up for an inverted row
- Spine, head, and neck are all neutral and in alignment, same with an inverted row
- Begin by retracting your shoulders, Retracting is when you engage your shoulder
girdles/scapula to come together to meet in the middle of your back (same with inverted
row)
- This will lift your torso upward and is the starting motion of a pull-up (or inverted row)
- Continue to retract your scapula while you think about driving your elbows downward to
the ground (same with inverted row)
- You will also be appropriately engaging your core to manage pressure (same with
inverted row)
- Try and visualize yourself pulling the bar downward rather than thinking about your chest
going upward (same with inverted row)
- Pull until your chin/chest are at bar level (chest level for inverted row)
- Lower slow and controlled by protracting your shoulder (spreading them apart/away from
each other) (same for inverted row)

Pull-Up

Recommended reps: 10-12 (total reps)
Recommended weight: light to medium (last 2-3 reps should be a challenge)

Don’t have access to heavy weights? Slow down tempo, increase reps 12-15, add a pause 

Equipment Substitution: back of
Chair or sofa 

Modifications: lower weights 

Substitutions: bent over narrow row, pullover 

Form:
- Start seated with your chest or head supported by an incline bench 
- with your weights in hand, first lift them up to shoulder level up in front of you in a Y position
-then maintaining their height, bring them out to a T position out by your sides
-briefly pause in this position 
-lower your arms down to your sides
-then for your next rep you will lift your arms back into the T-position and then bring them forward for their Y position 
-lower and repeat switching directions

Chest Supported Delt Raises (Y T )

You will need a bench and a pair for weights for this superset.

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: medium to heavy 

Substitutions: standing or seated upright bicep curl 

Form:
-start seated with a weight in your hand 
-lean forward and place your elbow into your inner thigh. 
-Spread your legs far enough to allow your range of motion for a bicep curl 
-lean forward at a 45 degree angle 
-keeping your elbow into your inner thigh begin to curl the weight to your shoulder 
-pause at the top of the rep
-lower slow and controlled

Seated Bicep Curl

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: medium 

Modifications: perform one arm at a time, can hold a single dumbbell with both hands  

Substitutions: any Tricep of your choice (overhead extension, kneeling extension, kneeling skull crusher)

Form:
-start laying on your back with a weight in each hand 
-press your weight(s) overhead 
-keeping your elbows above your shoulder girdle bend your elbow 
-don’t let your arm fall backwards
-keeping your upper arm in line with your shoulder, lower your weights as far as rehire of motion allows 
-pause at the depth of your rep 
-using your triceps extend your elbow, keeping your arm still, back to overhead 
-repeat

Skull Crusher

Recommended reps: 10-12
Recommended weight: medium to heavy

For beginners: can perform flat on the ground with your feet and back firmly plated on the ground, shorten time to 30 seconds and increase rest time 

Modifications: can hold your dumbbell laterally, rather than vertically which is shown in the video  (one head in each hand)

Substitutions: banded standing lat pull downs, y raise 

Form:
-Start in a hip thrust position. Heels driving into the ground with feet hip width apart, knees at a 90 degree bend, core is appropriately engaged to manage any pressure you may have, glutes engaged hips elevated.
-Maintaining this position, press a weight overhead.
-From there lower the weight behind your head
-keep a slight bend in your elbows 
-lower until your arms are parallel with your ears or however far range of motion allows 
-briefly pause at the depth of your rep
- begin to Pull that weight from behind your head back to over head while keeping hips high 
-Repeat while maintaining hip thrust position

Lat Pullover

Single Arm Bicep Curl ss Skull Crusher SS Lat Pullover

On a cardio machine if your choice go all out for 30 seconds and then immediately into your push-presses.

Rest as minimally as possible

Recommended time: 30 seconds
Recommended speed: all out 

Modifications: medium intensity 

Substitutions: any cardio machine of your choice 

Don’t have access to a cardio machine? High knees, burpees, jumping jacks, squat jumps, or any full body high intensity movement of your choice

Bike Sprint

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: light to medium 

Modifications: remove the push 
Substitutions: standard shoulder press 

Form:
-start in a standing position with your feet firmly planted on the ground, chest tall, and ribs stacked over pelvis
-slightly bend your knee to load up tension to press your weights to shoulder level
-keeping your torso still and core appropriately engaged press your weights overhead while also pressing through your legs
-do not lock out your elbows or your knees, keep a slight bend in both 
-lower the weights back to your shoulder while also bending your knees loading your next press 
-repeat

Push-Press

Finisher

Upper Body Strength 9.5.24

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Damn near took me out but in the best way!

