Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - W2/D3 Death by Upper Body ☠️
Uploaded: 2025-01-30T02:16:18.008Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: W2/D3 Death by Upper Body ☠️

Mina

Steady & smooth on a healthy Friday 🔥🔥🔥

Toni 

Had to combine a leg day and arm day, but feeling good about it. Period is coming!

Haley

Mandy

Rach

Naima

Yes! Great pump, pushed heavier, it’s only week 2 but feeling tighter and stronger 💣

Christine

Exploding 🤯 skull crushers…with a twist are pure FIRE!!!

Alex

Evie Johnny Ruddy

Murder 🔪 but I’m so damn proud of myself! 🩸 💪

Jess

Muscle connection today was so bad. I'm mentally tired, although my body was in need to get on fire. 
Excellent workout, but I'm not at my best today ):

Jade

Susan

Greta Meroni

Lien

Didn’t realize the death part was literal

Swan

Natasha

Well I’m not dead ☠️ maybe died a little on the inside 🥵🔥

Sarah

Such a great pump. Gonna feel this tomorrow.

Jessica

Kylie

GOAL
Accumulate a high amount of work load through pressing, hip flexion and jumping #HeavyBreathing 

DETAILS
1. Bend over and reach the hands to the ground.
2. Jump the feet back into a plank position.
3. Lower the whole body to lay on the floor.
4. Press up off the floor and jump your feet under your hands (optional: scale by stepping one leg under your shoulders at a time.)
5. Return to a standing position with feet under your hips.
6. Jump up and clap overhead.
7. Repeat until sweat turns into blood

Pro-tip: Burpees are extremely mentally challenging. You will hit mind failure before you hit muscle failure, so zone in and kill this shit. 

CUES
- Chest to Ground
- Feet Replace Hands
- Breathe with a Rhythm

Burpees

GOAL
Move from the abs, not the lower back

DETAILS
1. Sit on the butt with the knees bent and heels on the ground. 
2. With a kettlebell, grab the horns. 
3. Begin by crunching the abs and beginning the rep by crunching & rotating.
4. Maintain a proud belly button & chest. 
5. Do not round the lower back too much or relax the abs. 
6. Tap the kb on each side of your hip. 

CUES 
- Crunch Abs
- Proud Chest
- Twist from Abs

Russian Twists

GOAL 
Boulder upper back and scapular health

DETAILS
1. Stand tall.
2. Grab the ends of resistance bands with your thumbs pointing away from each other.
3. Begin by slowly pinching between your shoulder blades and depressing your shoulders. 
4. Keep thumbs out and avoid shrugging.
 CUES
- Depress & Retract Shoulder Blades 
- Thumbs Out
- Slow

Resistance Band Pull Aparts

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

CNS Warm Up

GOAL
The holy grail of rowing. It focuses on scapula retraction and spinal extension #BangForYourBuck

DETAILS

1. With the opposing knee and hand resting on a bench, let the dumbbell fall directly below that boulder shoulder of yours. 
2. Stiffen/extend your spine. Rounding of the spine inhibits proper shoulder blade retraction/depression.
3. Square up your shoulders.
4. Initiate the first inch of the movement by squeezing/depressing your armpit. Think of "crunching" your armpit to your hip. 
4. Pull elbow to hip, think like you're starting a lawnmower like the little badass you are.
4.When pulling, keep the right triangle bend in your elbow. 

Pro-Tip: Dumbbell moves in an arc or "C" shape from below shoulder to front of hip.

CUES
- Initiate with Scapula 
- Chest is Squared Up
- Flat Back

Dumbbell Lat Row

GOAL
Tricep incinerator and front delt crusher 

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 close to yourbody 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 tricep.  
7. Wrist is directly over elbow. And wrist is neutral. 

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

Close Grip Dumbbell Bench

13 Min AMRAP

GOAL
This move will elevate every shirt you own. Making those arms irresistible to every human with eyes.

DETAILS
1. Grab a dumbbell in one hand. 
2. Stand tall, ribs tucked. Pretend your elbow is glued just outside your ribcage
3. Actively curl the weight across the chest, keeping the Right Triangle in your elbow. 
4. Think to push the weight back down with your tricep.
5. Repeat. Each rep squeeze that bicep like you're making lemonade. 

CUES
- Elbow Pinned to Rib
- Squeeze That Lemon
- Control Descent
- Wrist Neutral

Across the Chest Curls

GOAL
Focus on targeting that brachialis to contribute to arm thickness more so than just your biceps #SecretSauce

DETAILS
1. Begin the rep with a neutral/hammer grip and fully stretched arm. 
2. Elbow should be slightly in front of your hip, putting more stress on the bicep. 
3. Contract your bicep to raise the weight to your elbow. Curl slowly and focus on the squeeze. Relax the shoulder and just squeeze blood into your bicep.

Pro-Tip: Elbows don't flale, chest isn't overly activated, and you aren't rotating the weight at all. Straight up, straight down. 

