Name: Playbook - Kelsey Adkins - Upper Body
Uploaded: 2023-12-30T17:26:54.108Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Upper Body

Lori

Umm… ouch…
That lateral drop set was a rough one but loved the switch up!

Alli

Jessica

not usually a fan of full upper body, but this workout may have changed my mind!

Destiney

Holding the barbell a little below your hips pull the bar up with an upright row motion then rotate your wrists to get your arms under the bar. Then do a shoulder press.

If you use a heavier weight bend at your hip a little with knees slightly bent to help give you momentum to get the bar up.

Keep the bar close to your body the whole time. 

You should feel this movement in your shoulders

Barbell Clean and Press Variation

- Hinge at the hips and come down with a neutral spine
- Pull the dumbbells up engaging your lats 
- Keep your core tight focus on a slow controlled movement

Dumbbell alternating bent over row

Hold dumbbell I front of chest and push it away until arms are straight and keep arms at shoulder height. Do not let arms drop below shoulder height

Forward push press

Superset

Dropset: pick 3 sets of dumbbells; heavy, medium, light (ex. 15lbs, 10lbs, 5lbs). Complete the reps with the heaviest weight, then complete the same reps with the medium weight, then complete the same reps with the lightest weight- that is one set

Lateral Raise Dropset 3 Weights

Keep back flat on the floor the whole time. When the dumbbell goes back towards the floor engage your lats to pull the dumbbell back up.

Dumbbell Lat Pull

Bicep curl on the way up and at the top rotate your wrists so your palms are facing down and complete the second half of the exercise

Bicep Curl Switch Grip

Wide Grip Handle Lat Pull Down

Bring the dumbbell in front of your face going towards your opposite shoulder. Keep your elbow steady and only move your forearm 

Reps should be done on each arm

Front Single Arm Tricep Extension

Upper Body

First time using this app. I’m pretty new to the gym and I’ve been using a different app. Today is the most comfortable I’ve felt since I’ve started. Thank you!

Alexi

What a great upper body burn!!💪🏼🔥

Riana

Shoulders

Quick effective workout since time was limited this am 🔥🔥

Lindsay Dobitsky

Shoulders and Tris

Bailey

Back and Bis

back & biceps on fire after that one🥵🔥

Another killer! Loving these combos kelsey is putting together for us!

Really enjoyed this workout! Back and bi day is my favorite day!

Rae 

Katie

Bouldas baby. That triset….burnout 🤦🏼‍♀️

Kaitlyn

I’m going to be sore tomorrow 💁🏼‍♀️

Sydney

Late afternoon but got it done. Wings baby! 😉

i’m like kind of a beginner and the lat pull down at the cable machine was almost impossible for me! i had to use two hands, i was wondering if there was an easy alternative to build strength here?

Great workout! Loved this one! Back day is my favorite day! Def felt it!

Behind by a few days… busy week filled soccer, beach volleyball , and then yesterday was simply exhausted… where I don’t like to skip just have to move forward and say it’s okay… tomorrow will be the pyramid challenge 🤔

I’ve never done bear alternating rows before, and I found out I hate them (in a good way) 😂 solid workout!!

Erin

Had to improvise on vacation using only DBs and a stool for my “bench” and for face cable pulls and I still got the burn!

Jourdan

Tricia

Loved the drop sets! Felt the burn! Great work out!

Wowweee shoulders are burning after that one 🔥 killer workout!

Brittan McCombs

Added 15 mins on the stairs & I was dripping. My arms already feel like jello

Loved this one!.. that drop set though 😅😅

Feel like I haven’t isolated shoulders in a while….and that felt amazing!

Following along with Kelsey’s workouts, I hit 2 PR’s today: one my lateral raises and on my overheard press ✔️🖤

Love that we can now track our weights in the app and leave notes to ourselves. 😊

Carrie

This was one of the toughest shoulder workouts I’ve ever done!! Amazing 👊🏼

Jamie Migues

Rachel

Love a good back and bi’s workout. Slowly working on having less assistance with my pull ups; started with 120 lbs assist, down to 90 lbs assist 🤌🏼 slow & steady

Doing 21’s as the finisher for arms was brutal but got such a good pump in 🥵

Mary Wagner

Loved the push-up mix at the end!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Triceps on fire after those diamond pushups 🔥😮‍💨

Sarah

Wow! The last set of push-ups were brutal.

Kaylah

My fave back bi workout yet. Saving to do again

Savannah

Awesome shoulder workout this morning. Those droplets killed me!

Tessa

Jenny

Back

Great way to start my Saturday!! My triceps are burning! 🔥

Loved how this week we focused on triceps

Jane

Loved this workout today!! The bicep 21’s were a great finisher!!

Shoulders are feeling the burn after that.  Love it.

This shoulder workout was tough!! I am glad I pushed through and finished each set!

