Name: Playbook - Michael Smith - CHEST
Uploaded: 2023-09-25T02:25:49.675Z
Duration: 90 min
Description: CHEST

- Set up an incline bench at a comfortable angle. Grab a pair of light dumbbells.
- Sit on the incline bench, ensuring your chest and upper back are supported by the bench, and your feet are planted firmly on the ground.

Y raise:
   - Raise your arms straight out in front of you, forming a "Y" shape with your body.
   - Keep your arms straight with a slight bend in the elbows.
   - Squeeze your shoulder blades together as you raise your arms.
   - Hold for a moment, then lower the dumbbells back down.

I raise:
   - Lower your arms to your sides.
   - Raise your arms out to the sides until they are parallel to the ground, forming an "I" shape.
   - Maintain a slight bend in the elbows and squeeze your shoulder blades.
   - Hold briefly, then lower the dumbbells.

W raise:
   - Start with your arms down by your sides, palms facing your body.
   - Bend your elbows to a 90-degree angle, bringing your forearms up and out to the sides.
   - Form a "W" shape with your arms and squeeze your shoulder blades.
   - Hold for a moment, then lower the dumbbells back to the starting position.

- Perform 10-12 repetitions of each exercise in sequence (Y, I, and W raises).
- Rest briefly if needed, then repeat the circuit for a total of 2 sets.
- Maintain controlled movements and focus on engaging the rotator cuff muscles throughout the exercises.

Y-I-W Raise

[ Warm Up ]

- Select the weight for the machine
- Sit on the seat and press your back firmly against the back pad, with your feet flat on the floor
- Gripping the pec deck handles, pull your arms toward your body while contracting your pectoral muscles
- Bring the handles or arm pads in front of your chest, hold the position for a couple of seconds, and then slowly release back to starting position
- Repeat the desired number of reps

Pec Deck Fly

- Lie back on a flat bench. Using a medium width grip (a grip that creates a 90-degree angle in the middle of the movement between the forearms and the upper arms), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over you with your arms locked
- From the starting position, breathe in and begin coming down slowly until the bar touches your middle chest
- After a brief pause, push the bar back to the starting position as you breathe out (Focus on pushing the bar using your chest muscles)
- Lock your arms and squeeze your chest in the contracted position at the top of the motion, hold for a second and then start coming down slowly again (Ideally, lowering the weight should take about twice as long as raising it)

Barbell Bench Press

- Start by wrapping your dip belt around your waist, chain side in front
- Attach your weight plate to the dropped side before looping it around, and clip it back to the other side of your belt
- Mount the dip bars, holding onto the bars as you hold your body at arm’s length (arms and elbows straight and locked)
- Keep your head in line with your trunk, wrists in line with your forearms
- Inhale as you slowly start to lower your body
- Let your torso move slightly forward and your elbows to flare out to the side
- Once you feel a stretch in your chest, breathe out and start to push yourself slowly back up to the starting position

Weighted Dip

- Lie back on an incline bench with a dumbbell in each hand atop your thighs, palms of your hands will be facing each other
- Then, using your thighs to help push the dumbbells up, lift the dumbbells one at a time so that you can hold them at shoulder width
- Once you have the dumbbells raised to shoulder width, rotate your wrists forward so that the palms of your hands are facing away from you
- Be sure to keep full control of the dumbbells at all times
- Then breathe out and push the dumbbells up with your chest
- Lock your arms at the top, hold for a second, and then start slowly lowering the weight (Ideally, lowering the weights should take about twice as long as raising them)

Incline Dumbbell Bench Press

Perform one set of each exercise back to back followed by the suggested rest time.

- Place a dumbbell standing up on a flat bench
- Ensuring that the dumbbell stays securely placed at the top of the bench, lie perpendicular to the bench (torso across it as in forming a cross) with only your shoulders lying on the surface
- Hips should be below the bench and legs bent with feet firmly on the floor (Your head will be off the bench as well)
- Grasp the dumbbell with both hands and hold it straight over your chest with a bend in your arms
- Both palms should be pressing against the underside one of the sides of the dumbbell
- While keeping your arms locked in the bent arm position, lower the weight slowly in an arc behind your head while breathing in until you feel a stretch on the chest
- At that point, bring the dumbbell back to the starting position using the arc through which the weight was lowered and exhale as you perform this movement
- Hold the weight at starting position for a second and repeat the motion for the prescribed number of repetitions

Dumbbell Pullover

- Stand in front of your box or bench, then squat or bend down and place both hands on either side of it with your fingers pointing forward
- Your hands should be about shoulder-width apart
- Once your hands are in the right position, step your body back into a plank position, one leg at a time
- Make sure your body is in a straight line, your head is aligned with your spine
- Looking a few inches ahead of you, rather than down at the box, can help keep your body straight
- Bend your arms as you slowly lower your chest toward the bench 
- Straighten your arms, pressing yourself back up into plank position

CHEST

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