Name: Playbook - Hannah Bower - Wk 4 |1.28.25| Back, Biceps & Delts
Uploaded: 2025-07-08T00:56:34.495Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Wk 4 |1.28.25| Back, Biceps & Delts

Great workout! Enjoyed this upper body one!

Janine

got it done with a 2 mile recovery run!!🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

Brianna

Kiki

Taylor

Michelle

Stephanie

Don’t let the lower weights fool you. This one will B U R N!

Week 4: Deload/Recovery
•	Sets: 3x6 reps
•	Intensity: 60–65% of 1RM

 Week 3: Peak Block
•	Sets: 3x3
•	Intensity: 85–90% of 1RM
•	Focus: Maximal strength and CNS adaptation
Equipment needed: barbell, dumbbells and cable (or bands)

Main focus is back and biceps and accessorizing with delts! We will be working different muscles of the back & biceps while also working same muscles in different positions/exercises to target different muscle lengths/tensions to get the most out of this workout.


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: as feels good 

Modifications: limit range of motion, use a band or support with feet on a bench/chair 
Substitutions: scapular pushups 
Form: -start hanging bar (with or without assistance) with your wrists facing away from you -Spine, head, and neck are all neutral and in alignment -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 -This will lift your torso upward and is the starting motion of a pull-up -Pause at the top of the rep -Then you will protract your shoulders by thinking about spreading your shoulder blades as far apart as they can be from one another -This will lower your torso, and is the motion of lowering from a pull-up -Continue to retract and protract for set amount of reps

Scapular Pull-Up and Push-Up

Warmup 

Recommended reps: 6
Recommended weight: heavy (60-65%) of 1RM


Equipment Substitution: KB or DB

Modification: Single arm bent over row using a bench OR using an incline bench do an

For a deeper tutorial on how to do pendulum rows, see tutorial highlight 

Form:
-start standing with a flat back/neutral spine, ribs are stacked over pelvis and feet firmly planted in the ground 
-sit your hips back and begin to hinge at the waist like you would for a deadlift, think about pushing your hips to the back wall
-In a bent over position row the barbell or your weights from the ground to your chest
-elbows drive back
-pause at the top of your rep making sure you maintain proper core engagement 
-Lower your weights 
-repeat

1 1/2 Pendulum Row


De-load: remove a set, with slight increase in reps 

Working the different heads of the biceps! Adding eccentric and a pause for time under tension

Recommended reps: 8 per side
Tempo count: 3-5 seconds on way down 
Recommend weight: heavy enough that you need both hands to curl it up 

Modifications: perform standing, or use back of couch or upright bench 

Form:
- place your upper arm/armpit on a preacher curl machine or top of upright bench, chair, or sofa 
-choose a weight that is challenging ( you’ll need both hands to help curl it)
- use both hands to bring the weight to the top of the curl
-remove your support hand and on a 5 second count lower the curl to the bottom 
-from there, use your free hand to help curl it to the top 
-repeat

Eccentric Preacher Curl

Recommended reps: 10
Recommended pause: 1-3 seconds 
Recommended weight: medium to heavy 
Hammer grip= wrists face each other 

Modifications: standard curl 

Form:
-start in a standing position, core appropriately engaged to manage any pressure you may have, chest tall, feet hip width distance apart 
-hold your weights so that your wrists face each other 
-keep your elbows close to your sides and your torso completely still 
-using your biceps, curl the weights to your shoulders 
-squeeze your biceps at the top of the rep
-lower controlled

Pause Hammer Curl

Hammer Curl SS Eccentric Bicep Curl

De-load: decrease in sets, but a slight increase on some reps. 

