Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - W4/D3 Upper Body Werk 🥵
Uploaded: 2025-12-31T07:44:00.030Z
Duration: 70 min
Description: W4/D3 Upper Body Werk 🥵

Kath

Emily

Dustie

First workout back after COVID… we made it 🥵 but it wasn’t easy

Kallie

Love the addition of the zottman curl!!! 🔥

Darian

Jessica Rexroat

Ashley

Really really loved today. Everything was clicking and felt so good.

August

Alex

My triceps were giving up on me at the end of that one.

Nicole

Mads

Great push today! Was dripping sweat by the end!

Hitting new PRs all week 💪🏼🙌🏼😮‍💨 best arm pump I’ve ever had today 🔥

Annamaria

Louis

Catalina

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 upper body on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Ayla

Nikki

Had to cut it short but always love a good pump.

Elmaz

Always throwing those Military Presses in the last week woof 😮‍💨

Deb Livingston

Fantastic! Military press and zottmans were a very nice change up, got to surprise myself! Woot woot! 🙌

Felix

Hoyt

Kelly Backes

GOAL
Get those movement mechanics warmed up by sitting those hips baaaack #GoodForm

DETAILS
1. Set rope to lowest height. 
2. Walk forward about 3 steps.
3. Wide stance for balance. 
4. Keep rope close to groin. 
5. Send hips back with knees slightly bent. 
6. Back is flat thru entire movement with chin tucked. 
7. Stand + squeeze your glutes. 
8. Lean slightly forward to maintain balance. 

CUES 
- Hips Back 
- Flat Back
- Knees Bent 
- Squeeze

Rope Hip Hinge

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
Wake up with rotation + power #CNS

1. Set cable to lowest height. 
2. Get in a staggered stance (ex left foot fwd, right arm row)
3. Bend knees to feel grounded. 
4. Rotate opposite arm forward and back while rowing back. 
5. Think of pulling as hard and quick as you can. 
6. Rotate through the upper back. 

CUES
- Staggered Feet
- Rotate
- Exhale
- Power 
- Tuck Chin

Lawnmower Row

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
Strong like bull [not recommended if you have neck issues/over dominant traps or bad posture. Swap for incline dumbbell press]

DETAILS
1. Proud chest, hands placed outside shoulder width. 
2. Get the forearm vertical by tucking your elbows and depressing your shoulder blades.  
3. Stiffen upper body. 
4. Drive with elbows up. 
5. As you press up, drive your head through the bar when it passes your forehead. 
6. Externally rotate aka show the armpits at the top. 
7. Exhale and lower slowly back to your chest. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Tuck Elbows
- Externally Rotate

Military Press

Superset

GOAL
Squeeze from the chest for better isolation and pump 

DETAILS 
1. Set cable handles at shoulder height. 
2. Hinge over and stiffen the back. 
3. Begin by squeezing the handles together and feeling tension in your chest. 
4. Slowly open the arc and squeeze your chest to bring the handles back together. 
5. Try to keep the shoulder blades pinned together and externally rotate your shoulders. 

Aka proud chest and show the armpits.

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Shoulder Blade Depression & Retraction
- Squeeze Chest

Bent Over Chest Flys

GOAL 
Get those horse shoe triceps and striated front shoulder 

DETAILS 
1. Place your hands directly below shoulders and squeeze butt.
2. Begin by lowering down and pushing the elbows back towards hips.
3. Retract shoulder blades as you lower.
4. Squeeze triceps to go back to starting position.

CUES - Right Triangle 
- Squeeze from Triceps 
- Strong Plank Position

Close Grip Push Ups

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
Hammer the forearms + biceps at the same time 

DETAILS
1. Proud chest. 
2. Squeeze biceps with palms up. 
3. Turn dumbbell at top of movement. 
4. Lower slowly. Pushing the elbow forward. 
5. Slow and controlled. 

CUES
- Elbow Forward
- Shoulders Back
- Squeeze Bicep

Dumbbell Zottman Curl

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

GOAL
Tricep sculptor  

DETAILS
1. Stand upright. Hips slightly back, proud chest. 
2. Push elbows forward.  Squeeze the rope down and extend the wrists away from each other. 
3. Keep resistance out of chest by reaching the elbows forward. 

CUES
- Squeeze from Tricep
- Proud Chest
- Hips Back

Rope Pushdown

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

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This is exactly what I needed, looking forward to realigning with my body. Thanks for sharing openly!

Loved the honesty and authenticity!  Keeping it real and letting everyone see life happens and everyone can do this no matter where they are at this point in time.

Excited and hopeful for the grey momo T to make a comeback!

Mercedez

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Terran

jeanette

The confirmation and validation is always right on time💪🏼 love the direction this is going ‼️

Daisha

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I was away for a few months and it feels great to come back to these workouts!!!

It was a hard workout but so worth the sweat

Quiyana

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Jessica

Loved this. Let's see what I say tomorrow!

Swapped the row with walking a lot!!

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Nice switch up from back, chest, arms split. Haven’t felt that burnt out in a while

A killer! I love how strong my upper body (as in  shoulders & arms) looks!

I’m loving these workouts! I will always come back to this challenge when I want to push my endurance

Julia

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Kiara “Spidah”

Cherysh

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I love everything about your words! Specific the water topic in the end. It’s so fckng necessary to put clear healthy water in our body. Fundamental things. Thanks for sharing these words 🙏🫶

Manu

Please post some of the videos you referenced? Thx!

Nora

10 Steps to a Healthier You

It’s been a little minute since I actually did a full program workout. I have been working out but I’ve been going through things. On the bright side I’m down to 170-173. YAY!!!! lol 
This was a good workout

Loved this workout!! Couldn’t get to do the job because I just got a tattoo though :(

I pumped up the weight on the shoulder part. It was amazing!

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Erin

It beat my ass… lol it’s cool. I can tell I’m getting stronger. Big difference from when I first started

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On a cut and able to bust out the chins ups no prob. Crazy work

Jubel

W2/D3 Death by Upper Body ☠️

Amanda

W2/D4 Full Body Fatigue 😮‍💨

It's literally exactly the message I've been needeing to hear. Can't believe how aligned your message is with my current journey. Thank you!! 🙏👏✨️

This really helped me ❤️ Thank you for being vulnerable and relatable. Definitely appreciate the wise words and perspective.

Jenna

I really appreciate you taking the time to share all of this with us. It really shows how much passion you have & how much you care about us. I’ve resonated A LOT with the struggles & solutions you’ve shared over time since I’ve joined your app when it launched. All of the things you share about spirituality & alignment is so real and it’s so nice to know I’m not alone in that. A lot of people around me it’s kinda like in one ear & out the other. Makes me feel seen that you share similar valuess. So glad you’d been regaining your health back’

a full rant…

Faith

Doing this with the New taylor's album was SO GOOD.
Had so much anger and it allowed me to lift heavier

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Tomorrow it will be extra fun to try and walk around 🤣
I loved it!

Salsa

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Casey Reed

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Alyssa

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I added 5 sets of 30 sec sprints to top it off 🔥

Nasha

Deceptively good, added 5 min row for a little spice at the end

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