Name: Playbook - Hannah Bower - Week 1 Day 3 Spring Training: Upper Body
Uploaded: 2025-07-08T00:56:35.750Z
Duration: 30 min
Description: Week 1 Day 3 Spring Training: Upper Body

wow, arms are still hurting from monday!!

Brianna

This was a humbling and slightly disappointing workout for me.  It showed me that I’ve lost some strength gains in my upper body.  Got some work to do!  💪🏼

Quick and dirty- just how I like it. Bis and shoulders are 🔥

Paula Kane

Loved this! The finisher was really fun and dynamic

Morgan

That finisher absolutely crushed me! Haha

Abby

Pike pushup/movement were difficult! Can’t wait to build on them!

Jackie

Beatrice

Wow one of my favourite finishers! Great workout 💪🏻

Eugenia

Brittney Howell

Tough time getting in the mood today, really had to turn off my brain and just do it! Great upper body, I also started with the treadmill for a few mins to get warm in my cold basement 😆💪🏾

Anessa

Recovering from food poisoning so took it easier today. Loved the workout, nice to feel stronger!

Jade

Delaney

Kara

So close to be able to do unassisted pull ups 🙌🏻

Taylor

Mindy

I fell a couple days behind, so I’m gonna finish this week. I’m gonna be behind, but frankly I don’t care. I have to do what’s best for my body. My body is saying rest I’m sore, especially with a previous back problem and we’re still trying to figure out if it’s the hip pelvic or the fourth lumbar and fifth lumbar sitting on top of each other which one I have no idea. Realized I cannot do a pull-up for the life of me. I thought I had great upper body strength my arms are strong but in the upper pull up core is just not there so from now on when I go for a walk and there’s a park I’m going to the monkey bars and I’m gonna hang there to give that upper body strength, otherwise that it was an awesome workout

Renee Barker

Fun and effective. Definitely feeling that last pike! Will try one foot next time!

Kelsey

Loved the pike holds at the end. They were so challenging but in a fun way. Added in some handstand pushups which I haven’t tried in years. This workout was a blast!

Stephanie

Lovely! Modified the pike planks and just did normal but got a real core burn in

Lauren

Dominique

Different workout for me but I really enjoyed it!!! The finisher was 🔥 🔥 🔥 
Love the corrective exercises.

Katie

Jennifer

Jessica

Pull ups are so so hard for me so it was good to work on them specifically!!

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You will see a bar, dip machine, and bench in this workout, but remember modifications for home equipment are in the description

This warmup has been in my rotation for years! 

Short, sweet, simple!

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended sets: 1
Recommended band tension: light

Substitution: Use a light pair of dumbbells for bent over reverse flys, can also use cables 

Form:
-Start standing with your ribs stacked over your pelvis and feet firmly planted in the ground
-hold your band folded in both hands, or
Your cables crossed 
-lift your hands shoulder level out in front of you
-as you begin your pull, engage your scapula by retracting your shoulder blades together
-pull your wrists apart keeping a slight bend in your elbows
-pull until your arms are out at a T position 
-wrists stay level with your shoulders
-release the tension in the band or cable by adducting your arms back together
-repeat

Rear Delt Pulls

Recommended reps: 5-10 per side 
Recommended sets: 1
Recommended weight: none

Modifications: limit range of motion 

Form:
- Start in a child's pose position; knees and hands on the ground, hips seated back and low onto your calves.
- Press one hand into the ground while you place the other one behind your head 
- from there you will begin to open your chest by driving your bent elbow towards the ceiling 
-twist your entire torso to stack your shoulders 
-twist as far as you can
-then you will lower your elbow back towards the ground 
-once your shoulders are square you’ll then continue to reach your arm underneath your chest and across your body as far as range of motion allows 
-repeat

Preacher Tilts

Recommended reps: 10 per side 
Recommended sets: 1
Recommended weight: none 

Modifications: limit range of motion 

Substitutions: standing windmills 

Form:
-start laying on your stomach with your hands planted on either side of you out to a T position 
-begin to lift one foot off the ground while bending your knee 
-drive your hip towards the ceiling opening your torso and chest but keep your hand planted in the ground 
-twist your hips and rotate your torso so that your hips are stacked on top of each other 
-if mobility allows, tap your foot on the ground outside our opposite hip 
-lower down back to starting 
-repeat on other side

Scorpions

Upper Body Warmup

Recommended reps for sets 1-3: 4-6
Recommended reps for final set: 6-8
Recommended weight for sets 1-3: as close to Bodyweight as you can 
Recommended weight for final set: as much assistance as you need. Even if you need to jump down shake out arms and go again.

Modifications:
-IF you are at the gym or have a pull-up bar: add as many bands as you need for support or use the pull-up machine. Or do eccentric pullups 

-still can't do pull-ups...IF you have access to a barbell and barbell rack: inverted rows (can use bands as assistance)

-IF you do not have a bar you will perform HEAVY bent over rows, 6 reps per side and the drop set of 10-12 reps with lighter weight. 

See tutorial highlights for pull-up progressions and modifications.

Pull-ups OR Row

Recommended reps: 8
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended weight: heavy  (last 2-3 reps should be a challenge)

Don’t have access to challenging weights? Increase reps to 12-15, slow down tempo, add pause, and 1/2 reps

Equipment substitutions: kettlbells, band, bar 

Form:
-start in a standing position, ribs stacked over pelvis, chest tall, and feet hip width distance apart 
-hold your weights so that your wrists face the ceiling 
-keep your elbows close to your sides and your torso completely still 
-using your biceps, curl the weights to your shoulders
-rotate your wrists to neutral and lower the weights 
-perform a hammer curl. Once at the top, rotate wrists to supine position (wrists up) and lower the weight.
-squeeze your biceps at the top of the rep
-lower controlled. 
-repeat 



For these curls, you’ll alternate between hammer grip (wrists face each other) and standard curl wrists fade the ceiling.