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This one always has me dripping sweat 🙌🏼

Lexi Lou Williams

Hey.. hey you… want a good sweat sesh? Pick this one… you’ll be dropping your glistening magic everywhere!

Summer Burn: Week 10 Day 4| Full Body Conditioning/Flow

This one was a mental challenge today. Didn’t want to workout but did it anyway. I know I’ll never regret moving!

Summer Burn| Week 10 Day 3| Functional Strength & Core

Aissa Trevino

Loved the cool down it was definitely needed!!

Caitlin

Killed it this morning! Proud of myself 💪

Rachel T

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Those V Ups taking me back to my cheerleading conditioning days 😎

This one is a goooood one!

Glad to be back with functional training. Switched to hiit for a while and needed something different ❤️

Jennifer

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My favorite lower intensity running workout!

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Good start to the week with this one 🤘🏻

Summer Burn| Week 9 Day 4| Functional Strength + Core

I enjoyed it and I felt the burn and working.🔥

This one always gives me a good glow sesh 😎

Summer Burn| Week 9 Day 3| Power & Athleticism

Just what I needed and I enjoyed the full body core.

Great sweat and did extra set lifted a little heavier to burn off this anxiety and stress

Michelle 

Summer Burn| Week 9 Day 2| Functional Strength & Core

Kelsey

It went well with the other one I did today. My legs still burned in Bulgarian squat.

It may be a de-load week but we’re still getting a sweat in!

Summer Burn| Week 9 Day 1| Power + Athleticism

Just what I needed today. I couldn’t stand straight when I woke up because my lower back pain so I listened to myself and did this instead of forcing a gym session. Amazing thank you.

I was extremely anxious this morning. Body is tight, mind is tired and I didn’t want to go to gym. This was perfect. ❤️

Summer Burn| Week 8 Day 5| 40 Min Mobility: Follow Along

I took a break from this app to just go back to basic lift spilt. This year has been the hardest year and my gym motivation started to lack again so decided to revisit the app. This workout was just what I needed today

Morgan

It was good but confusing. Instead of seeing it as options it looks like double exercises with auto timer and longer than 4 minutes. I chose the week 5 since that one I enjoyed and still sweated.

Summer Burn| Week 8 Day 4| Full Body Conditioning Flow

Feel great and I know that I am going to be sore later.

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Martyna

Amber

Andrea

Summer Burn| Week 8 Day 2| Metabolic Conditioning

Chelsea

Oh my goodness this was HARD and humbling! 
The deadhangs were frustrating because my grip strength is SO weak that I ended up having a few 5 second hangs towards the end of the 2 minutes 🥵

Summer Burn| Week 8 Day 1: Power + Athleticism

I am done with week 7. I enjoyed the core.

Summer Burn| Week 7 Day 5: Core + Recovery

Cassidy

Absolutely killer but my favorite kind 😈

Summer Burn: Week 7 Day 4| Full Body Conditioning/Flow

Found a new fav exercise in Copenhagen drives! Felt good to try some new but somewhat familiar movements

Just finished Grit 1 and 2 so this was a fun change!

Lisa

Loved the new moves. Feeling tired but STRONG! 💪🏼🔥

Summer Burn| Week 7 Day 3| Functional Strength & Core

I love this one! Sweaty and hard!
The skater with MB finisher definitely finished me 😂😂

Summer Burn| Week 7 Day 2l Metabolic Conditioning

Dripping with sweat after those KB swings!

Tiana

Summer Burn| Week 7 Day 1| Power Athleticm

I’m done with week 6 and I enjoyed it that helped me decompress from work and refreshing.

Summer Burn| Week 6 Day 5| Pelvic Floor  + Cardio

Increased weights but modified a bit at the end because I was so wiped 🥵 looking forward to the three days hamstring soreness 😂

Summer Burn| Week 6 Day 4| Functional Strength + Core

Completed yesterday, killed my legs and core but in a good way. It’s been cool to see the progress

Summer Burn| Week 6 Day 3| Power & Athleticism

Upped weight in everything! Surprised myself because I wasn’t feeling particularly strong today. I’m literally stronger than I think 🥰

Angela

Summer Burn| Week 6 Day 2| Functional Strength & Core

Lindsay

Modified a lot. Shoulders bugging me and I’m not sure why so mostly did body weight but still got sweaty

Stephanie

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Emilia

I enjoyed the stretches and mobility. Just what I needed for the start of my day.

