Today we just focus on weights. We start with shoulder presses then move into back, arm and core exercises.

- With back supported hold two dumbbells at your shoulders 
- Press the dumbbells up to full arm extension
- Lower them to the starting position

Dumbbell seated shoulder press

- Pull the attachment in towards your body
- Keeping your body neutral and core engaged
- Elbows drive towards your hips, squeezing your lats and shoulder blades
- Pause at contraction then slowly return to starting position

TEMPO: 3 sec descend, 2 sec hold for each rep

Seated cable row

Complete exercises consecutively, then rest.

- Hold the bar with your palms facing away from you
- Pull yourself up bringing your elbows to your ribs
- Pause at the top engaging your back 
- Lower slowly until you arms are fully extended

Pull-up

- With the outside arm, cable across your body, arm fully extended 
- Maintaining a slight bend in your working elbow, raise your arm up to shoulder height 
- Pause, and then slowly lower the weight back to the starting position  
- Work both sides

Cable side laterals

Side Raise | Pull-ups

Complete exercises consecutively, then rest. For final set, perform a drop set (drop the weight 2x).

- Begin with bar underhand grip in your hands
- Curl bar up towards your shoulders
- Lower down until arms are extended

Cable bicep curls

- Begin with rope in both hands and elbows bent 90 degrees
- Extend elbows and engage triceps

Cable rope triceps extensions

Arm Blaster Superset

- Begin by lying back on an incline bench with dumbbells above your chest
- Lower the dumbbells to chest level 
- Press the dumbbells back up engaging your chest

Dumbbell incline bench press

- From a high pulley grip rope just forward of your face
- Roll your ribs towards your hips engaging your abs
- Bring your elbows towards your knees
- Slowly return back to starting position

Cable crunches

- Sit on your butt with legs and torso elevated
- Hold a kettlebell in your hands
- Twist the kettlebell to the side touching the ground back and forth to both sides
* 15 reps each side

Kettlebell Russian twist

- Hanging from the bar, keeping your legs extended 
- Raise up while keeping your core tight to form an “L” with your body
- Lower legs back down
- Avoid swinging

Shoulders | Pull | Arms | Core

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