Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Arms and Abs 😎
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:12.016Z
Duration: 80 min
Description: Arms and Abs 😎

Nicole

i feel by whole body shakin lol. considering i haven’t worked out in awhile this is definitely gonna hurt tomorrow 🤣

Haley

taryn

It was great the only one I struggled with was the cable crunch, it was really rough on my shoulder, pretty sure my form was off I could not tell.

Amelia

Danielle

GOAL
Get the volume of push ups without strict form while taxing the abs and shoulders

1. Lay stomach down on the floor. 
2. Position hands in close grip push up position.
3. Retract shoulder blades and externally rotate.
4. With elbows close to the body, press up into a plank position by pressing the upper body up first, then following with the lower body.
5. Finish in a perfect plank position by squeezing your butt, feet together and crunching the abs.
6. Slowly lower to the starting position. 
7. Repeat as needed. It’s a bit of a ‘worm’ movement.
 CUES
- Proud Chest
- Right Triangle 
- Exhale on the Press

Close Grip Worm Push Ups

GOAL
Obliques and upper back 

DETAILS
1. Perfect side plank aka squeeze glutes. 
2. Grab a 2-5lb dumbbell and rear delt fly it back to parallel. 
3. 10 reps each side. 

CUES
- Shoulder Blade Retraction & Depression

Side Plank Rear Delt Flys

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

Warm Up

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

GOAL
Sitting your ass down while doing the best thing on earth #Curling

DETAILS
1. Sit on a bench or chair. 
2. Shoulder are back. 
3. Squeeze from your bicep and push your elbow forward as you curl. 
4. Lower slowly. 
5. Burn out and you can do single arm curls until failure. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Squeeze Biceps

Seated Bicep Curl

Arms of Steel 🦾

GOAL
Isolate that elbow for bicep life 

DETAILS
1. Begin the rep with a supine 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.
4. Keep your chest proud. 

CUES
- Elbows Push Forward
- Relax the Chest
- Shoulder Blades Pinned Back and Done 
- Squeeze at the Top

EZ Bar Cable Curl

GOAL
Athletic advantage, injury prevention and oblique shredder

DETAILS
1. Set up a resistance band above shoulder height. 
2. Grab the end with both arms extended. 
3. Start with shoulders, hips, and feet square/straight forward. 
4. Rotate the torso away from the anchor point, keeping the hips square. 
5. Then, chop that wood by rotating torso towards your hip and slightly towards the ground.
6. Squeeze abs & exhale. Return slowly to start position. Repeat. 

Pro-Tips: Ribs are tucked and you compress/crunch your abs a little. Back foot pivots as you chop. Hips can rotate or stay stationary, whichever gives you a better ab squeeze. 

CUES
- Squeeze Butt
- Rotate Torso
- Tuck Ribs
- Crunch Ribs to Hip Slightly
- Straight Arms Whole Time

Banded Wood Chop

Cable Superset

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. Relax the shoulder and just squeeze blood into your bicep.

CUES
- Squeeze Bicep
- Exhale on the Pull

Preacher Curl Machine

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
Build a defined, started upper chest and shoulder to look stronger, more defined with confident posture 

1. For this exercise you will need access to parallel bars. To get yourself into the starting position, hold your body at arms length (arms locked) above the bars.
2. While breathing in, lower yourself slowly with your torso leaning forward around 30 degrees or so and your elbows flared out slightly until you feel a slight stretch in the chest.
3. Once you feel the stretch, use your chest to bring your body back to the starting position as you breathe out. Tip: Remember to squeeze the chest at the top of the movement for a second.
4. Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

CUES
- Lean Chest Forward
- Right Triangle 
- Retract Shoulder Blades

Dips *Chest Forward*

GOAL
Strengthen the lower abs for supreme injury prevention, lifting strength and pelvic control #PelvicStrong

DETAILS
1. On a dip bar, extend arms and actively press away from it.
2. Create as much space between the ears and shoulders as possible. 
3. Stack your body in a perfectly straight line, abs crunched, butt squeezed, and toes pointed.
4. Begin the rep by lifting the toes up to hip level. 
5. Actively crunch your abs while keeping your hips under your shoulders, don't let the hips tuck back behind your body. 
6. On the descent, control the negative and pray to the ab Gods to power you through at least 10 reps. 

CUES
- Feet Together
- Control Descent
- Exhale on Crunch
- Hips In Line With Body
- Crunch Belly Button In

Dip Bar Leg Raise

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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