Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Upper Back Attack
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:12.212Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: Upper Back Attack

Amber

Mick

Beck

Def more gay, hot + confident after that one 😜

Nicole

Back is feeling wide! Bursting out of the pump cover 💪🏼

Mads

Drop set last set of smith machine bent over row.

Drop set every set of seal rows. For example - do 15 reps with 20lbs and then drop to 15lbs for max reps (aiming for 5-12).

GOAL
Compound row with control and lower back builder 

DETAILS 
1. Underhand grip shoulder width. 
2. Slightly bend the knees and stand close to the bar. 
3. Sit hips back and keep the barbell close to your legs. 
4. Hinge over. Stay close to barbell. 
5. Squeeze from your shoulder blades and pull barbell to belly button. 
6. Lower slowly and reset. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Right Triangle 
- Flex Lower Back
- Hips Back

Smith Machine Bent Over Row

GOAL
This is the flour to the cupcake, the butter to the donut, the sole to your Nikes, the string to your Yo-Yo, the milk to your cereal. Best introduction to rowing/learning to squeeze the shit out of your back.

DETAILS
1. Start with on a Smith Machine or TRX cables set at around chest height, lower if you're a lil badass. 
2. Walk your feet in front of the bar while holding onto the bar. Woooo feels like your going to fall back on your ass but since your upper body is rock solid, you gucci. 
3. Initiate by squeezing back with the shoulder blades.
4. Pull just below your sports bra, and keep the right triangle in your elbow. If any of that dish is off, you probably have to lower that bar or walk your feet in. 

CUES

- Squeeze Back With Shoulder Blades
- Chest up
- Flat Back
- Tuck the Ribs
- Don't Sag
- Plank Position

Overhand Inverted Rows

Underhand Inverted 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
Thicker back & improved posture 

1. Grab the close grip bar.
2. Begin by squeezing your shoulder blades back.
3. Slightly lean back. 
4. Pull down the attachment with a proud chest and elbows squeezing down towards the hips. 
5. Keep a proud chest and squeeze at the bottom. Do not round your shoulder blades and pull with your arms.
6. Release slowly and repeat. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Initiate with Shoulder Blades

Close Grip Pulldown

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

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Upper Back Attack

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Jacki

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I’m absolutely living for these older workouts right now! Back is absolutely destroyed! 🔥🔥🔥

Kelly Backes

Big BACK Day! ⛰

Loved the lift! Would also love if there was a little plank or cardio worked in to bring movement into the workout!

Deenaalee

Anne

Back Day Baby! 😝

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Diana

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Elena

Renee

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DBarnes

Big Back Builder! 😝

i rushed just to get a quick workout in but i’m still feeling pretty great after this one

Ashley

Thick Back Attack 😏

Solid back day. Added in some biceps for a nice pull day

Kallie 

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Huge Back Pump! ⛰

Woo hoo!! I’m glad I did those before it disappeared!🔥🔥✌🏻

Louis

It was great. Having the video guides makes a huge difference

Charlie

Back / Upper Body Pull 👊

Back Builder ⛰

One exercise was repeated through this sequence. Overall makes the exercise way too repetitive and boring. Didn’t feel the back burn I was looking for.

Fucking love your workouts 
It’s muscle paradise

Émilie Véronneau

Back

Maybe it’s just me dealing with a crowded gym all the time. But I love doing supersets. But only if it’s on the same machine. Or it’s a machine and a dumbbell. If it’s 2 different machines, it’s hard to hold it down

Melina

Back Blast 😝

Levi

Back Attack! 😈

It was great! I’ve been missing out on working on those last and today I really did feel them :) it felt so satisfying.

Denise

Back Day! 😈

Made me put in some fucking work 💪🏽

Sophia

Easy to follow workout regiment without complicated exercises

Lois McGuthrie

Loving it. FYI there's a bug in this section, it'll always send me to the first exercise.

Workout is straight to the point — Love it — No wasting time in the gym!

Gracie

POLFLIET

Back Attack 😈

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I think I just found the courage to go on that one dating mixer tonight.

Salsa

i know I've told you before,  but the app and your programming are 💯

Alex

Back Builder 😝

Leandro Frias

It's always a good day when you get in a MoMo Back Day. 10/10.

Again … challenging and new movements. I like the variety

Megan

Back Day Baby! 🌋

First workout DONE! Thankyou! Videos + explanations are great 😃💪🏻

Redgie

If the gym don’t have that certain equipment what alternative we could replace it with.

Dannelle

Definitely made me feel something I haven’t in a while. And I was surprised by how much I could do given I haven’t worked our consistently in a while

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Found it a bit tricky to get my form right for the superset but will practice it until I get it right. Killer back workout 😎🤙🏽

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