Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - W4/D4 Arms & Abs
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:11.743Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: W4/D4 Arms & Abs

The pummmp my arms feel like they’re going to burst! 💥

Elise

Hailey

Shierel

Natasha

Annamaria

Angelo

Rosalba

Beefy arms club!!!🔥🔥💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Louis

Naomi

Finished strong as hell! Great way to end the program! 💪🏾🔥

Kysha

Sarah

Genuinely curious, you tryna kill me? God damn! 🔥

Sydney

Mandy

I loved the arm portion of this workout!💪 Hated the ab portion lol my back is sooo skinny that my spine sticks out. So when I do weighted planks, the weight presses on my spine and by the 3rd to 4th set by spine is bruised and killing me!😢 But I pushed through and finished strong!😅

Rebekah

Another round smashed!
Have a great weekend mate 👊🏻

Kylie

Bruh that is not a 65 min workout 🙃🙃🙃 but it’s a killer!

And that’s a wrap on round I don’t even know what of the fighter. Feeling strong as fuck 👊🏻🤙🏻💪🏻

Thanks Momo! DB and DB2 are in the books!!

Stacey

This is awesome! I love it! Thank you!🔥🔥👌🏻👌🏻

Brook

A great one, but thats not 65min worth of workout, would say at least 90

Erwin

Added those planking hip dips from your insta and the 20sets of bicep curls. Holy fuck, what a workout. P.S. those tips on your insta mean everything to me, it helps me stay focused and push myself harder and harder each workout 🤙🏻

Shania

Olivia

Natalie Novoa

This is where it’s at for arms. Feeling the burn...

Nicole

Week 4
Day 4
Round 2
Yeeeewwwww!! 👊🏻🤙🏻

Emilyaquinow

Fav day! Great routine 🔥 last day of the challenge and feeling amazing! Now onto DB Fighter Vol. 1 next week!

Finished my first round of this one and I have to say it was awesome. I feel stronger, I compared my benchmark and I made a lot of progress between the first week and the last one. I want to thank you for that. Keep the awesome programs coming 💪

Sofia

Last workout of round 2! Update me on your progress and repeat Fighter Volume 1 for more gains. Increase weight this time!

Alright - we’re testing and retreating that strength and endurance. 

Benchmark is max plank hold, max push ups on incline *don’t rest at the top!* and max squats in one minute. 

Keep great form and exhale!

GOAL
Get that static hold for core endurance and strength #PlankMore

DETAILS
1. Feet together, butt squeezed, tuck the ribs down and flex your belly button in. 
2. Actively crunch you abs into your spine and keep the elbows below the shoulders or slightly in front. 
3. Keep it tight and focused. Think about donuts, not how bad it hurts. 

CUES
- Elbows Under Shoulders
- Feet Together
- Extend Legs

Plank

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
A good squat comes from flexible ankles/hips, a strong ass, and a developed core #FoundationalShit

DETAILS

1. Feet under your hips, toes slightly turned out according to your ankle flexibility, and reach your hands forward for balance. 
2. Begin by simultaneously reaching your hips back and bending the knees.
3. As you descend, spread the Earth with your feet aka push those knees out. 
4. When the hips go just below the knees, you can stand up. If you look like a rounded goblin, you gotta stretch mo.
5. Ascend and squeeze that ass at the top of a rep for ultimate booty building.
6. Exhale on the way up

CUES

-Chest up
- Shoulder Blades Pinned
-Knees Push Out
-Weight in Heels

Air Squat

Benchmark Test

GOAL
Sitting your ass down while doing the best thing on earth #Curling

DETAILS
1. Sit on a bench or chair. 
2. Shoulder are back. 
3. Squeeze from your bicep and push your elbow forward as you curl. 
4. Lower slowly. 
5. Burn out and you can do single arm curls until failure. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Squeeze Biceps

Seated Bicep Curl

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

Superset

The across the chest curl is essentially a dropset of hammer curls. Do 5 reps or until failure.

GOALS
Bicep builder that develops size and strength 

DETAILS
1. Stand tall with shoulder blades back and down.
2. Begin the curl by pushing the elbow forward and keeping the shoulder blade back.
3. Squeeze the bicep to curl the weight up just above the elbow.
4. Lower slow by actively pushing your elbow forward.
5. Repeat on the other side.
 CUES
- Elbow Forward
- Shoulder Blades Back
- Proud Chest 
- Squeeze Bicep

Alternating Hammer Curls

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
Squeeze those triceps until they look like horseshoes 

DETAILS
1. Lean over your knees.
2. Retract and depress your shoulder blades. 
3. Squeeze from your triceps to extend. 
4. Get an extra squeeze by thinking of extending the pinky towards the wrist. 
5. Come back to a right Triangle aka 90 degree bend. 

