Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Chest Shredder
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:11.978Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Chest Shredder

Ever Stokes

Shoulder burner. Loving the new exercises.

Nicole

Sarah

taryn

I love me a good shoulder day and this hit it just right

Shania

KALIN

GOAL
Thicken that back and improve that posture

DETAILS
1. Holding a TRX strap in each hand, lean back and maintain tension through the strap.
2. Squeeze your butt and begin the movement by squeezing your shoulder blades back.
3. Pull your body toward the handles, bending at the shoulder and elbow until your elbows are bent at 90 degrees and your upper arm is aligned with your ribs.
4. Slowly lower your body back down while keeping your feet in place the entire time.

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Right Triangle
- Initiate From Shoulder Blades

TRX Row

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

Warm up

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
Burn em brah. This is the optimal exercise for building rounder shoulders to trick people into thinking you have a tinier waist #TrickorTreat

DETAILS
1. Grip can vary. Neutral grip for basic life or internally rotate with the dumbbell slightly in front of your hip to target that rotator cuff (lighter weight).
2. Start at the hip and raise up to the shoulders. The dumbbells should be a few inches in front of your body to move in your scapular plane.
3. Elbows are slightly bent and you're initiating the movement with your shoulders.

Pro-Tip: We're going for blood flow on this. No need to get real heavy, just go lighter and check that ego. 

CUES
- Retract Shoulder Blades
- Elevated Sternum 
- Reach Away 
- Tuck Your Ribs

Dumbbell Lateral Raises

Superset

GOAL 
Love this - chest is the best for confident posture and proud chest 

DETAILS 
1. Retract shoulder blades and externally rotate your shoulders.
2. Proud chest. Squeeze from your chest to press. 
3. Slowly lower.
4. Pause at bottom. 
5. Repeat. 
 CUES
- Proud Chest
- Right Triangle

Hammer Grip Incline Bench Press

GOAL
Isolate the front deltoid and build those babies to have density to create a rounded, sculpted look 

DETAILS
1. While standing straight, hold a barbell plate in both hands at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions. Your palms should be facing each other and your arms should be extended and locked with a slight bend at the elbows and the plate should be down near your waist in front of you as far as you can go. Tip: The arms will remain in this position throughout the exercise. This will be your starting position.
2. Slowly raise the plate as you exhale until it is a little above shoulder level. Hold the contraction for a second. Tip: make sure that you do not swing the weight or bend at the elbows. Your torso should remain stationary throughout the movement as well.
3. As you inhale, slowly lower the plate back down to the starting position.

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Don't Shrug Up
- Breathe
- Grunt

Plate Raise

GOAL
Strong scapular function and upper back

DETAILS
1. Stand erect with a plate in each hand (palms facing your torso), arms extended on the sides.
2. Lift the plates by elevating the shoulders as high as possible while you exhale. Hold the contraction at the top for a second.
3. Slightly bend the elbows back. Lower the plates back to the original position.
4. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Note: use dumbbells if you don’t have plates. 

CUES - Squeeze Shoulders up to Ears
- Mind Muscle Connect

Plate Shrug

GOAL
You're only as good as your weakest arm. Unilateral pressing to develop strong pecs, shoulders, and triceps 

DETAILS
1. Start sitting upright on a bench. Dumbbell on each knee with a 90 degree elbow.
2. Use your knee to hike the weights up to your chest height as you lay back on the bench. 
3. Immediately press out of the first rep, that may be the trickiest part.
4. Elbows are 45 degrees angle your body and you got that right triangle in yo elbow. 
5. Control the weight as it descends. Lower elbows to parallel or just below for happy shoulders and strength building.
6. As you're pressing up, squeeze the chest.  
7. Wrist is directly over elbow. And wrist is neutral. 

CUES
- Heels Grounded
- Elbows Just to Parallel
- Shoulder Blades Back and Down
- Wrists Neutral

Dumbbell Bench Press

GOAL
Calorie burner
 
DETAILS 
1. Push and pull with your shoulder blades. 
2. Brace your abs and push max effort.

CUES
- Welcome Death

Air Dyne

Chest Shredder

Katie

Ashley

Chest and Shoulders 😈😝

Angela

Cari

elisa

Chest and Shoulder Beast 👹

Hailey

Chest and Shoulder Pump 😆

Mariah

Fetch

Chest and Shoulder Pump 😈

Mads

Best chest / shoulder workout of all time! 🔥🔥🔥

Kelly Backes

Stef

Chest and Shoulders 😝🙌

Bunny 🐰❤️

Chest and Shoulder Baby! 😝

Sierra

Sick burn! Shoulders fully pumped 😮‍💨

Sophie

Kallie 

Hammer Chest Day 🔨

Lindsay

Push Burner with Mega Sets 🔥

Diana

EPIC Push Day for Bulletproof Upper 🔨

Came back for seconds on this hefty beast of a thing

BIG Bench Day 💪🏼

Rascal

Chest Pump

I loooove feeling stronger everyday and this one pushed it!

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

Bulletproof Bench Day 🔥

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

Alaina Loguidice

Benching Bricks 🧱

Heavy 5 Smith Bench 🦾

Jess

Chest & Shoulders

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🔥

Stephanie

Press Pump 💦

Dumbbell Bench Day 🔥

Chest & Shoulders 🔥

Push & Abs 🦾

Big Chest Day 💪🏼

INSANE Pump

Great shoulder/chest pump! Loved the raise set at the end!!

Yesenia

Chest & Shoulder Pump 🧨

Chest and Shoulder! 🔥🔥🔥

Krys

Solid Chest and Shoulders! ⛰

Haley

Maurice

Chest and Shoulder! 😎

Katherine

Chest and Shoulder 😎

Salsa

Chest and Shoulders 👊

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

Chest and Shoulders 😎

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

Mika

Chest and Shoulder 🔥🔥🔥

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

Émilie Véronneau

Chest and Shoulders Stacker 😆

Great! I already feel the soreness. 😮‍💨

Denise

Chest and Shoulder 👊

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

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

Chest and Shoulders 😝

Destroyed my chest and shoulders 🥵 great workout

Chest and Shoulders

Chest and Shoulders! 😎👍

Chest and Shoulder Pump 😎

Amanda

Cori

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.

BEATRIZ

Chest and Shoulder 💥💥💥

Chest and Shoulders Blast 👊

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

Melina

Chest and Shoulders Pump! 💥

Sydney Goldman

Chest and Shoulder 😈

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

Phoebe

Chest and Shoulder Pump!

Shoulder boulders. Love outlifting the boys 😉

Camila

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

Jade

Judith

Ultra Chest + Shoulder Shredder ❤️‍🔥

Always feeling my best after your workouts 😎💪🏼

It was fantastic, shoulders and chest are on 🔥 🔥!!!

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

Annamaria

Carmeal

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

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