Name: Playbook - Miranda Criner - W9/D4 Prenatal Upper Body Supersets
Uploaded: 2022-11-09T19:45:15.690Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: W9/D4 Prenatal Upper Body Supersets

Hey mama, Grab those dumbbells and get some water! We are focused on our upper body in the form of super sets for three blocks!

Make sure to rest 1-2 minutes between each superset block!

Always make sure to warm up before jumping into your workout! I know you’re eager to get the work done mama, but warm those muscles up and get that blood flowing!

The exercises below we will work for :40 seconds on with a :20 second rest and transition.

- Stand with feet shoulder width apart
- Lower in to the bottom of a squat pushing your hips back and down
- Stand up out of squat to full hip extension keeping your chest up
- Your knees should be inline with your toes

Air squats

- Stand with your legs shoulder width apart
- Flex your knee and kick your heel up toward your glutes
- As one leg comes down, flex your other knee and kick your other foot up toward your glutes 
- Swing your arms as if you were jogging
- Increase speed as you feel comfortable

Butt kicks

- Begin on your hands and knees
- Round your back and tuck your chin
-hold for two to three seconds
- Arch your back and look forward
- hold for two to three seconds
- repeat for reps or time

Cat/Cow

- Lay on the floor with your legs bent
- Push through your heels bringing your hips up 
- Squeezing your glutes 
- Lower back to starting position

Glute bridge

Forearm Plank Hold

-Start by lying on your back until you get the feel of contracting the pelvic floor muscles. When you have the hang of it, practice while sitting and standing.
-Contract your pelvic floor muscles for 3 to 5 seconds.
-Relax for 3 to 5 seconds.
-Repeat the contract/relax cycle 10 times.

** To locate your pelvic floor muscles, try to stop your urination midstream. If you succeed, you've found the right muscles. These are the same muscles you use when you're avoiding passing gas, as the pelvic floor also supports the rectum.**

Kegel

1st Trimester Warm Up

Goal is to work through both exercises with minimum rest and to Rest between rounds. Knock out three rounds!

- Hold the dumbbells in front of you with your palms facing you
- Press up and rotate your wrist until your palm is facing the opposite direction
- Lower with a slow and controlled movement

Dumbbell seated Arnold press

- while seated, pull belly button in
- Begin with a dumbbell in both hands
- Curl dumbbells towards your shoulders 
- rotate hands in toward middle of body and press up
- Slowly lower down until arms are extended

Dumbbell bicep curls + Press

Superset 1

- Hold a barbell in front of your body palms facing you
- Raise your elbows up and to the sides, pulling the bar towards your chin
- Keeping the bar close to the body
- Pause at the top, elbows no higher than the shoulders
- Return the bar back to starting position

Barbell upright row

- while seated on the floor and dumbbells in both hands 
- extend the arms pressing the dumbbells in front of you
- pull the right arm back in a row, keeping the elbow to the body
- follow with bring the left arm in a row
- extend both arms and press both dumbbells back forward
- repeat for reps or time

Seated DB Front Press to Alt. Row

Superset 2

- Keep your elbows close to your temples
- Bend at the elbows to lower dumbbell down behind your head
- Extend your arms engaging your triceps to bring the dumbbell back up

Dumbbell overhead tricep extension

- Place your hands on the front edge of the chair just outside your hips
- Move forward off the bench with arms extended and shoulders down 
- Bend at the elbows to lower your body
- Elbows should bend straight back
- Extend your arms engaging your triceps

Bench/Chair dips

Superset 3

Good work mama!

Time for a cool down and stretch!

We are working each move for :20 seconds and resting for :10 - :20 for transition.

Take these slow and controlled. Remember to breath while we hold each move. Inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Make your exhales longer than your inhales to really bring your heart rate down.

- while seated place both legs straight in front of you
- Clasp hands together with your thumbs pointing down 
- Round your shoulders as you reach your hands forward

Seated Upper back stretch

- While lying flat on a mat bring your left ankle to the right knee 
- bring your left hand in between the legs and you right hand to the outside of your right leg and interlace the fingers just behind the knee
- engage the core and slowly pull your knee and ankle towards your chest stretching out the hip flexors and glutes 
- hold for 20-30 seconds
- slowly bring the the right foot back to the mat and switch sides

Lying Figure 4 Stretch

- while standing tall with core engaged
- extend both arms straight out to the side
- retract the shoulder blades back, pinching shoulder blades together while keep arms straight
- hold for 10-20 seconds and breathe nice and slow in through the nose and out through the mouth

Chest Stretch - Arms Wide

Standing nice and tall bring both hands straight up and above the head
- take the right hand and slowly pull the left hand to the right side as you bend at the waist
- keep the belly button in toward the spine and breathe
- hold for 10-20 seconds and slowly bring it back to standing and switch sides

Standing Oblique Stretch

- With feet shoulder width apart lift the right toes up and keeping the right leg straight hinge the hips back bend the left knee
- Lightly press down on the right quad the deepen the stretch
- slowly bring it back to starting and switch sides

Hamstring stretch

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