Name: Playbook - Brad and Jess Gouthro - Day 23: Chestacular
Uploaded: 2023-12-23T15:15:46.941Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: Day 23: Chestacular

midnight workout yeehaw i had to do something with the energy

Jenna💕

Do the warm up first. 

Complete all sets of each exercise before moving on to the next exercise. 

Rest up to 60 seconds between sets. 

Finish with the cool down.

Do this warm up before all workouts. 

Take your time and breathe through each movement. 

Complete 1 set of each exercise, then move on to the workout.

Dynamic Warm Up Flow (5 reps/side)

Tempo: 1012
1. Get in the pushup position with your hands directly below your shoulders, keep your legs straight, and tighten up your core.
2. While in the pushup position, lunge forward by bending your knee, and landing your foot just outside your hand.
3. Return to the starting position and repeat that same movement with the opposite leg.

Spiderman Lunge (5 reps/side)

20 seconds/side
1. Sit your butt down on the form roller and place your hand behind you to hold your body up.
2. Cross your leg over your knee and lean your body towards your hip to put pressure on that glute.
3. Use your arm to slowly move your body forward and backward over the foam roller to release the knots in your piriformis.
4. Switch sides and repeat.

Foam Roller Piriformis (Glutes) Massage (30 sec/side)

Warm Up

Tempo: 3010
1. With your back on the bench, grip a barbell with a just outside shoulder width grip, feet planted firmly into the floor.
2. Lift the bar off the rack and to ensure the tension is placed on your chest and not primarily on your shoulders, squeeze your shoulder blades back and down before lowering the weight.
3. Next, slowly lower the bar by bending your elbows and pulling them down to your sides.
4. Contract your chest, push your head and back into the bench, and push the bar back up to the top of the lift, always ensuring the bar is in alignment and directly above your elbows.
5. Repeat.

Barbell Incline Bench Press

Tempo: 3010
1. Lie down with your back on a flat bench.
2. While holding two dumbbells with a neutral palms facing each other grip, squeeze both dumbbells together and extend your arms.
3. To lower the dumbbells, keep squeezing them together and bend your elbows, keeping them close to your sides to target the triceps.
4. To ensure the tension remains on the triceps, stop just a few inches above your chest, then extend your arms to push the dumbbells back to the starting position.
5. Repeat.

Dumbbell Close Grip Flat Bench Press

Tempo: 1111
1. Get in a shoulder width stand while holding a light dumbbell at its ends against your chest.
2. Focus on pressing the ends of the dumbbell together to feel a good isometric squeeze in your chest throughout the entire movement.
3. Push the dumbbell away from your chest so your arms are parallel to the ground at eye level, and fully extended in front of you.
4. To reverse the movement, focus on pulling the dumbbell back to your chest while squeezing your shoulder blades together.
5. Repeat.

Standing Dumbbell Pressout

Tempo: 3010
1. Lie down with your back flat on a bench.
2. Hold a pair of dumbbells and extend your arms over your chest with your palms facing forward.
3. Firmly plant your feet into the floor to maximize your pressing strength.
4. Lower the dumbbells under control by bending your elbows, squeezing your shoulder blades together, and bring the dumbbells to the outside of your chest.
5. Initiate the pressing movement by contracting your chest, pushing your back into the bench, and feet through the floor.
6. Once your arms are fully extended, lower and repeat.

Dumbbell Flat Bench Press

Tempo: 3011
1. Place a flat bench between two low cable pulleys.
2. Grab the handles with your hands and lie faceup on the bench with your feet firmly planted into the ground.
3. With a palms facing in neutral grip, raise your arms straight above chest.
4. Now keeping a slight bend in your elbows, in a wide arcing motion, lower your arms out to the side until they are parallel to the ground.
5. Reverse the movement back to the starting position and squeeze your chest hard.
6. Repeat.

Flat Bench Cable Flyes

Tempo: 2010
1. Start by placing a 1 or 2 small towels on the floor.
2. Place the sliding hand on the towel and start in the pushup position with your hands directly below your shoulders.
3. While keeping your core tight, slide your hand as far in front of you as you can while bending your other elbow to lower your body close to the floor.
4. Slide your hand back to the starting position while pushing up with your other arm.
5. Place the other hand on the towel and repeat.

Single Arm Sliding Push Up

At the end of the workout, complete the cool down in circuit format for 1 set. 

Take your time and stretch any other muscles that may feel tight.

1. Lie down on your back, bend your knees and plant your feet into the ground, with your arms down by your sides and palms facing the floor.
2. Bring one knee up to your chest and grab the outside of your knee with the opposite hand.
3. Pull your knee towards your opposite shoulder while keeping your head, back, and shoulders flat against the floor.
4. Hold for approximately 20 seconds, then lower your foot back to the ground.
5. Repeat the same movement with the opposite leg.

Lying Crossover Stretch (30 sec/leg)

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 (30 sec/leg)

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 (30 sec/leg)

1. Get down on your hands and knees with your feet against a wall or couch. Keeping one knee on the floor, lift the opposite foot and slide it up the wall (or the front of the couch) until the top of your foot and shin is flat against the wall. Step forward with the opposite leg so you foot is directly below your knee.
2. Lift your torso up so it’s inline with your quad on the back leg. Squeeze your glutes and contract your hamstrings by trying to pull your heel to your butt.
3. Set the timer, hold, and repeat with the other leg.

Couch Stretch (30 sec/leg)

Cool Down

Day 23: Chestacular

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