Name: Playbook - Brad and Jess Gouthro - Apr. 23: Above It All - Home
Uploaded: 2024-04-22T14:35:03.151Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: Apr. 23: Above It All - Home

Follow the warm up first, then move on to the workout.

Complete the number of sets, as indicated for your fitness level, of each exercise before moving on to the next exercise. 

Sets: 
Beginner: 2 sets
Intermediate: 3 sets
Advanced: 4 sets

After the workout move onto the cool down.

Follow these moves, for the sets and reps indicated, before your workout.

1. Stand with your feet together and arms down by your sides.
2. In one motion, jump up and out landing your feet just outside hip width, while simultaneously raising your arms out to the side and over your head.
3. Try to touch your hands above your head. 
4. Then immediately return back to the starting position and continue for reps.

Jumping Jacks

Tempo: 1010
1. Get down on the floor with your arms straight, hands just outside shoulder width and directly below your shoulders.
2. Ensure your body maintains a straight line from your feet all the way up to your head. To keep your body rigid in a straight line, and reduce any sagging, keep your abs, your glutes, your quads, and hamstrings tight throughout the movement.
3. To lower your body to the ground, bend your elbows until your chest hovers just above the ground.
4. Contract your chest and triceps to push yourself back up to the beginning position.
5. Repeat.

Push Up

1. Place your hands behind your head and interlock your fingers. Stick your chest out and pull your elbows back.
2. As you lower down into the squat, think about how you would sit in a chair. Hips go back first, followed by bending your knees. The bottom of your foot should remain firmly pressed against the ground at all times.
3. Go down as low as you can while keeping the natural arch in your back.
4. To rise up, squeeze your glutes, and press your feet through the ground.

Prisoner Squat

Warm Up

Hold one dumbbell with both hands.
Lay on the edge of a bench with only your shoulders & head supported
Lower the dumbbell over head then engage your late to lift it back up over chest

Dumbbell Pullover

Tempo: 2010

1. Place one knee and hand from the same side on a flat bench, with the opposite leg firmly planted into the floor.
2. Grip the dumbbell with your other hand, palms facing in, and ensure you have the form locked down with a flat back and neutral neck.
3. Contract your abs and muscles in your back, and bend your elbows to pull the dumbbell to the outside of your chest.
4. Under control, lower the dumbbell until your arm is fully extended, then repeat.
5. Switch arms after your complete all your reps.

Dumbbell One Arm Row (15/arm)

Tempo: 2010
The Standing Alternating Dumbbell Hammer Curl is a great exercise that targets the the deep muscle in the bicep called the brachialis, as well as the forearms. To get started:
1. While standing, hold a pair of dumbbells, hanging by your sides, with a neutral palms facing in grip.
2. Keeping your back flat, squeeze your biceps and slowly curl one dumbbell up to the point where your thumbs are near your shoulders.
3. Under control, slowly lower the dumbbell back to the starting position while flexing your triceps at the bottom of the range of motion.
4. Continue alternating arms for reps.

Standing Alternating Dumbbell Hammer Curl (15/arm)

Tempo: 2010
1. Sit on the edge of a bench with your knees bent at 90 degrees, feet planted into the floor, with your hands gripping the bench just outside your hips.
2. Once you’re ready, shift your butt forward off the edge of the bench and bend your elbows, keeping them close to the body, as you lower your butt towards the floor.
3. Once your upper arms reach parallel to the floor, press your hands through the bench to straighten your arms.
4. Pause to contract the triceps, then complete another bench dip.
5. That’s one rep.
6. For a beginner variation of the bench dip, bend your knees and plant your full foot into the floor.
7. Repeat for reps.

Bench Dip

- lay on flat bench
- hold Db’s over your chest
- open wide to feel a stretch then flex to close

Db Chest Flys - Flat Bench

- Hold Db’s by your sides with palms facing out
- Bend at elbows to lift the weights up to your shoulders 
- control the weight as you lower

Standing Bicep Curl

Follow these moves, for the sets and reps indicated, after your workout.

1. Lie down on your side, support your upper body with your forearm on the ground, and place the outside of your thigh on top of the foam roller.
2. Cross one leg over the knee of your extended leg and place the foot on the ground.
3. Lift the extended leg off the ground, contract your abs and glutes, and slowly roll up and down the foam roller from your knee to your hip.
4. Switch sides and repeat.

Foam Roller IT Band Outer Thigh Massage (20 sec/side)

1. Sit on the ground with your legs extended and hands behind you to support your body.
2. Place the foam roller underneath your calves while crossing one leg over top of the other.
3. Use your arms to slowly move your calves forward and backward over the foam roller.
4. If you roll over a particular spot that feels extra tight and tender, hold it on that spot for 5-10 seconds to try and work it out.
5. Switch legs and repeat.

Foam Roller Calf Massage (20 sec/side)

1. Lie face down on the ground, with your quadriceps on top of the foam roller.
2. Cross one ankle over the other to provide more pressure on the quadricep.
3. Use your arms to slowly move your body forward and backward over the foam roller from your hip to your knee to hit all areas of the quadriceps.
4. If you roll over a particular spot that feels extra tight and tender, hold it on that spot for 5-10 seconds to try and work it out.
5. Cross the opposite ankle over the other ankle and repeat on the other quadricep.

Foam Roller Quadriceps Massage (20 sec/side)

1. Sit down on the floor with a foam roller behind you.
2. Place your hands interlocked behind your head, knees bent, feet planted into the floor, with your upper back back on top of the foam roller.
3. Press your feet through the floor and contract your glutes and abs to raise your butt so your upper torso is parallel to the floor.
4. Use your feet to slowly roll forward and backward on top of the foam roller over your upper back then stop rolling once you reach your middle back as you want to be careful rolling over your lower back to prevent injury.
5. Once you find a tight spot, hold the pressure on the trigger point, then release.

Foam Roller Upper Back Massage

1. While standing, fold forward by pushing your hips back and lowering your hands towards your feet.
2. It’s important to keep your lower back flat rather than rounding, so if you don’t have the mobility yet, feel free to bend your knees slightly.
3. Keep your neck in alignment with your spine, and focus on closing the gap between your belly button and upper thighs, while driving your glutes back.
4. Hold for the duration of the exercise.

Standing Forward Fold

1. Take a large step forward with one leg and lunge forward, keeping your front knee bent at a 90 degree angle, with your back leg straight.
2. Bring both hands to down to the floor on the inside of your front foot. 
3. You should feel a deep stretch in the hip flexor on the front of your back thigh.
4. If you don’t feel it, focus on contracting the glute muscle on the back leg.
5. Hold for the desired time, then switch sides and repeat.

Runner’s Lunge (20 sec/side)

Cool Down

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