Name: Playbook - Michelle Schwartz - W2/D3 Upper Body Push vs Pull
Uploaded: 2023-10-13T01:35:03.360Z
Duration: 20 min
Description: W2/D3 Upper Body Push vs Pull

Teresa

This was good! I definitely felt my muscles working but wasn’t out of breath

Chelsea

These circuits are broken down into push and pull exercises. 

Do each exercise for 12 reps
Rest 15-20 seconds between sets
Complete the circuit 3x

Do each exercise for 12 reps
Rest 15-20 seconds between sets
Complete the circuit 3x

*No bench? Complete the Flies lying on your back on the ground

- From kneeling position 
- Place your hands just outside the shoulders 
- Bend at the elbows to come down 
- Keep your core tight as you come down 
- Extend your arms engaging your chest as you come up

Modified push ups

- Start with your palms facing you
- Press the dumbbells overhead rotating your wrists/arms as you press up
- Palms will be facing forward at the top
- Reach full extension and reverse the motion as you come down

Dumbbell Arnold Press

- Begin on an incline bench with arms extended and palms facing each other
- Lower dumbbells to your sides opening your chest
- Bring dumbbells back together squeezing your chest

Dumbbell incline flies

Start in low squat with core engaged and back flat
Push dumbbell out at chest height 
Bring back to chest

Low squat hold + push press

Push Circuit

Do each exercise for 12 reps
Rest 15-20 seconds between sets
Complete the circuit 3x

Start in a high plank position with a dumbbell under your chest off to one side
Use opposite hand to drag dumbbell across your body on the ground 
Prevent your hips waving back and forth
Repeat other side

High plank dumbbell drag

- Begin tipped forward at the hips with a dumbbell in each hand
- With a slight bend in the elbows and arms extended below your chest
- Raise the dumbbells up until your arms are in line with you shoulders 
- Lowering with control back to starting position

Dumbbell bent over reverse flies

- Hinge at the hips to lean forward
- Your knees should be slightly bent
- Pull the dumbbells up keeping your elbows close to your body
- Engage your lats as you pull up 
- Come down in a controlled motion

Dumbbell bent over row (double)

- start on hands and knees 
- bending at elbow, drive one forearm back toward hip 
- slowly return to start 
REPS PER SIDE

Table top tricep kick back

Pull Circuit

W2/D3 Upper Body Push vs Pull

I didn't know you could work this hard and not ☠️ Been following since the early pp series. Feel grateful to be feeling this good. Thank you for these killer workouts 💪

Mike

Awesome workout!! Great to change it up a bit and just enough for me.🙌🏻☺️

Nancy Schwartz

Sari

W1/D1 Tabata HIIT

That was a challenge! I’m going to be sore 💪

Loved it! Arms are jelly right now and loooooved the ab exercises 👏🏻👏🏻

Mrehan Elshehawy

W1/D2 Upper Body & Core

That took a lot of mental toughness. Always feel stronger after 💪

Lifting in high reps is so challenging for me! But I really enjoyed this workout. Can’t wait to try it again soon and improve my timing ( less breaks :))

The Bulgarian was hard but when it’s hard it’s working!!:)

W1/D3 Full Body Light Lift

Loving each and every workout, engaging new muscles and working hard!  Thanks Michelle!💖

I really like the variety of moves and the challenge level of this workout.

W1/D4 Lower body burner 🍑💥

Victoria

W1/D5 Cardio and Core Sizzler

I love being able to track each set and I found the timing was accurate!

Jaclyn

It definitely takes more than 40 mins … it took 1 hour 20 minutes from me to complete it 💪

W2/D1 Resistance Band - Full Body Strength

That was sweaty and challenging! I only made it 2 1/2 rounds but I’m looking forward to trying this again and getting more rounds 💪🥵

I did only 2 circuits because I got sick but that was my part, hopefully it’ll be a part of another week soon!

W2/D2 HIIT IT

It felt so good to accomplish this workout! I had a lot of distractions from my kids but I still got through it 😁

W2/D4 Full Body Pyramid Workout

Still working at my push ups and planks but great workout!

LOVED it!! Took me 35 minutes. Felt it everywhere. Killer workout!!

W2/D5 Dumbbell HIIT

Another awesome workout!  Great lower body burn!🔥

Reallllly great workout. Felt the burn so good 🍑

W3/D1 Lower Body Tri-sets

W3/D2 Core and Run Intervals

Started this feeling unmotivated but finished strong!

I really like the low key but challenging moves in this workout.

W3/D3 Lazy Girl Lower Body

That was great! I only got through two rounds in 30 minutes and that was all I made time for. Just two rounds was very challenging!

W3/D4 Cardio & Strength Intervals

I am in Egypt and forgot my bands 😏 so I did only the body weight part and combined it with one of the ab finisher

W3/D5 Bodyweight/Bands Travel Workout

W3/D6 Rest day stretch and walk

Ok I love this one!!!! So hard but SO good 🔥🔥

W4/D1 HIIT

W4/D2 Upper Body strength

Azeza

Still only three rounds here but I was able to increase from 2  kilos in each exercise 💪

W4/D3 Full Body Lift

Great! How do I modify for my DR? For the bicycle crunches?

Nice and light and also got some sweat out of jt

W4/D4 HIIT

Loved this workout.  And the stretching at the end was sooo good.  I don’t usually take the time to stretch.  Felt amazing and great way to end.

W4/D5 Lower Body Booty Focus

W5/D1 Bodyweight HIIT

W5/D2 Full Body

W5/D3 Lower Body Lift & core

Wow! Great challenging workout. Sweating so much! Managed to crank it in during my little one’s nap.

W5/D4 Tabata HIIT

Loved this one. Tough but feeling so good to have gotten it done!

W6/D1 Full Body Lift

It was good. I used my inside bike instead of running. Great workout overall!

Aura

Great workout .. would be good to have an alternative for running when you can’t leave the house

W6/D2 Core and Cardio

Ok love this one!!! Felt the muscles really working but liked that it was slower paced. Felt the burn 🔥🍑

W6/D3 INTENSE Rep-Based Lower Body

Really loved this one!!  Just enough push!  I’m good and sweaty!😅

W6/D4 HIIT

W6/D5 Upper Body

W7/D1 HIIT progression

40 minutes from start to finish. Loved the burn and the intensity at the end! Feeling good!

W7/D2 Lower Body Supersets

About 15 minutes w/o warmup. Loved getting the heart rate up a bit to recover from the last strength workout.

W2/D3 Upper Body Push vs Pull

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