Name: Playbook - Heather Watkins - Friday (Gym): Back Biceps + abs
Uploaded: 2024-04-23T23:11:47.992Z
Duration: 50 min
Description: Friday (Gym): Back Biceps + abs

Back, Biceps & Abs! 

Main strength focuses this block: 
Pull-ups & DB incline bicep curls 

Pull ups: first set continues to be to failure on unassisted pull ups. How many can you get with no assistance? 

Consecutive sets - aiming for 6-8 reps. Start with unassisted and switch to assist if needed via machine or band. 

adding a couple reps to the incline bicep curls!

-Begin on all fours in the tabletop position.
Place your knees under your hips and your hands under your shoulders.
-Maintain a neutral spine by engaging your abdominal muscles.
-Draw your shoulder blades together.
-Raise your right arm and left leg, keeping your shoulders and hips parallel to the floor.
-Lengthen the back of your neck and tuck your chin into your chest to gaze down at the floor.
-Hold this position for a few seconds, then lower back down to the starting position.
Raise your left arm and right leg, holding this position for a few seconds.
Return to the starting position. This is one round.

Bird dog

- Begin on your hands and knees
- Round your back and tuck your chin
- Arch your back and look forward

Cat Cow

Banded Bicep Curls

Warmup:

- Take a neutral grip on parallel pull-up bars (palms facing inward)
- Pull yourself up until your chin is above your hands
- Pause at the top of the motion and lower yourself slowly

Neutral grip pull-up

- Chin and chest up 
- Focus on pulling through your elbows and not allowing your arms to overpower

ALTERNATIVE: Assisted pull-ups

- From an incline position
- Curl dumbbells up towards your shoulders
- Keep elbows pointed to the floor
- Lower slowly back to starting position

Dumbbell incline bicep curls

You need a bench or a sturdy thigh-high platform to lean on when doing the exercise, so secure that first and place a dumbbell on the floor to one side of it. Put your left leg on the bench and grab the far side with your left hand, then bend over so your upper body is parallel with the ground. Reach down and pick up the dumbbell in your right hand with a neutral grip (palm facing you), then hold it with your arm extended, keeping your back straight.

Bring the dumbbell up to your chest, concentrating on lifting it with your back and shoulder muscles rather than your arms. Keep your chest still as you lift. At the top of the movement, squeeze your shoulder and back muscles. Lower the dumbbell slowly until your arm is fully extended again. Do all your reps on one arm before switching to the other side.

Single Arm Bent Over Row

- Hold the dumbbells with your palms facing each other
- Curl the dumbbells up engaging your bicep as you curl

Hammer curls

Superset:

- As few sets as possible 
- Position a bar in a rack to about waist height
- With your heels on the ground with your arms fully extended  
- Your body should be straight hanging underneath the bar 
- Flexing the elbow, pull your chest towards the bar, retract your shoulder blades
- Pause at the top then return yourself to starting position

Inverted row

- Pull your knee toward your chest while rotating your upper torso 
- Bring your opposite elbow to your knee 
- Repeat on the opposite side
- Focus on engaging your core

Bicycle crunches

- Kneeling on floor gripping roller just outside shoulder width 
- Keeping your back and arms straight
- Roll it out in front of you
- Engaging your core roll the roller back towards your knees

ab rollout

- Elbows under shoulders and hands out front
- Keep entire body tight as you hold position for time

Plank

Abs:

Friday (Gym): Back Biceps + abs

Lacie Fallin

Lordy you have smoked my lower body today!!!  Loved it!!!

Samantha Parsley

Sara

Monday: (Home) Hamstrings & Glutes

Heather Sue

New strength group—🥵 new challenge! Loved it!

Shaunti

Monday: (Gym) Hamstrings & Glutes

Jessica

Did a quicker circuit-style and lowered weights a teensy bit {due to time} and WOW 🤯 still a great burn!!

Olivia Lester

Tuesday (Home): Shoulders Chest Triceps

Tuesday (Gym): Shoulders Chest Triceps

Did my LISS earlier in the week & tacked this onto full body — loved this circuit!!

Wednesday: LISS & Core Circuit

Melissa Watson

Katelyn Thiele

Thursday (Home): Quads & Glutes

Thursday (Gym): Quads & Glutes

Friday (Home): Back Biceps + abs

Perfect for a Saturday morning of starting over with my journey!

Saturday: Optional Full Body Conditioning

I started this week over because I didn’t complete it and was quickly reminded how brutal this workout is! Jello legs for days!

Definitely feeling the burn this morning!!

I had to modify the reverse plank. I did a regular plank with leg lifts. I still felt the burn.

Abbie

Saturday: Full Body Conditioning

Mandi

Took the last 2 days off due to illness but this perked me right back up!!

That looked much easier than it was for me!!!  Good butt kick on this Saturday morning.

My arms were noodles by the end and I had to make some modifications but it was a good workout! 🏋️

Megan Stevens

Hannah

That core workout was no joke. Now enjoying a walk on this beautiful day!

Devon

Katharine

Almost dropped my weights with that finisher. Woah!

3 way raises got me good at the end!! 🥵

Tonja Peterson

Christine

Holy cow- those curtesy bench step overs were KILLER

Sunday Funday 🥳 Really enjoyed this one!!

Friday (Gym): Back Biceps + abs

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