Name: Playbook - Hannah Bower - Week 2 Day 3 (week 8) Spring Training: Upper Body
Uploaded: 2025-07-18T02:13:10.457Z
Duration: 35 min
Description: Week 2 Day 3 (week 8) Spring Training: Upper Body

I enjoyed this, but hard for me to concentrate with so sets. 
Had to skip over the finisher for mama duties

Jessica

Taylor

Brianna

Had to modify the pull ups but working on getting there!

Delaney

Great upper body. As always love the correction exercises 💪🏽

Dedra

Jade

Great arms and upper body workout. Just what I need to start this day.

Dominique

Able to do full push ups today instead of knee push ups! 💪🏼

Cheyenne

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You will need medium to heavy dumbbells for this workout.

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

*Reminder* weight Hannah uses is for demonstration purposes; please appropriately challenge yourself with weight or with modifications.

Progressive Overload: adding reps

Recommend reps: 4-6
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended reps on final set:8-10


Modifications: don’t have a rack, but have a pull-up bar? Then perform an eccentric pull-up.

Other modifications: add bands for assistance, pull-up machine, can place one or both feet on a bench/safe rack in front for assistance, , spotted eccentric pull-up 
* Substitutions: eccentric pull-up,standard dumbbell/barbell row 
* Equipment substitutions: barbell/rack, coffee table/island for inverted row 
* Form: -Start at the top of an inverted row with your chin/chest at the top of the bar (with or without assistance) with your wrists facing away from you, this is the same set-up for an eccentric pull-up if you choose to do on a bar 
-Feel free to step your feet in or use bands for the initial pull to the top. Remember to focus on retracting your shoulder blades as you pull -Spine, head, and neck are all neutral and in alignment, same with an eccentric pull-up 
-You will also be appropriately engaging your core to manage pressure (same with eccentric pull-up ) -Lower controlled and slow, on a 3-5 second count, by protracting your shoulder (spreading them apart/away from each other) (same for inverted row) - The focus is working eccentric strength, taking a as much time as you can on the lower down  -At the bottom of the rep, either jump or pull-up back to chin/chest to the bar

Eccentric Inverted Row

You will need a medium to heavy pair of weights (or bar) for this superset

Progressive Overload: increase weight 

Recommended reps: 6-8
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended weight: medium to heavy (last 2-3 reps should be a challenge)

Don’t have access to challenging weights? Increase reps to 10-12, add a pause, slow down tempo  

Equipment Substitution: barbell, kettlebell, band 

Modifications: can perform standing, seated upright, or leaning your back against a stability ball/large pillow or wall 

Substitutions: alternating shoulder press 

Form:
-in an seated position with a bench at 45 degrees (or close to) press your weights to shoulder level 
-retract and engage your scapula at the same time use your shoulder muscles press both of the weights overhead 
-do not lock out your elbow, keep a slight bend 
-lower the weights back to your shoulder 
-keep your core engaged and torso still for any and all overhead movements

Incline Shoulder Press

Progressive Overload: adding reps Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended weight: none 

Modifications: can go on knees, hands on bench, hands on wall. Need more progression? Check out tutorial highlight on all the ways to progress a pushup

Substitutions: chest press, chest fly

Form: 
-start in a plank position with your core appropriately engaged to manage pressure, hips square, hands underneath shoulders, toes tucked, core engaged
-bend your elbows at a 45 degree angle (not 90) and lower your chest to the ground 
-once your chest hits the ground, continue to engage your glutes and core to press back to plank

Pushups

Incline Shoulder Press ss Push-Up

You will need a medium pair of weights and a safe ledge for this superset.

Recommended reps: 10-12
Recommended weight: medium 

Modifications: standard bicep curl

Form:
-start standing with your feet firmly planted on the ground, ribs over pelvis. It may help to place one foot slightly behind your for a staggered stance
- Keep shoulders, hips and knees inline
- you will Curl to your shoulders like a standard curl while at the same time you will be driving your your elbows backwards similar to a row 
- keep your dumbbells in close contact with the body at all times
- Lower the dumbbells the same way

Drag Curls

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: bodyweight

Modifications: you can do this standing or at a bent over position on a higher surface like a racked barbell, back of a sofa, chair, or table).

substitutions: supine skull crusher, dips, tricep pull downs

Form:
-in a kneeling position appropriately engage your core to manage pressure like you are preparing for a plank 
-place your hands on an elevated surface 
-keeping your head and neck still, bend your elbows so that your head lowers beneath the surface 
-press through your hands back to the starting position 
-don’t cheat by dipping your head down, keep it still and use your triceps

Kneeling Skull Crusher

Drag Curl ss Bodyweight Skull Crusher

You will need a plate or pair of dumbbells for this finisher.

You will go immediately from one movement to the next, minimize rest as much as you can

Recommended reps: 10,8,6,4,2

Modifications: remove the push and perform shoulder press 

Equipment Substitution: bands, kettlebells, barbell 

Form:
-start in a standing position, feet firmly planted hip width distance apart, core engaged
- press your arms with a dumbbell or weight in each hand overhead
- do not lock out your elbows, keep a slight bend in them, keep your wrists in line with your shoulders
- Lower the weights down to your shoulders, elbows forward of your body
- while you’re lowering slightly dip your torso (think hinge) by bending your knees 
-as you go to press the dumbbells back up overhead, press through your knees and hips to neutral position
-do not lock out your knees

Push Press

Recommended reps: 10,8,6,4,2
Recommended weight: light to medium

Equipment Substitution: kettlebell, band 

Modifications: can use a bench to support chest

Form:
- Start in a standing position, feet firmly planted on the ground and chest tall
- Hinge forward at the hips by shifting your glutes back until your chest is at a 45 degree angle 
- with your weights in hand, wrists facing each other and weights pressed against each other, pull your weights apart keeping a slight bend to your elbows 
-the goal is to pull until the weights are parallel with your shoulders
-at the top of your range of motion pause for 1-2 seconds
-appropriately engage core during the fly motion and while in hinge position to manage any pressure you may have
-maintain control as you lower to starting

Bent Over Reverse Fly

Finisher

Form:
-Place your elbows against the wall 
- feet in a split stance about 6” away from wall
-Retract and protract your shoulders 
-Slide your arms up the wall maintaining keeping scapula protracted. 
- should feel pretty difficult keeping form while sliding elbows along wall.

Corrective Exercise: Protraction/Retraction Scapula Slides

Week 2 Day 3 (week 8) Spring Training: Upper Body

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Week 2 Day 3 (week 8) Spring Training: Upper Body

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