CUES
- Right Triangle 
- Proud Chest

Dumbbell Tricep Kickback

Triple set

Use an incline bench or the end of your couch for the preacher curl bench.

Dropset the last set of curls.

GOAL
Isolate that elbow for bicep life 

DETAILS
1. Begin the rep with a supine and fully stretched arm. 
2. Contract your bicep to raise the weight to your elbow. Curl slowly and focus on the squeeze.
3. Relax the shoulder and just squeeze blood into your bicep.
4. Do recommend reps and switch arms. 

CUES
- Squeeze Bicep
- Exhale on the Pull

Dumbbell Preacher Curl

GOAL
Well this one is fun, take your time on the negative, stretch and squeeze your triceps

DETAILS
1. Using an incline table or bench, position yourself in a sort of L shape.
2. Elbows stay close to the forehead, go to full stretch, with hips at shoulder height.
3. Press back towards your feet.
4. Keep the hips at shoulder height and stay low to keep stress on triceps. 

CUES 
- Elbow Tight to Head
- Squeeze from Triceps
- Hips High

Incline Skull Crushers

Put a dumbbell on back, plate, book - anything you can find!

Do leg lifts until failure - go slow and crunch from abs.

GOAL
Goddamn this is tough. But honestly we need weight to carve some abs in. Go as heavy as possible for the time allotted. 

DETAILS
1. Get on your hands and knees.
2. Add a weight plate or dumbbells on your mid back.
3. Have someone assist if needed.
4. Get in a perfect plank position.
5. Feet together, squeeze your butt and exhale through the pain.

CUES 
- Squeeze Butt
- Crunch Abs into Spine
- Hollow Rock

Weighted Plank

GOAL
Lower ab shredder - lift with the abs, not the hips 

DETAILS
1. Lay with your legs straight up, point your toes like a ballerina and glue your lower back to the floor.
2. Keeping your arms straight by your sides, or under your hips, slowly lower your legs to the floor until your lower back begins to arch. 
3. Mind muscle connect to your abs and crunch your abs to return to the starting position.

CUES
- Hollow Rock 
- Crunch Abs into Spine

Lying Leg Lifts

GOAL
Speed racer x cardio

DETAILS
1. With a tall chest, run in place. 
2. Try to hit a ‘figure-4’ with your legs. 
3. Pull knees up and heels slightly towards butt. 
4. With an open palm, swing your arms from your butt cheek to face cheek. 
5. Swing from your shoulder blades. 
6. Exhale and keep your reaction time quick. 

CUES
- Tall Posture
- Exhale
- Knees Up
- Cheek to Cheek

Running in Place

W4/D4 Arms & Abs

Great workout! I forgot how challenging those banded chest presses can be!! 🔥

What a workout! Resolve tested a couple of times, but so worth it for this post workout happiness!

Ashley

The banded incline dumbbell chest press is suuuuuuper awkward to perform. Each rep felt different because I had to keep repositioning the band to get comfortable, and it was really distracting. Didn’t feel like I got anything but frustration out of this one

W1/D1 Chest & Shoulders 🦾

Aryn

W1/D2 Back 🥊🔥

My legs are shaking so bad! That was a killer!!

Emily

Toni 

W1/D3 Glutes & Hammies

Such a good pump I feel like my arms are going to explode

Ramya

First workout in a while and I know I'll be feeling it! Good stuff as always!

Loving the DB workouts right now! Super helpful with the gym being crowded

Rarielle

W1/D4 Arms & Abs

Adriana

Dorothea

Kristina

W2/D1 Chest & Shoulders

I keep thinking that I’ve just done the hardest possible workout that I could do, then I start a new one and find the next hardest workout I could ever do!

camille restan

W2/D2 Back Day Baby

Exercises were great and just right for me. Timing was excellent. Since it was shorter I have time to stretch after and make a protein smoothie 👍🏼

Christine

W2/D3 Quad Killer

I enjoyed the exercises a lot! I was at the gym an hour and 20 minutes and still didn’t get through the whole workout. Followed the rest times too.

Britt

W2/D4 Arms & Abs

Banded presses are reallly logistically tricky 😆 great challenge though!

Patricia Sessa

W3/D1 Chest & Shoulders 🦾

Coming back from vacation, might need to start from the start again. This was hard

Slowly but surely getting back to where I was

W4/D4 Arms & Abs

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