Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Chest and Shoulders 💪🏼
Uploaded: 2023-08-08T07:16:18.664Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: Chest and Shoulders 💪🏼

Anna

Annamaria

Kelly Backes

April

Sussn

I'm glad I chose this workout to do this evening. Feeling strong!

Jess

Rarielle

Chest is feeling weak! I definitely need to work on chest more. Thanks for the good workout

Julia

Mads

Kallie 

Adding in a 15 min run! Take breaks as needed. Every 5 minutes, I’d take a 30 second break because my calves 🥵

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

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

DETAILS

1. Start with the dumbbells at the hip and raise to eye level. 
2. Keep shoulder blades retracted with a proud chest. 
3. Slow and controlled. Really think about flexing the shoulder and not overpowering with the pec or trap. #Contract

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

Dumbbell Front Raises

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

Warm Up

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 on ground or bench.
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, pause 1 sec & drive up to finish the rep.
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.

Pause Bench Press

GOAL
Boulder shoulders and upper chest demo 

DETAILS
1. Grab dumbbells and sit on incline bench. 
2. Clean the dumbbells up one at a time by using your thighs to bring the dumbbells up to shoulder height at each side.
3. Rotate the wrists so that the palms of your hands are facing forward. This is your starting position.
4. As you exhale, push the dumbbells up until they touch at the top.
5. After a second pause, slowly come down back to the starting position as you inhale.
6. Rinse & repeat, baby. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Shoulder Blades Back and Down
- Slow Negative

Incline Seated Dumbbell Overhead Press

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

Chest Superset

GOAL
Burn em brah. This is the optimal exercise for building rounder shoulders to trick people into thinking you have a tinier waist and just to look shredded

DETAILS
1 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.
2. Elbows are bent at 90 degrees  you're initiating the movement with your shoulders.
3. Proud chest and lower slowly. 

Pro-Tip: use momentum to overload our the muscle with a little heavier weight 

CUES
- Retract Shoulder Blades
- Elevated Sternum 
- Reach Away

Bent Arm Lateral Raise

GOAL
Refine your mid-trap and rear delts for healthier shoulders than Dr. Oz

DETAILS
1. Hinging at the hip or what have you, get your spine rigid and neutral. Chin tucked.
2. Begin by squeezing your shoulder blades down towards your hips. 
3. Contract the shoulder blades together and squeeze to full range to extend the weight. 
4. Fly away birdy. Slow and controlled.
Pro-Tip: Don't relax your chest if you have a support, think of resisting the pad or your knees and pulling everything back to tighten your erectors, scaps, and mid back up. 

CUES
- Rigid, Extended Spine
- Pinch Shoulders Back & Down
- Chest Angled Up

Bent Over Rear Delt Flys

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

DETAILS

1. Start with the dumbbells at the hip and raise to eye level. 
2. Keep shoulder blades retracted with a proud chest. 
3. Slow and controlled. Really think about flexing the shoulder and not overpowering with the pec or trap. #Contract

Pro-Tip: I recommend doing single arm raises in an alternating fashion. 

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

Alternating Underhand Dumbbell Front Raise

Shoulder Superset

GOAL
Develop that pressing strength aka chest, shoulders, triceps, and abs. Wow yep, abs #AbsinEverything

DETAILS
1. Keep a straight line from head to toe, abs tight and knees straight.
2. Gradually bring your chest to the floor, then press the floor away to return to your starting position.
3. Don't drop your neck, you aren't bobbing for apples. You are dominating some good shit. 

Pro-Tip: Elbow mechanics is key, keep them either close to the ribs or a few inches away from your ribs. 

CUES
- Plank Position
- Elbows Go Back
- Feet Together
- Elbow 45 degrees Away from Body

Push Up

GOAL
Calorie burner 

DETAILS
1. Either run on a hill, outside or on the treadmill.
2. Work on figure 4 form.
3. 90-degree bend in elbows.
4. Land on the balls of your feet. 
5. Avoid heel striking.

CUES
- Hand Goes from Face Cheek to Butt Cheek
- Pull the Heel to Butt
- Hamstring Curl Not Quad Extension

Run (speed 6.0)

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Good one. Made me happy in the morning.🫶🏻

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One of my favorite, love the amount of exercises, keep like that 🖤

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