CUES
- Elbows Close to Body
- Relax the Chest
- Shoulder Blades Pinned
- Squeeze at the Top

Hammer Curls

GOAL
Tricep crusher 

DETAILS
1. Sitting on an upright bench or slightly upright, grab a dumbbell. 
2. Lower behind with elbows tucked. 
3. Squeeze triceps to raise. 
4. Slow negative, strong squeeze. 

CUES
- Elbows Close
- Stretch

Overhead Dumbbell Tricep Extension

GOAL
A lil twist to the skull crushers - finish with the palm forward + keep the elbows more behind your chin #Crushed

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. Extend by squeezing the tricep + twist so your palm is forward.

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

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

Dumbbell Skull Crushers w/ a Twist

Superset

GOAL
Tricep crusher in a pressing movement 

DETAILS
1. Lay on a bench. 
2. Squeeze shoulder blades back and down.
3. Bring the weights together and at the top. 
4. Push them together, squeeze your chest as hard as you can. 
5. Lower slowly by pushing elbows down towards our hips. 
6. Squeeze your triceps to press up 

CUES
- Lower Weights Below Nipple Line
- Elbows Close to Ribs
- Elbows Towards Hips

Hex Press

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

3x12

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

W2/D3 Death by Upper Body ☠️

Khris

First time I've really intently listened to you talk. I feel confident in your words and that our fitness journey goals are aligned. I look forward to you helping lead me through it.

Ebony

Prep for Health is Wealth

you have no idea of how I really admire you I LOVE YOU MOMO thank you Morgan, you're everything.

Damn Momo. I've wanted to go in on your progress for a little over a year now. Finally pulled the trigger and you're getting me in the feels 🥲 I'm excited to see how this all goes.

Emily

The Right Direction

First time doing AMRAP...not a fan hahaha

Katie

For a home workout, that was quite exhausting. Loved it!

Julia

Loved this program so much I’m going round again. 🔥💪🏻🤙🏻

W1/D1 Upper Body Inferno 🔥

Kenessa

T Green

W1/D2 Lower Body Burn 😮‍💨

Amanda

W1/D3 Upper Body Pump 💪🏼

Jogging at the end of this one was rough! Great workout!

Man, that around the world is harder than it looks!

Lindsay

As someone who works a FT job I’m struggling to find the time to finish these 60 minute workouts and complete each activity, especially because the 60 minutes doesn’t include a solid warm up that gets you ready for the work out. I’ve been having to pick and choose which things to cut out each day  and don’t know if I’m getting the full benefits :(

W1/D4 Full Body Fire ⛽️

Week one done and feeling good. Thank you for what you do.

Having to eat a gluten free diet has been a challenge being intolerant to gluten. But listening to you makes a lot of sense, ill try to see it with a new perspective

Mary White

10 Steps to a Healthier You

Was low on time today so skipped the AMRAP but went through the rest non stop. Felt good to still get some in! 💪🏾

Ansel

W2/D1 Upper Body Werk 🥵

Nice workout! Would appreciate some cool down exercises at the end.

W2/D2 Lower Body Torch 🔥

Angelana

W2/D4 Full Body Fatigue 😮‍💨

this was all so helpful and i hope to get all of this on track for myself. love you momo

Selena

You are the realest 🙌 I still thank the algorithms for putting you in front of me over 2 years ago!!!

Love all this💕 “why am I still unsettled?”- gonna think of this. Trying to be more aware of my fight or flight and using the sun, less screens etc. took some notes on what you said and going to use it this week to reflect

a full rant…

Arms shaking, abs crying 🥵 Great session!

W3/D1 Upper Body Pump 💪🏼

Frog pumps went crazy @ 30 reps… my hip flexors were in heaven 😅. Not to mention the squat to hinge… fav leg workout so far.

OMG the lunge/hinge😭😭🍑
Loved the walk 💣

omfg. Dead. first by those bulgarian squat + hinge, then the following SS. Frog pump I might hate you.
The walk turned into stretching today cause super super dad bod.

W3/D2 Lower Body Inferno 🔥

Elnaz

What a great workout!! Bi and tris are done!💪🔥

W3/D3 Upper Body Power 😈

Dope but kinda twinged my knee on the squats so I stretched and just shifted over to upper body workouts

Loved the 4 sets. So proud to commit to this . Bring on week 4

🥵🥵🥵 more intense than it looks 🙌

W3/D4 Full Body Funky Fresh ❄️

It’s been nice to have a break from AMPRAPS!

W4/D1 Upper Body Power ⚡️

Back is a little achey but my legs feel strong!

Keshia Eay

I hate leg day cuz it’s so darn hard!!!!! 4 weeks of legs- got it done👊🏻👊🏻

W4/D2 Lower Body Burnin' 🔥

Only now I'm able to finish this marathon. And it feels amazing to be back on track.

W4/D3 Upper Body Werk 🥵

Awesome challenge, loved it! Now, what to do next...... 🤔

Awesome few weeks coach! Appreciate all your hard work 👊🏻🤙🏻💪🏻

W2/D3 Death by Upper Body ☠️

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