Feeling pumped after that workout! My triceps are burning. 🔥

Loved the landmine addition!! I see more and more baby wings!! So excited!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Awesome back workout today! Loves the landmine switch up!

Chest, Tris, and Bis

Shaking leaving the gym but feeling stronger each week! So simple to follow & nice to go in the gym having a game plan at all times. Kelsey is amazing and her workouts are spot on

Great back focus and loved the supersets!

Back (Superset Burner!)

Sara

Jelllooooo🔥🔥🔥 Coach Kels getting me to push myself with these killer workouts daily!

Wide grip pull downs at the end 😩— lats are officially screaming. So good!

Back and Bis Basics

Back day best day! 🔥 Even better when you get 3 non assisted pull-ups (so excited!!) 💥

Paired with Kelsey’s leg day and 🥲RIP. I used to be that person with big goals & no plan on how to properly execute a game plan. These workouts are the best thing that has happened to my fitness journey. My husband the other day was commenting on how much progress I’ve made so thank you thank you thank you Kelsey

Bouldas baby! Beginning to like this day more and more 🔥

Modified the last segment to complete at home. Enjoyed this one.

Modified the last session to complete this at home. Loved this arm workout!

Still warming up to loving bouldas, but Kelsey’s program makes it easier for me to enjoy 😉

Love a solid back and biceps day 🫶🏽

I feel them bouldas getting stronger and that was by far my favorite shoulder workout… love the dropsets…🤔

My shoulders are burning this morning!! 🔥🔥🔥

Super tough workout but it was very good! Finished the workout and feel really good about it! def a fav! Did have some trouble getting super sets done just had to do one of the sets individually.

Loved this! Only feedback is it’s hard to super set on machines in NY gyms (smaller therefore equipment is usually full making it hard to alternate). So I had to do those workouts individually. Regardless, greattttt workout

Really enjoyed this tricep and shoulder workout. The cable pills were tougher than I thought!!

Those cable face pulls 😅 feeling the shoulder pump after this workout!

Cori Cavazos

Goals. Wings. You’ve got this! Feeling stronger than ever in this area.

Great Back and Bi day!! I really feel my lats burning from this today.

Killer shoulder workout. The shoulder pump was real with this one. I’m definitely saving it to my favourites 👌🏻

Kirsty

Just 10lbs I could do this was burning the entire set

Paired with Monday’s glute/hammies 😅 such a good way to start the week

Amanda

My arms are falling off but it feels good

casey finkernagel

Lats on fire 🔥 the last superset was ridiculous…😉

What if your “to failure” pull up is half of the first one 😅💀 awesome workout, thanks Kelsey!

Kristen

Feeling strong & slowly but surely bumping my weight up

Amazing full shoulder workout!! Felt like I hit all the areas!

The front raise hold one was killer 😅 awesome workout!

February 1st.
Best month. Birthday month and Back day 🔥Felt absolutely awesome.. Lats feeling settled in—- time to up weight , maybe 🤔😐😉

Stacie

Love a good boulda day to complete the week! 💗🔥🎉

I’m reminded every day how much I LOVE these workouts!

Ooof brutal but greattt back/bis workout 💪🏼

Birthday Valentine’s Workout. ✔️ Back day = best. day. ✔️ Success. 💗
Kelsey nailed this one with the challenge of wide grip pulls ups to close this one out…🤔
Happy birthday to me..💗💪🏼🧁🎉

Celina

Booty sore from yesterday…bouldas already shouting out to me “ouchie”. That said, this weeks workouts nailed it 🧨🍑 💪🏼 . Can’t wait to be able to fully recover and add back in sweaty full body 🤦🏼‍♀️

Superset galore! Shoulders on fire 🔥 absolutely love having a workout to follow each day, especially on days like today when energy is low. Kelsey’s workouts always get me through and hold me accountable 🙌🏼

One of my favorite back days, yet! Not only because I did 2 sets of non-assisted pull-ups (4x each). The comeback is always stronger. ❤️

Back and biceps on fire after that one! Awesome workout!

Modified a bit and I did it at home 💪🏻❤️

Loved the upright combo. Beginning to actually enjoy the bouldas…

Push ups at the end of this set was humbling 😂😂

Food poisoning had me out of commission for two days and I thought I would be too weak to complete that but it was perfect way to ease back in with some bouldas 🤩 plus a little stationary bike cardio… I’m back! 🤩

Great workout!!! Kelsey never fails 💪🏼

Georgia

New trainers 👟 + back day = best day! ❤️ single arm down superset and even added some core after. I see you wings… I’m after you …

Wasn’t planning on hitting the gym today and glad I did. Loved the new boulda exercises included in this one … plus got a little core with the plank tricep kickbacks 🤔

Shoulders were screamin during that one 🔥 awesome workout!

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