Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Legendary Back Day
Uploaded: 2026-06-04T14:17:22.660Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: Legendary Back Day

GOAL
Power + speed 

DETAILS
1. Stand a few inches in front of the box
2. Slightly bend knees and push out slightly. 
3. Swing arms behind you. 
4. Throw arms up to propel the jump. 
5. Extend hips and knees to accelerate out the bottom. 
6. Land softly on box. 
7. Aim to throw all your momentum up and forward, not down on the box. 
8. Step down, alternating sides. 

CUES
- Throw Arms Up
- Soft Landing
- Exhale

Box jumps

GOAL
Increase coordination, flush lymph, strengthen your fast twitch muscle fibers, and increase speed #SoAthletic

DETAILS
1. Feet together.
2. Grab rope with wrists slightly in front of hips.
3. Thumbs face away from the body, shoulders are relaxed, and chin is neutral.
4. Hop low and quickly on your toes will whipping the rope with your wrists. 
5. Let the rope rotate around your body and jump as the wrists slap down.

Pro-Tip: The more relaxed you are, the longer you can keep your natural rhythm.
Pro-Tip II: Drop the rope. Jump low and fast and slap your hands on the front of your thighs. Double tap them to practice double unders. This simulates the timing and coronation needed to jump rope. After warming up with this, carry the same rhythm but just add the rope. 

CUES
- Hips In Place
- Posture is Upright AF
-Ribs Tucked

Jump Rope

GOAL
Lat squeeze with thoracic rotation 

DETAILS
1. Set a cable to a low setting. 
2. Get an athletic stance, opposite foot ahead of the arm rowing. 
3. Full stretch forward then dig the elbow down towards your hip. 
4. Repeat and rotate the shoulder blades as you row. 

CUES
- Pinch Armpit
- Pull to Belly Button
- Right Triangle

Rotational Cable Row

CNS Warm Up

GOAL
Attack that back, use the bench to lift more weight to give the lower back a rest

DETAILS
1. Straddle a bench with a barbell over it.
2. Add necessary weight *using a rack helps* 
3. Straddle bench and squeeze the bench with thighs
4. Hinge over and push your hips back.
5. Flat back, brace abs and begin by pulling the bar to your belly button. 
6. As the weight is heavy, use the bench to rest the bar and reset your position.
7. Squeeze from your shoulder blades each rep.
 CUES
- Proud Chest
- Flat Back
- Brace Abs
- Shoulder Blade Retraction & Depression

Bench Barbell Row

GOAL 
Upper back demolition without any lower back stress

DETAILS
1. Set bench to 45 degree incline. 
2. Waddle over it with two DBs.
3. Slightly retract your shoulder blades. Begin the rep by squeezing back with your shoulder blades.
4. Squeeze the elbows back towards your belly button and pull your chest up to nearly upright.
5. Stop once your elbow is bent at 90 degrees and at your ribs, then slowly lower the dumbbell back.
6. Try to squeeze your shoulder blades at the top of each row.

CUES - Proud Chest
- Elbows to Belly Button 
- Initiate with Shoulder Blades

Seal Rows

GOAL
Scapular depression aka lat work for a wider back and narrow waist 

DETAILS
1. Place a dumbbell standing up on a flat bench.
2. Lie perpendicular to the bench (torso across it as in forming a cross) with only your shoulders lying on the surface.
3. Grasp the dumbbell with both hands and hold it straight over your chest at arms length. Both palms should be pressing against the underside one of the sides of the dumbbell. This will be your starting position, make sure the weight is secure.
4. While keeping your arms straight, lower the weight slowly in an arc behind your head while breathing in until you feel a stretch on the armpit.
5. At that point, bring the dumbbell back to the starting position by depressing your shoulder blades, using the arc through which the weight was lowered and exhale as you perform this movement.
6. Hold the weight on the initial position for a second and repeat the movement. 

CUES
- Initiate with Scapula 
- Squeeze Your Butt
- Slightly Bend Elbows

Dumbbell Pull Overs

Heart Rate

GOAL
Shoulder and core stability of a tank to prevent injuries and aid in building healthy muscles

DETAILS
- Step 1: Roll onto your elbow.
- Step 2: Straighten the elbow out to 'post up'
- Step 3: Bend the straight leg
- Step 4: Sweep the bent leg underneath the same side hip
- Step 5: Move into a half kneeling position.
- Step 6: Stand up.
- Reverse that order to return to the starting position

CUES
- Move Slow & Deliberate 
- Don’t Look Away From the Weight
- Externally Rotate Shoulder

Kettlebell Turkish Get Up

GOAL 
Cardio? Yes. Hip balancing? Yes. Intense face maker? Yes. 

DETAILS
1. Grab a box that allows for you to control this movement. Aiming for a height where your hip and knees are parallel. 
2. Begin on one leg. Straighten the other one. 
3. Find balance. 
4. Sit hip back into a single squat. 
5. Move slow and controlled. Use arms to balance. 
6. Lower softly to box. 
7. Sit for a moment. Get the chest upright. 
8. Drive from your leg to stand. 
9. Repeat. Reps are per side. 

