Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Arms and Abs 😈
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:11.819Z
Duration: 90 min
Description: Arms and Abs 😈

Mads

Wow! This is totally a burn! 🔥🔥🔥

Louis

More bicep curls and triceps please 🙌🏼

Dany

Maurice

Didn’t want to be here today, but I showed up! And kicked some ass!

Nicole

GOAL
Refining your ab and shoulder stability

DETAILS
1. Starting in a perfect plank position on your elbows, press up to your hands by starting with one arm. 
2. Aim to minimize rocking of the spine and lower back.
3. Squeeze your butt and crunch your abs into your spine.
4. Lower back down gradually to elbows.
 CUES
- Squeeze Butt
- Crunch Abs
- Protract Shoulder Blades

Plank Ups

GOAL
Build ab strength relative to your body weight 

1. Lie down flat on your back and contract the abs, pulling the belly button towards the floor. The arms and legs should be held straight out from the body with hands and toes pointed.
2. Slowly raise shoulders and legs from the ground. The arms and head should be raised along with the shoulders. The lower back must remain in contact with the floor.
3. The goal is to find the lowest position that you can hold the arms and legs, without them touching the floor and without breaking lower back contact (the point at which the lower back begins to arch from the ground).

CUES
- Point Toes
- Hollow Rock 
- Crunch Belly Button into Spine

Hollow Rock Hold

GOAL
Build ab strength relative to your body weight 

1. Start in supine position.
2. Arms extend overhead.
3. Legs extend and press together.
4. Eliminate space below lumbar spine by contracting the abdominals. 
5. Rock in this position minimizing movement at the hip and shoulder.

CUES
- Point Toes
- Hollow Rock 
- Crunch Belly Button into Spine

Hollow Rock

Warm Up

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

Barbell Curl

GOAL
This move will elevate every shirt you own. Making those arms irresistible to every human with eyes.

DETAILS
1. Grab a dumbbell in one hand. 
2. Stand tall, ribs tucked. Pretend your elbow is glued just outside your ribcage
3. Actively curl the weight across the chest, keeping the Right Triangle in your elbow. 
4. Think to push the weight back down with your tricep.
5. Repeat. Each rep squeeze that bicep like you're making lemonade. 

CUES
- Elbow Pinned to Rib
- Squeeze That Lemon
- Control Descent
- Wrist Neutral

Across the Chest Curls

GOAL
Isolate that elbow for bicep life 

DETAILS
1. Begin the rep with a supine and fully stretched arm. 
2. Contract your bicep to raise the weight to your elbow. Curl slowly and focus on the squeeze.
3. Relax the shoulder and just squeeze blood into your bicep.
4. Do recommend reps and switch arms. 

CUES
- Squeeze Bicep
- Exhale on the Pull

Dumbbell Preacher Curl

Bicep Superset 🦾

GOAL
Wider back for a tighter waist and strong look

DETAILS 
1. You will start by grabbing the wide bar from the top pulley of a pulldown machine and using a wider than shoulder-width pronated (palms down) grip. Step backwards two feet or so.
2. Bend your torso forward at the waist by around 30-degrees with your arms fully extended in front of you and a slight bend at the elbows. If your arms are not fully extended then you need to step a bit more backwards until they are. Once your arms are fully extended and your torso is slightly bent at the waist, tighten the lats and then you are ready to begin.
3. While keeping the arms straight, pull the bar down by contracting the lats until your hands are next to the side of the thighs. Breathe out as you perform this step.
4. While keeping the arms straight, go back to the starting position while breathing in.

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Squeeze Armpits

Rope Straight Arm Pushdown

GOAL
Triceps that scream strong

DETAILS
1. Proud chest. 
2. Push hips back slightly and lean torso forward at 30 degrees. 
3. Isolate elbows by pushing them forward and squeeze from you triceps to extend.
4. Keep elbows in place and repeat. 


CUES
- Right Triangle 
- Proud Chest

V-Bars Pushdown

Tricep Superset 🥐

GOAL
We’re thickening the density of your abdominal wall for a proper 6-pack. My favorite exercise for abs, ever. 

DETAILS
1. Use a close grip attachment and pick a challenging weight. 
2. Get on your hands and knees and walk back about 6 feet from the machine. 
3. Squeeze your elbows around your head. 
4. Hover over the space ahead of you. 
5. Begin by crunching the belly button into the spine. 
6. Find your balance and isolate the ab crunch. 
7. Avoid pushing the hips back towards your feet as you crunch. 

CUES 
- Hollow Rock
- Hover

Cable Crunch

GOAL
One of my favorite lower ab exercises - use that mind muscle connection to tuck your pelvis and contract the lower abs

1. Lie down on the floor with your legs fully extended and arms to the side of your torso with the palms on the floor. Your arms should be stationary for the entire exercise.
2. Move your legs up so that your thighs are perpendicular to the floor and feet are together and parallel to the floor. This is the starting position.
3. While inhaling, move your legs towards the torso as you roll your pelvis backwards and you raise your hips off the floor. 
4. Hold the contraction for a second and move your legs back to the starting position while exhaling.

CUES
- Crunch Abs into Belly Button 
- Knees Up to Ceiling

Reverse Crunch

Core strength

GOAL 
Get those horse shoe triceps and striated front shoulder 

DETAILS 
1. Place your hands directly below shoulders and squeeze butt.
2. Begin by lowering down and pushing the elbows back towards hips.
3. Retract shoulder blades as you lower.
4. Squeeze triceps to go back to starting position.

CUES - Right Triangle 
- Squeeze from Triceps 
- Strong Plank Position

Close Grip Push Ups

GOAL
This is the flour to the cupcake, the butter to the donut, the sole to your Nikes, the string to your Yo-Yo, the milk to your cereal. Best introduction to rowing/learning to squeeze the shit out of your back.

DETAILS
1. Start with on a Smith Machine or TRX cables set at around chest height, lower if you're a lil badass. 
2. Walk your feet in front of the bar while holding onto the bar. Woooo feels like your going to fall back on your ass but since your upper body is rock solid, you gucci. 
3. Initiate by squeezing back with the shoulder blades.
4. Pull just below your sports bra, and keep the right triangle in your elbow. If any of that dish is off, you probably have to lower that bar or walk your feet in. 

CUES

- Squeeze Back With Shoulder Blades
- Chest up
- Flat Back
- Tuck the Ribs
- Don't Sag
- Plank Position

Underhand Inverted Row

Finisher

Arms and Abs 😈

Charlie

I was craving tearing my arms apart….this did the trick😂🔥

Annamaria

Ashley 

Arms and Abs 🔥🔥🔥

Erin

yangBAE

Summer Shredded Arms and Abs 😉

Rascal

Nancy

Arms and Abs Killer 🔥

Angela

Yooooo 🔥🔥🔥 that arm pump is blessed!

Breen

My go-to vacation workout, easy and to the point! Love hitting arms while away!!

Arms and Abs 😈

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