Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - W2/D3 Upper Body
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:11.541Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: W2/D3 Upper Body

Amazing. Felt so good for my arms and abs.

Kait

Christina

Haeley

Mak Presgrave

I could not do the sphinx push ups. I had to do them on my knees, but just a goal to work towards

Jessica

What kind of fuckery was that Push Superset? Lol 😜 Struggling!

Noelle

I felt like a beast during this, freaking loved it!

Maddie

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
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

GOAL
Retract the back side of your body for better posture and muscles

DETAILS
1. Lay on stomach with palms facing down. 
2. Begin by squeezing from your glutes and raising arms up. 
3. Lift arms and legs as high as you can, initiating from spine and glutes. 
4. Lower hand height if you’re shrugging up. 

CUES
- Squeeze from Glutes
- Exhale on Up

Supermans

Warm Up

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

DETAILS
1. Resistance 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

Banded Face Pulls

GOAL
Sculpted arms

DETAILS
1. Set cable to high setting. 
2. Stand with proud chest, hips push back slightly and shoulder blades back. 
3. Elbow forward, squeeze from tricep. 
4. Flex the wrist aka the pinkey toward your forearm. 
5. Slowly come back to starting point. 

CUES
- Right Triangle 
- Proud Chest

Single Arm Tricep Pushdown

GOAL
Wider back for that strong look

DETAILS
1. Resistance band set on a high anchor. 
2. Take a knee. 
3. Lower chest but retract shoulder blades as you pull. Squeeze one down at a time. 
4. Retract and depress shoulder blades. 
5. Squeeze from elbows. 

P. S. Ignore the lower back fat. We all got it lol. 

CUES 
- Proud Chest 
- Right Triangle

Alternating Resistance Band Pulldown

Banded Arm Circuit

Substitute Sphinx for incline regular if needed.

GOAL
Holy shit that is hard. Annihilate those arm muscles - swap for incline push ups or skull crushers if needed

DETAILS
1. Begin by laying in a side plank with your hips on the ground.
2. Bend the top leg and bottom leg is straight. 
3. Hug your bottom arm around your chest.
4. Press up with the upper arm. 
5. Extend, stabilize and then return slowly to the ground.

Reps are per side. 

CUES
- Press
- Exhale
- Slow Descent

Side Lying Tricep Push Ups

GOAL
Get Egyptian strength glistening through your triceps, abs and shoulders #BadJoke
 DETAILS
1. Get in a plank position, but on your elbows. Place elbows directly under shoulders. 
2. Squeeze your ass and crunch your abs into your spine. 
3. Begin by pressing up to hands. Can lift the hips first to initiate movement.
4. Lower slowly.
5. Note - to make this easier, position elbows in front of shoulders. 

CUES
- Squeeze Butt
- Crunch Abs into Spine
- Lower Slow

Sphinx Push Up

Push Superset

GOAL
Target your upper chest and upper back for ultimate confident posture and proud chest 
 DETAILS 
1. With your hands wide apart, support your body on your toes and hands in a plank position. Your elbows should be extended and your body straight. Do not allow your hips to sag. This will be your starting position.
2. To begin, allow the elbows to flex, lowering your chest to the floor as you inhale.
3. Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position by extending the elbows. Exhale as you perform this step.
4. After pausing at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

CUES
- Proud Chest 
- Externally Rotate Shoulders 
- Squeeze Between Shoulder Blades

Wide Push Up

GOAL
Lower ab and 6-pack developer.

DETAILS
1. Lay with your legs straight out in front of you.
2. As you raise your legs, reach your fingers toward the ceiling to pull your upper body off the floor.
3. Slowly lower yourself back and try not to use momentum.

CUES
- Crunch Belly Button into Spine
- Point Toes 
- Exhale on the Up

V-Ups

Superset

GOAL 
Bicep pump with constant tension 

DETAILS
1. Stand on a band.
2. Create handles out of the band or underhand grip it.
3. Begin by pushing the elbows forward. 
4. Squeeze from your biceps. 
5. Lower slowly and repeat.

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Right Triangle 
- Squeeze from Bicep
- Thumbs Out

Resistance Band Curls

GOAL
Protect that rotator cuff and test your core strength #AbLife

DETAILS
1. Start in a high plank with your feet slightly wider than hip width apart.
2. Keep your lower back stable as you raise one hand to tap the opposite shoulder.
3. Minimize rocking for ultimate ab work and keep your shoulder blades rounded forward for more rotator cuff gains.
4. Repeat on the opposite side.

CUES
- Protract Shoulders
- Squeeze Butt
- Crunch Abs into Spine

Shoulder Taps

Finisher

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Thank you so much! Your workouts are exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate you so much

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So good.

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Damn! Thought it would be easy but I was wrong 😅

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Good. But videos only worked for warm up. Not fir any others. Kept going back to incline push ups

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