Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Arms [the look day]
Uploaded: 2026-06-04T14:17:21.567Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: Arms [the look day]

Dumbbell 💀 crushers Gabe me a run for my tris

Salsa

Mina

Mandy

Zander

Kallie

GOAL
Wider back for a tighter waist and strong look

DETAILS 
1. Grab the pull up bar with arms fully extended and externally rotate your shoulders, think of showing your armpits forward. 
2. Begin by retracting your shoulder blades back to initiate the movement and follow through by squeezing your elbows down towards your hips. 
3. Keep your sternum up towards the ceiling and squeeze your armpits hard. 
4. Try to get chin over bar, exhale and lower slowly. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Squeeze Armpits
- Show the Armpits

Wide Grip Pull Up

GOAL
Build up your pressing strength through proper positioning and high volume

DETAILS
1. Set hands right outside of shoulders on the dumbbell rack, couch or bench. 
2. Get in a tight plank position. No sagging your stomach or arching your lower back excessively.
2. Feet together, butt squeezed, ribs tucked and as you descend down into the push up squeeze your shoulder blades back. 
3. At the top of the rep, push away with your shoulder blades to get more movement in your serratus/scapula. 

Pro-Tip: #1 mistake is your elbow position. If your elbows track out, that's a no no. If you lose the Right Triangle in your elbow that's a no no. 

If that happens, it's because you're pressing "too high." Step closer to the bar or bench and touch the bar to below your sports bra with the elbows close to your rib cage. 

CUES
- Plank Position
- Squeeze the Shoulder Blades Back
- Right Triangle
- Bar/Bench Below Nips

Incline Push Ups

Block A BS

GOAL 
Bicep pump with constant tension 

DETAILS
1. Stand on a band.
2. Create handles out of the band or underhand grip it.
3. Begin by pushing the elbows forward. 
4. Squeeze from your biceps. 
5. Lower slowly and repeat.

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Right Triangle 
- Squeeze from Bicep
- Thumbs Out

Resistance Band Curls

GOAL
Tricep sculptor  

DETAILS
1. Standing upright with the torso straight and a very small inclination forward, bring the upper arms close to your body and perpendicular to the floor. Slightly push hips back.
2. Using the triceps, press straight down until the arms are fully extended perpendicular to the floor. The upper arms should always remain stationary next to your torso and only the forearms should move. Exhale as you perform this movement.
3. After a second hold at the contracted position, wrists slowly up to the starting point. Breathe in as you perform this step.
4. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

CUES
- Squeeze from tricep
- Proud Chest
- Hips Back

Banded Tricep Extensions

GOAL
Lower abs, traps, shoulder stability and core

DETAILS
1. Press up and extend arms on a dip bar. 
2. Point toes. 
3. Raise legs by crunching the belly button into abs. 
4. Create a hollow rock position. 
5. Lower slowly. 

CUES
- Hollow Rock
- Crunch Abs
- These Are Hard

Dip Bar Leg Raise

Blood Flowing

GOAL
Get some blood flow to your biceps #CurlsForTheGirls

DETAILS
1. Begin the rep with your dumbbell supine aka palm is facing up towards the ceiling. 
2. Fully stretched out like a kitten in the sun, begin curling one arm by contracting the bicep. 
3. Bring the bar just above elbow height and return to a fully stretched position.
4. Keep shoulders blades back and down. 

Pro-Tip: Watch that your shoulder doesn't lift the weight. If you start raising your elbows forward and away from your rib cage, that is a sign your shoulder is being a controlling bitch. Instead, isolate that bicep. 

CUES
- Elbows Close to Body
- Don't Front Raise the Weights
- Initiate from Bicep not Shoulder
- Squeeze
- Full Stretch

CUES [W2 BUILD]
Tempo: 2-1-1-0 (2s up, 1s squeeze, 1s down, no pause)
Moderate weight. Full ROM. 1 sec squeeze. No swing. Elbows at sides. Heavier than W1. If your wrist bothers you, check grip width — shoulder-width, not wide. Bicep mass foundation — barbell = heaviest load, both heads loaded evenly.
Rest: 0s → superset into EZ Skull Crushers

Barbell Curl

GOAL
Tricep sculptor…just keep those elbows in place 

DETAILS
1. Lay on a flat or incline bench, with an EZ-Curl bar in your hands.
2. Grab the EZ-Curl bar and extend overhead. With elbows by chin, lower the bar slowly to behind forehead.
3. Squeeze your triceps to extend the weight up. 
4. Keep your elbows and shoulders in place. 
5. Pause at top and then repeat. 

CUES
- Elbows by Chin
- Wrists Neutral
- Be a Badass Cuz Most Guys Don't Even Do These

CUES [W2 BUILD]
Tempo: 2-1-1-0 (2s down, 1s pause at bottom, 1s up, no pause)
Moderate. Keep elbows pointing to ceiling. Lower to forehead level. Press back up. The elbow should feel stable from last week's groove. Tricep sculptor — keep those elbows in place.
Rest: 60s after round

EZ Bar Skull Crushers

[BLOCK B] arm mass superset

Dropset the last 2 sets on both exercises.