Note: use a trx or higher box if needed. 

CUES 
- Knee Slightly Out
- Hips Back
- Balance

Pistol Squat to Box

Stability

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
Isolate those shoulder blades to get a stacked back 

DETAILS
1. Set cable to just above head. 
2. Crossover and grab opposite empty cables. 
3. Round shoulder blades. 
4.  Begin by depressing and retracting them back and down. 
5. Squeeze your back to finish with a slight bend in your arms. 

CUES
- Move from Shoulder Blades
- Round to Proud Chest 
- Squeeze Hard

Cobra Cable Crossover

GOAL
Lower back health which is key to life, lifting, good sex, and getting old #ExtensionsForLifeExtension

DETAILS
1. Hinge at the hip and give everyone that million dollar view they don't deserve. 
2. Hang all the way down and initiate the movement by squeezing your glutes.
3. Squeeze your butt and hamstring and raise to be in line with your legs.
4. Hold for a second at the top and slowly lower all the way down. Repeat. 

Pro-Tip: If you walk into the gym and your back hurts, hang off the end of this and wiggle that spine #SideToSide. Hang at the bottom and warm up by just extending a few inches up then coming back down to a relaxed position. Do a set of 30 and feel those lower lumbar say "hayyyy gurrrrl." 

CUES
- Squeeze Yo Ass
- Hinge At the Hip
- Tuck Your Ribs

Back Extensions

Upper Finisher

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Regina

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Mads

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The Leg Day You Didn’t See Coming

Shelley

Arm Day from IG

Asher 

Deb Livingston

Work Shoulders

3D-Back

Mina

Marina

Sore n Simple Legs 🥵

Arm Slayer 🗡️

massive pump. increased weight on multiple exercises and found a new base. love seeing progress.

Zander

Back + Biceps [BUILD]

did back squats instead and paired it with a 1.5 mile run for abs and calves/ankles.

Leg Engagement

I’d love some shorter workouts on the fighter feed. I find they always take me longer than the estimated time and finding it hard to fit the whole workout in amongst full time work, looking after dogs etc.

Arms [Situation]

Salsa

Squeeze Ur Blades

Melody

6-Pack + Shoulders

Marta

Testosterone Booster Legs

Make it a Habit [Arm Day]

That was a ton of fun and an EPIC workout!!

Mandy

Scapular Execution [Back + Down]

I skipped stuff cuz I’m full of cheesecake

Shay

Chest + Abs [New Warm Up…]

Nice and short. My fave exercise for calves too

Eleonore

Alex

Leg [Glute Vibes]

Biceps + Lower Abs

That was AMAZING! It was a ton of fun and my back is dead!

Dead Stop [Back]

love seeing a chest pump, so euphoric. the cable crunches were insane

Heavy n Pressed Chest

Motivation was at an all time low this am, but discipline prevailed. 💪🏼

Glute/Back/Abs [Legs]

Dumbbell 💀 crushers Gabe me a run for my tris

Arms [the look day]

love - had limited time today to get through it but did as much as time allowed. so good.

Steel-Plated Chest

Eléna

Simply Back Day

did not wanna workout today, but glad i did!

Nikki

Leg [Quad Vibes]

Back Widen Squeeze yo SHIT

the ab section was beautiful - loved it. this whole workout was deep asF. burnville.

A-Typical Chest Day

what the… BRUH I AM WEAK. bout crawled out the gym. this was so good. so hard.

Leg [Base Vibes]

New fave - such a good arm pump 💪🏼🔥

Arm Day: Pump & Destroy

Anna

excellent - workout felt powerful. finished up with 10 min on stair master.

This was tough but huge power 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Valeria

Loved the variation in this - and the ab work for summer prep 😏🔥

Chest Cheat Code 🔥

Loadout: Lower Body

My back definitely looks and feels the best!

Louis

Double XX Back

shoulders and arms are dead in the best way

Still crushing it, added an incline walk to the end for fun.

Ruby

Ground Zero [Legs]

Natalia

Emerson

Arms [From IG]

X-Rated Back

These new workouts have been 🔥🔥🔥

Proud [Chest] + V-Lines

Added a bug set of abs to the end and 16 min incline treadmill. I plan on not being able to walk tomorrow.

You outdid yourself with this one. So much fun and just what I needed for my tight hips.

[Activation] Leg Day

This heartache really took its toll time to get back it 💪🏽

Love when I take time for an intentional workout and this one was perfect!

Not bad for a post break up work out 🧰 is ⛽⛽⛽

Shoulder from IG

I don't think she is watching anymore but back day best day

She’s Watching Back Day 🥵

Momo… split and hinge? 🔥😭 loved and hated it deeply and absolutely needed this beasty workout.

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