A conditioning circuit working back, biceps, core and a little shoulders

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

Equipment Substitution: band, kettlebell 

Modifications: can perform one arm at a time, can place knee or hand in a bench or well can place chest on a incline bench 

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 arms extended with a slight bend in your elbows, engage your triceps, lats and scapula to pull your weights back towards your hips 
- appropriately Brace core to manage pressure while in the hinge position 
-once the weights are to your hips pause before lowering slowly

Bent Over Lat Pulls

Recommended reps: 6 per arm 10 total 
Recommended weight: light to medium 

Don’t have access to challenging weight? Increase reps 

Equipment Substitution: kettlebell

Modifications:can place knees on the ground, can perform in bear plank position, can do shoulder taps instead of row 

Substitutions: plank shoulder taps 

Form:
- Start in a bear plank position, hands underneath shoulders, toes firmly planted on the ground, knees off the ground, core engaged, hips square , and back is not arched/sagging or rounded/piked 
- then with your weight in one hand, pull one elbow at a time towards your rib cage 
-don’t let your torso twist 
-lower the weight 
-repeat

Bear Plank Renegade Row

Recommended Reps: 16 (8 each side)
Recommended weight: light to medium 

Substitutions: standard bicep curl or shoulder press 


Form:
-start kneeling with your chest tall, ribs stacked over pelvis
-hold your weights down by your side in a hammer grin (wrists face each other)
-curl one of your weights to your shoulder 
-from there twist your wrist so it faces your body
-begin to press it vertically across your body in a cross punch motion 
-do not extend your elbow, keep a slight bend to your arm at all times
-untwist as you lower your weight back to starting 
-perform the curl to punch on the other side
-repeat

Kneeling Curl to Punch

Back & Bis Triset

This Superset will work core, back and biceps. You will need cables (or bands) for this superset. Dumbbells work too!

Recommended reps: 10 per side 

Modifications: remove bands, remove additional pull,limit range of motion, place toes on the ground

Substations: supine marching, bicycles, or core of your choice 

Form.
-start in a hands and knees position in front of a band tied to a safe surface, an optional band around your thighs 
-wrists are underneath shoulders and knees underneath hips 
-grab hold of your band and lift opposite arm and opposite leg off the ground without moving your torso 
-reach hand and foot out as far as you can 
-before you perform your bird dog you’ll pull the band with your arm as close to your shoulder as you can maintaining your stability and leg extended 
-briefly pause and then release 
-then you will pull your elbow and knee to meet each other underneath your torso 
-perform all reps on one side before repeating on the other

Bird Dog Lat Pull

Recommended reps: 10
Rep= 1 rull range + 1/2 rep
Recommended sets: 3-4

Equipment Substitutions: dumbbells, kettlebells, band 
Modifications/substitutions: hammer curl, angled curl, preacher curl  
Form: -start in a standing position, chest tall with your ribs stacked over pelvis and  feet hip width distance apart. Feet firmly planted on the ground - grip your cable or hold your weights or equipment so that your wrists face the ceiling, thumbs face outwards -keep your elbows close to your sides and your torso still  -using your biceps, curl the weights to your shoulders  -squeeze your biceps at the top of the rep -lower halfway down so that your elbows are at 90 degrees
-pause
-from there curl the weights back to shoulder level
-lower all the way down 
-repeat

1 1/2 Bicep Curl

Back & Bis Superset 2

Recommended reps: AMRAP
Recommended weight: light 

modification: regular delt raise 

Equipment Substitution: kettlebell, band, cables

Form:
-in a standing or seated position place your feet flat on the ground hip width distance apart
-ribs stacked over your pelvis
-hold your weights down by your side
-without moving your torso begin to lift your arms laterally out to the side with your palms facing the ceiling.
-keep your elbows as straight as possible without locking out 
- lift arms so they are above ahead
-rotate palms so they are no face down 
-then lower the weights down so that they are resting on the side of of your thighs like you did in the starting position
- then keeping palms down lift arms to overhead position. 
-rotate palms so they are face up and lower all the way down 
- repeat until failure

Finisher: Gymnast Delt Raises

Wk 4 |1.28.25| Back, Biceps & Delts  

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Dripping with sweat after those KB swings!

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🥹🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
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