GOAL
So much concentration required on these you're going to be feeling like Yoda. No dilution needed. Lock in your elbow to prevent shoulder movement and just use that bicep #UseTheForce

DETAILS
1. With a dumbbell, sit down, and lock your elbow on the inside of your knee. 
2. Position your shoulder directly over your locked in elbow.
3. Begin rep by squeezing your bicep, only the forearm moves. 
4. Finish the rep with the dumbbell just above the middle of your bicep. 

Reps are per arm. 

Pro-Tips: Your chest can be tilted up more or level, whatever feels good. 

CUES

- Lock in Elbow
- Relax Shoulder
- Dead Hang
- Squeeze Hard at the End
- Sell Tickets to Gun Show

CUES [W2 BUILD]
Tempo: 2-1-1-1 (2s up, 1s squeeze at peak, 1s down, 1s stretch at bottom)
Light-moderate. Elbow braced on thigh. Full stretch + squeeze. No momentum. 3x12/arm this week (up from 2 sets in W1). Bicep peak isolation — eliminates all cheating. 100% bicep work. More time on the peak.
Rest: 0s → superset into Across Chest Extension

Concentration Curl

GOAL
What a beautiful exercise name #minimalism

DETAILS
1. Lock that elbow into place. 
2. Tall chest, stand perpendicular from a cable set at a high height. 
3. Begin with elbow at 90 degrees across the chest. 
4. Squeeze from tricep to extend. 
5. Flex wrist at bottom of rep. 
6. Open your chest through out the movement.
7. Slowly return to right triangle. 

CUES
- Right Triangle 
- Proud Chest
- Flex Wrist
- Squeeze Don’t Swing

CUES [W2 BUILD]
Tempo: 2-0-1-1 (2s extend, no pause, 1s return, 1s squeeze at full extension)
Light-moderate. Extend across the body. 1 sec squeeze at full extension. 3x12/arm (up from 2 sets). The across-body angle = the visible horseshoe. Lateral head tricep isolation.
Rest: 45s after round

Across the Chest Single Arm Tricep Extension

[BLOCK C] arm isolation superset

GOAL
Focus on targeting that brachialis to contribute to arm thickness more so than just your biceps #SecretSauce

DETAILS
1. Begin the rep with a neutral/hammer grip and fully stretched arm. 
2. Elbow should be slightly in front of your hip, putting more stress on the bicep. 
3. Contract your bicep to raise the weight to your elbow. Curl slowly and focus on the squeeze. Relax the shoulder and just squeeze blood into your bicep.

Pro-Tip: Elbows don't flale, chest isn't overly activated, and you aren't rotating the weight at all. Straight up, straight down. 

CUES
- Elbows Close to Body
- Relax the Chest
- Shoulder Blades Pinned
- Squeeze at the Top

Hammer Curls

GOAL
Load your elbow and triceps to increase your lockout strength #ElbowStrength

DETAILS

1. Lay flat on a bench, with a dumbbell in each hand.
2. Keep your palms facing each other and bend at the elbows so the dumbbells go toward your head, keeping your hands far enough apart that the dumbbells go to your ears.
3. Wrists are neutral and not getting broken by the weight.
4. You can either finish the rep fully or keep the elbow slightly bent and cycle back into the next rep. They both have their benefit. 

Note: you can do this on the floor if you don’t have a bench. 

CUES
- Elbows by Chin
- DB Comes to Forehead
- Wrists Neutral
- Be a Badass Cuz Most Guys Don't Even Do These

Dumbbell Skull Crushers

BLOCK D

GOAL
Hollow rock position for the ultimate wash board abs

DETAILS 
1. Begin on knees in hip width position. 
2. Tuck your pelvis and crunch your belly button in. 
3. Retract shoulder blades. 
4. Begin by rolling out slowly, maintaining the hollow rock position in your trunk. 
5. Keep crunch, squeeze glutes + back tight. 
6. Go to fullest extent where you keep your hollow rock and lower back rounded. 
7. Return by crunching the abs in and pushing away from the ground. 

CUES
- Hollow Rock
- Tuck Pelvis 
- Depress Shoulder Blades

CUES [W2 BUILD]
Tempo: 2-0-2-1 (2s roll out, no pause, 2s roll back, 1s hold at start)
Bodyweight. Roll out as far as you control. 1 sec hold. Roll back with abs — not arms. 3x10 this week. [TRANSVERSE + RECTUS] Highest EMG-activating ab exercise. Anti-extension = deep core training. The internal belt gets tighter.
Rest: 45s

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love seeing a chest pump, so euphoric. the cable crunches were insane

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Motivation was at an all time low this am, but discipline prevailed. 💪🏼

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love - had limited time today to get through it but did as much as time allowed. so good.

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did not wanna workout today, but glad i did!

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what the… BRUH I AM WEAK. bout crawled out the gym. this was so good. so hard.

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My back definitely looks and feels the best!

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shoulders and arms are dead in the best way

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