Alternating Grip Bicep Curls

You will see a dip machine in this superset, however dips can be done with Bodyweight and a bench

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended weight: light to medium (last 2-3 reps should be a challenge 

Don’t have access to heavy weights? Increase reps to 12-15

Equipment Substitutions: can place shoulders against a stability ball on the ground, or seated in a chair, large pillow against a wall or bench 
Modifications/substitutions: hammer curl, preacher curl  
Form: -start on an 45 degree incline bench -hold your weights or equipment down by your sides so that your wrists face the ceiling, thumbs face outwards -keep your elbows close to your sides and your torso still  -you will begin to raise shoulders, try to keep elbow as straight as you can. But don’t lock it out. Keep palms facing up. Can slightly angle angle the weights outwards 
-once you get to shoulder height, rotate wrists until palms are down and lower.
- raise arms with palms down until you get to shoulder height and rotate wrist so palms are up. Lower. 
- repeat

Incline Supinated Raises

Recommended reps: 10-12
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended weight: light to medium (last 2-3 reps should be a challenge 

Don’t have access to heavy weights? Increase reps to 12-15

Equipment Substitutions: can place shoulders against a stability ball on the ground, or seated in a chair, large pillow against a wall or bench 
Modifications/substitutions: hammer curl, preacher curl  
Form: -start on an 45 degree incline bench -hold your weights or equipment down by your sides so that your wrists face the ceiling, thumbs face outwards -keep your elbows close to your sides and your torso still  -you will begin to curl your weights to your shoulders, can angle the weights outwards 
-curl until weights are shoulder level
-lower and repeat

Incline Bicep Curls

Incline Raises SS Incline Curl

This is a fun circuit, you only go through once! Woot woot! 

The pyramid hold shows all the different levels you can hold this position! With the hardest option being a handstand for the former dancers and gymnastics in the room.

You will just need a surface and a band for this finisher

Recommended time: 30-45 second

Modifications: shown in video all the levels you can do this at: elevated pike position, knee pike position, floor pike position, forward  leaning bear plank

Substitutions: plank hold

Form:
-start with your feet placed on a bench, for mobility stake you can place your shins down flat
-hands are planted firmly on the ground with your hands underneath your shoulders
-glutes are high up in the air
-the more your hips are stacked over your shoulders, the more challenging it will feel
-the more you hips are shifted towards your shins/feet, the easier
-can place a foot up in the air to make it even more challenging
-maintain a stable position for the recommended amount of time

Pike Hold

Recommended time: 30-45 second

Equipment substations: dumbbells, cables

Modifications: bent over reverse fly

Form:
-Start standing with your ribs stacked over your pelvis and feet firmly planted in the ground
-hold your band folded in both hands
-lift your hands shoulder level out in front of you
-as you begin your pull, engage your scapula by retracting your shoulder blades together
-pull your wrists apart keeping a slight bend in your elbows
-pull until your arms are out at a T position 
-wrists stay level with your shoulders
-release the tension in the band by adduction your arms back together
-repeate

Recommended time: 30-45 second

Equipment substations: dumbbells, cables

Form:
-attach a band to a stable surface that’s taller than yourself
-start standing with your chest tall, ribs stacked over pelvis, and feet firmly planted,
-grab the band with your wrists facing the ground 
-hinge over at the hips similar to a bent over row or deadlift 
-step back so that there is tension in the hand
-keeping your arms mostly straight with a slight bend, pull the band towards your hips
-release controlled

Banded Lat Pull Down

Recommended time: 30-45 second

Equipment substations: dumbbells, cables

Form:
-start standing with a band underneath your feet and the top part of the band held in your hands
-feet are hip width distance apart, chest tall and ribs stacked over pelvis
-hold the band at shoulder level
-press the band overhead keeping your arms wide in a Y position
-from this overhead position you will keep a slight bend in your elbows as you twist your torso as far as range of motion will allow
-you will untwist as you lower the band back down to shoulder level
-repeat on the other side

Banded Press To Twist

Recommended time: 30-45 second

Equipment substations: bodyweight 

Modifications:arm circles

Form:
-Start standing with your ribs stacked over your pelvis and feet firmly planted in the ground
-hold your band folded in both hands with as much or as little slack as you need
-lift your hands shoulder level out in front of you
-from here you will lift the band overhead and then circle the band behind you
-the wider you go the more easy this moment is, the more narrow you go, the more demand it will have on your mobility
-listen to your body

Shoulder Circles

Finisher: almost done! You got this!

We will target the serratus and lat exercises in these next two exercises.

This is also a great one for ribflare.

Lying supine with knees tucked up
-ribs tucked down or neutral 
-keeping back flat, place arms by your side with elbows bent 90 and your hands up toward your head 
- keeping elbow and hands on ground, glide them up toward your head until they are straight 
- extend as far as you can while keeping back flat and ribs tucked.
- you may have to limit range of motion and that’s ok. 
- exhale as you glide up

Serratus Reaches

Lying in side 
Knees slightly bent
Shoulder, Ribcage & hip all in straight alignment 
- elbow under shoulder with bent 90 arm 
- dig your arm into the ground, exhale and imagine dragging lower armpit  to your hip.
- this is a retraction and downward movement of the scapula as well. 
- really think about “tucking the lats down” or “down and back” of the angel wings 
- if you want more stretch, extend elbow so it’s slightly in front of shoulder
- allow your shoulders to relax so your rib cage falls toward the ground on your inhale.

Serratus Drags

Corrective Exercise: Serratus Reaches & Drags

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