Brooke

Summer Burn| Week 5 Day 5| 40 Min Mobility: Follow Along

Shreya

Spicy and efficient! Did the 3 min EMOM and had about 30-40 seconds at the end of each round except the last round when I was struggling. Got through the second circuit in about 12min if the rest periods aren’t counted and 15 with 45 sec rest after each set

Summer Burn| Week 5 Day 4| Full Body Conditioning Flow

Will 100000% be feeli by those Supermans tomorrow! 🙇🏻‍♀️

That first circuit is one of my faves. Was dripping sweat by the end. Needed that!

Summer Burn| Week 5 Day 3| Functional Strength + Core

Increased weight and got an additional round in from 4 to 5! Feels good to be moving!

Shawnia

Love this one! Almost 6 sets and am sweatyyyy 🥵

Summer Burn| Week 5 Day 2| Metabolic Conditioning

Reading the comments I was prepared to sweat but HOT DAMN 🥵 🔥 just what my mind and body needed 💪

Summer Burn| Week 5 Day 1: Power + Athleticism

Just what I needed at the start of the day.

Felt good to stretch out the aches and pains

Summer Burn| Week 4 Day 5: Core + Recovery

Loved this! Upped weight for just about everything and felt good!

Summer Burn: Week 4 Day 4| Full Body Conditioning/Flow

Definitely started to lose grip strength in the second circuit at the 3rd set. Had to give up on the hanging tuck ups because I could literally not hold on! 🥹

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Summer Burn| Week 4 Day 3| Functional Strength & Core

Dying! Love these workouts. I can’t finish within the minute most of the time, but I’ll get there!

Hannah Sanchez

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Courtney

Always love mobility at the end of the week. 😍

Summer Burn| Week 3 Day 5| Pelvic Floor  + Cardio

I have not been motivated at all these last couple weeks with illness and just tired of working night shift. I feel like I’m going backwards on my progression.  One day at a time.

Started the night before then finished after midnight. Just what I needed.

Summer Burn| Week 3 Day 4| Functional Strength + Core

I loved this! The bi weekly Pilates really served me for this and it was nice to feel rather than see the work I’ve been doing!!!

This was a good deload week workout that still challenges!

Summer Burn| Week 3 Day 3| Power & Athleticism

Running on low fumes today so this one didn’t hit as much since I didn’t push myself as hard but I’m glad I got some movement in either way

Really enjoy this one for the simplicity!!

Definitely upped my weights and felt great to see the progression in a few weeks!

Summer Burn| Week 3 Day 2| Functional Strength & Core

Completed this Thursday but forgot to finish in app!

Might be low impact but not low on sweat 🥵 loved it!

Loved the break from all the plyo but no less of a sweaty mess than normal. 🥵 😂

Janessa Orwig

Summer Burn| Week 3 Day 1| Power + Athleticism

Loved this! Had both of my sons join in; they play club soccer and wrestle and they both struggled through the mobility. Trying to teach them to be intentional with their breaths and movements! We will be returning to this!

Krista

Dina

It was good. As a former dancer, it was interesting to see how mobile I still am in some areas even while being SO tight in other areas from being postpartum. I really appreciated it. Thank you!

KaLinda

Summer Burn| Week 2 Day 5| 40 Min Mobility: Follow Along

Love all the mobility exercises that you have in place….

Arpita

Think I could have gone from 4 min to 3 which was surprising because I really thought I’d be dragging today due to soreness but I had about 1:35 at the end of each EMOM. Got through circuit b in about 14 min with round 3 being the fastest after I found the flow.

Loved the 3 or 4 min EMOM!! Sooo good! 🔥

Summer Burn| Week 2 Day 4| Full Body Conditioning Flow

Slow burn! 🔥 
Those Superman’s about had me dead and I usually love a Superman! Humbling

My legs were quivering at the end of that. 3 mile run before probably didn’t help. But man those Superman’s burn it all out

Summer Burn| Week 2 Day 3| Functional Strength + Core

Loved this one! Burpees are a love/hate. Love because they work so well, hate because they work so well 🤣

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Julia

Summer Burn| Week 2 Day 1: Power + Athleticism

I always forget how impactful and good it feels to slow down and do some mobility. Some great work in there

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Steph

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been such a busy couple weeks but finally a solid lift in! this felt amazing!!!!

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MADE myself do this. That mental strength training though

Upper Body Strength 9.5.24

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