Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - W1/D3 Legendary Push | Bench
Uploaded: 2025-01-30T02:15:56.849Z
Duration: 75 min
Description: W1/D3 Legendary Push | Bench

finally got them 35 plates on my bench PR

Torie

Norah

Failed at my previous max on bench but hoping I can surpass it in 2025!

Mads

Good sets. Since I can't run, I substituted with interval of 30 seconds on a spinning bike.

Lily

Have not ran in over two years. Shit! Surprised and happy my knee did great. Thank you

Char

Shellz

Loving the Legend! 🫶🏻 Second time even better than the first.

Added five pounds to my heavy triple since last cycle!

Casie

I really
Enjoyed it especially since I’m training for my first weightlifting competition

Tiffany

Log doesn't want to work but great workout

Amazing workout! Legend is LEGEND!! 🔥🔥

Mandy

Jessica

This was a great challenge for me and a good burn

Jazz

Building more and more confidence on bench press is just as good a feeling as a PR!

Louis

Great push day! Reached some new goals and the HIW challenge definitely helped those sprints not feel as bad as they used to!

Ashley

Hailey

Jumping into the legend after wrapping up Health is Wealth and absolutely loving how much more I’m lifting.

August

Starting the Legend again but soooo much stronger this time!

Angie

This workout should come with a warning: You won’t be able to wash your hair for up to 24 hours after the workout. I was totally laughing at myself in the shower :)

Chantale

Feeling like a noodle in the best way! 💪🏼

Rehana

naïka

So challenging! Loved the pause for the bench press 💪🏼

I did the push today but there was some pull movements? Guess I’m just curious as to why

Sofia

timeforGAINS

Ayla

Makala

elisa

Jess

Nicole

Mena

AMANDA

Momo said let’s sprint! We sprint! I died😂

Sarah

naomi

My arms are Wackelpudding (jello in German).

New PR’s on the bench and the pull-overs! Yassss 💪

I could barely get my locker open after that workout. Let alone, my sweatshirt back on 😅. They gym was closing on me so I took my sprints outside to a hill. Totally brutal. 🔥

Trish

Hit new PRs on bench today!! 15# increase in 2 weeks! The process works 💪🏼

Chloe

Bench press-work up to a 3rm
Pause bench press 4 x 10
Deficit weighted push ups  3 x 8 
Db skull crushers  3 x 12
Db pull over  3x 8 

Plate raises  3 x 15
Face pulls  3 x 15

SPRINTS  5 x 30 sec run - 30 sec. rest 
8 INCLINE
6-7 SPEED

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 (work up to 3 rep max)

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
Overload the chest with an extra stretch and weight 

DETAILS
1. Place hands on a couple of weight plates.
2. Add a weight plate to your back or do bodyweight.
3. Begin in the bottom of you push up.
4. Tighten up your body, squeeze your butt and crunch your abs.
5. Press up in one motion. 
6. Exhale and return to the ground to rest your chest. Repeat. 
 Note: If this is too difficult, do bodyweight worm push ups on the deficit.

CUES
- Squeeze Butt
- Strong Press
- Exhale 
- Externally Rotate  
- Neck in Line with Spine

Deficit Weighted Push Up

GOAL
Load your elbow and triceps to increase your lockout strength #ElbowStrength

DETAILS

1. Lay flat on a bench, with a dumbbell in each hand.
2. Keep your palms facing each other and bend at the elbows so the dumbbells go toward your head, keeping your hands far enough apart that the dumbbells go to your ears.
3. Wrists are neutral and not getting broken by the weight.
4. You can either finish the rep fully or keep the elbow slightly bent and cycle back into the next rep. They both have their benefit. 

Note: you can do this on the floor if you don’t have a bench. 

CUES
- Elbows by Chin
- DB Comes to Forehead
- Wrists Neutral
- Be a Badass Cuz Most Guys Don't Even Do These

Dumbbell Skull Crushers

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

GOAL
Pull back to strengthen your retraction muscles aka traps, rear delts, erectors

DETAILS
1. Cable band is set to right at shoulder height.
2. Retract scapulas back by pulling with your elbows. 
3. At the end of the rep, your wrists are slightly above your elbows. It's almost a half scarecrow position or like a "Put your hands up" type position.
4. Control the negative and return to the start keeping your shoulder blades retracted. 

Side note: This is a very weak position and harder than just a typical row so don't be afraid to go lighter and more for blood flow.

CUES
- Retract & Depress Shoulder Blades
- Wrists above Elbows
- Proud Chest

Face Pulls

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

Superset

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

Sprints (aim for 8 incline, 6-7 Speed)

W1/D3 Legendary Push | Bench

Solid start, challenging in all the right ways 🤘🏼

It’s great to see a live demo of the exercises from the plan however, some of them are slightly different between the app and the PDF, so it gets a little confusing on which exercise I should be doing. For at least 2-3 exercises, I’ve had to look them up from other trainers on YouTube to see what the PDF is talking about.

Severn

been doing fighter & fighter feed for a little over a year…excited to run through the legend!

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Mindy

It would be cool to see alternative exercises to the movements with cable machines 😌

W1/D2 Legendary Pull 🔥

Loved it!! Great way to kick off my Friday!

Pull ups of any variation are not my jam 🤢 This was a good one though. I couldn’t give it 💯 since I’m recovering from the flu. 75% is all I had in the tank.

W1/D4 Full Body Demolition 🤺

It was great. I love the feeling of death walking out of the gym 💪

williams

Deb Livingston

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Wow. I needed all the pulls. I substituted the cable crutches with a crunch machine since I'm recovering from a knee replacement. 3 minutes on the bag is exhausting but a great euphoria result.

W2/D2 Epic Pull Day 🥊

Enjoyed the push. Appreciate the shorter session since it's my 1st day of the week.

Loving seeing the progress from my first go round. 125 was my goal for a 1RM at body weight a couple years ago. I'd doubled it since but never tripled until this program, and I have twice now. Granted, I'm also ten pounds heavier but still proud of my progress.

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never thought I’d love weighted planks #momdidittome

The last superset was a wowser. Loved it!

Much needed after an emotional and stressful week last week!

Alison

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L-l-l-l-looooooved it! Back is thickenin’ up baybeeeeee!

I thought I was strong, but I had to FAFO.

Had to deload today after the heavy deadlifts this week, but feeling the motions felt amazing!

W3/D2 Epic Pull Day 💪🏼

Hitting back and chest day in the Legend in the same day is just different 💪🏼

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4 sets of supersets back to back is a killer. Loved it.!

Swan

W3/D4 Gnarly Abs & Arms

usually not feelin leg day but today was it 🤌

W4/D1 Squat Dom Legs

Great workout.  The supersets are a pain for busy gyms.

Tory

W4/D2 Pull Volume

Loveeeed this!! That tricep x abs at the end was the perfect finisher

Steph

I agree the Leaning Cable Lateral Raises were tough.

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Elmaz

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Felt great! I love feeling the progress build week by week

Rach Mast

W5/D1 Leg of Steel

Make the supersets use one piece of equipment. I have to modify a lot bc the gym is busy.

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W5/D3 Push | Bench

Those sprints at the start caught me way off guard! I have not been running 😰

Great way to finish The legend!🔥💪🏻

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