Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Benching Bricks 🧱
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:11.672Z
Duration: 75 min
Description: Benching Bricks 🧱

Incorporated a ton of pushups between sets and my triceps are feeling huge!

Mads

Alaina Loguidice

LDropset the last set on barbell bench press and Arnold press.

Do a bunch of incline push ups!

DETAILS
1. Retract your shoulder blades down into the bench and back towards your hips. Barbell can be used for leverage to get into this position. Think of trying to get your shoulders and hips to touch each other.
2. Legs are in a squat stance with your heels firmly planted on the ground. Squeeze the ass a little.
3. Grab the bar with the desired width and wrists neutral. 
4. Big breath and unrack the barbell.
5. Bring the barbell over your nips. 
6. Externally rotate and try to break the bar with your hands to activate your lats.
7. Lower the bar to below your sports bra. This is a very important position you have to nail.
8. Bar is BELOW your sports bra, and your elbows are tightly screwed in at a 45 degree angle.
9. With the bar touching your chest, drive up to finish the rep. Pause is optional.
10. Drive straight up or slightly back towards the rack, whichever feels stronger and more natural. 
11. Finish the rep with straight arms, with shoulder blades still retracted.

Barbell Bench Press

GOAL
Dumbbell press with rotation 

1. With back on bench, get a proud chest and lock in the dumbbells with elbows at 45 degrees from your body.
2. With an underhand position, begin to press the dumbbells overhead while rotating your shoulders internally. 
3. After a second pause at the top, begin to lower the dumbbells to the original position by rotating the palms of your hands towards you. 
4. Lower slow, pause and press to repeat. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Strong Press 
- Slow Negative

Incline Bench Arnold Press

Go on an easy incline such as a dumbbell rack or barbell set to belly button height.

GOAL
Isolate the chest for confident posture and a striated chest

DETAILS
1. Set cables to shoulder height.
2. Begin by taking a lunge stance. 
3. Proud chest, slightly bend elbows, and externally rotate your shoulders.
4. Start with handles touching together and squeeze your chest as hard as possible. 
5. Slowly release and lower back. Keeping elbows slightly bent and the tension in the chest.
6. Squeeze the handles back together. 
7. Don’t overpower with your shoulders. Aka don’t shrug. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Sternum Up
- Externally Rotate
- Squeeze from Your Chest

Cable Chest Flys

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

Superset

GOAL
Tricep sculptor  

DETAILS
1. Stand upright. Hips slightly back, proud chest. 
2. Push elbows forward.  Squeeze the rope down and extend the wrists away from each other. 
3. Keep resistance out of chest by reaching the elbows forward. 

CUES
- Squeeze from Tricep
- Proud Chest
- Hips Back

Rope Pushdown

1. Wrap your hands and wear 14-16 oz boxing gloves. 
2. Freestyle box on a heavy bag.
3. Use your footwork and head movement to simulate dodging punches.
4. Work on hip connection to bag, neutral wrist, and speed.

The Fighter Cheat Sheet: 
* 1-2 (Jab-Right cross) 
* 1-1-2 (Jab-Jab-Cross) 
* 1-2-3 (Jab-Cross-Left hook) 
* 1-2-3-2 (Jab-Cross-Hook-Cross) 
* 1-2-5-2 (Jab-Cross-Left uppercut-Cross) 
* 1-6-3-2 (Jab-Right uppercut-Left hook-Right hand) 
* 2-3-2 (Right cross-Left hook-Right cross)

Heavy Bag Freestyle 🥊

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Unexpected finish, but really quick workout that I needed today—definitely not 75min (I guess unless you are a push-up beast)

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Been off 10 days…my chest is feeling this 🥵🥵

Jenna

I could not get through the incline close grip push ups. I tried regular incline as well. My arms reached muscle failure. This workout is fire🔥

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Katherine

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Salsa

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Great pump, great flow as usual coach! I’d greatly appreciate if you could share the number setting of the incline bench for the various movements that require incline. Based on the video for incline smith it looked to be about a “3-4”, I train at blink, their benches are made by Life Fitness. Thanks again for all your work and quality content

Robyn

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Wonderful chest and shoulder pump. Was T. rex doing the push ups at the end haha

Mika

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My body didnt allow me to do the finisher haha. Great one!

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Great! I already feel the soreness. 😮‍💨

Denise

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Dope. First day on your programming and I’m stoked AF

Sarah

Fuck I hadn't cursed you out like that in a while... I love it!

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Destroyed my chest and shoulders 🥵 great workout

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Thank you very much. I really enjoy your workouts, everyday something different even if you work the same muscles 💪. I used to be bored, not anymore.

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It was all good but the farmers carry says 40 min 35 min and 30 min. I think that was a mistake. U meant to put seconds 😅😅😅 but other than that, it was a great workout

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so glad I joined your program! three days in and feeling a difference already

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Shoulder boulders. Love outlifting the boys 😉

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Fuck man this was hectic, absolutely loved it! Getting my body string for footy season in 2 months 🔥

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phewwww that shit burns!! 🔥  I love the new exercises (at least they're new to me lol)

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Shoulder burner. Loving the new exercises.

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Switching the plates for medicine balls on the push up deficit was not my best idea 😅

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