Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Work Shoulders
Uploaded: 2026-06-04T14:17:21.718Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: Work Shoulders

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GOAL
Wanna do dips but bodyweight is too hard? Here’s the solution. So so good. 

1. Lower a dip bar so the bar is below your rib cage. 
2. Set a position where your feet are on the ground. Use box if needed. 
3. Get deep in the bottom position with right triangle elbow, shoulders back and down + chest forward. 
4. Use your legs to push up and stay learning forward to squeeze chest. 
5. Squeeze at top, hold your bodyweight and lower slowly. 
6. Reset deep in bottom position with feet on ground. Repeat. 

CUES
- Lean Chest Forward
- Right Triangle 
- Retract Shoulder Blades

Jumping Dips

GOAL
Strengthen the oblique abs for v-lines baby

DETAILS
1. Don't let yourself swing around. Slow and controlled is the name of the game.
2. Jump up and hold onto to a bar. Retract your shoulders and externally rotate that shit. 
3. Rotate hips to side and push hips forward.
4. Begin the rep by crunching the ribs to hips with bent knees. 
5. Actively crunch your abs while keeping your hips under your shoulders, don't let the hips tuck back behind your body. 
6. On the descent, control the negative and pray to the ab Gods to power you through at least 7 reps. 

CUES
- Knees Slightly Apart
- Control Descent
- Exhale on Crunch
- Hips In Line With Body
- Crunch Belly Button In

Hanging Oblique Knee Tucks

Warm up

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
Burn em brah. This is the optimal exercise for building rounder shoulders to trick people into thinking you have a tinier waist and just to look shredded

DETAILS
1 Start at the hip and raise up to the shoulders. The dumbbells should be a few inches in front of your body to move in your scapular plane.
2. Elbows are bent at 90 degrees  you're initiating the movement with your shoulders.
3. Proud chest and lower slowly. 

Pro-Tip: use momentum to overload our the muscle with a little heavier weight 

CUES
- Retract Shoulder Blades
- Elevated Sternum 
- Reach Away

Bent Arm Lateral Raise

GOAL 
Build boulder shoulders and that v-taper

DETAILS
1. Lock in dumbbells overhead on an incline bench. 
2. Be sure to keep full control of the dumbbells at all times. Then breathe out and push the dumbbells up with your shoulders.
3. Lock your arms at the top, hold for a second, and then start slowly lowering the weight. Lowering the weights should take about twice as long as raising them.
4. Proud chest and control the movement. 

CUES
- Proud Chest 
- Squeeze from Chest

Incline Dumbbell Press

Wow Tough

GOAL
Burn em brah. This is the optimal exercise for building rounder shoulders to trick people into thinking you have a tinier waist #TrickorTreat

DETAILS
1. Grip can vary. Neutral grip for basic life or internally rotate with the dumbbell slightly in front of your hip to target that rotator cuff (lighter weight).
2. Start at the hip and raise up to the shoulders. The dumbbells should be a few inches in front of your body to move in your scapular plane.
3. Elbows are slightly bent and you're initiating the movement with your shoulders.

Pro-Tip: We're going for blood flow on this. No need to get real heavy, just go lighter and check that ego. 

CUES
- Retract Shoulder Blades
- Elevated Sternum 
- Reach Away 
- Tuck Your Ribs

Dumbbell Lateral Raises

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

Pro-Tip: I recommend doing single arm raises in an alternating fashion. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Don't Shrug Up
- Breathe
- Grunt

Alternating Underhand Dumbbell Front Raise

GOAL
Get some shape to your upper body and improve your shoulder function 

DETAILS
1. Knees are slightly bent, hand grip can vary but usually right inside the shoulder is optimal. 
2. With the weight at your hips, begin pulling by leading with your elbows. Get the elbows up towards your ears and the weight will follow.
3. Keep the weight close to your body. 
4. As you pull, you can shrug up to target the traps as well. 
Pro-Tip: I prefer not wrapping my thumb around the bar aka less internal rotation.

CUES
- Shrug Up 
- Squeeze Up
- Knees Slightly Bent
- Chest Up

Dumbbell Upright Row

GOAL
Strong scapular function and upper back

DETAILS
1. Stand tall with a dumbbell on each hand (palms facing your torso), arms extended on the sides.
2. Lift the dumbbells by elevating the shoulders as high as possible while you exhale. Hold the contraction at the top for a second. Tip: The arms should remain extended at all times. Refrain from using the biceps to help lift the dumbbells. Only the shoulders should be moving up and down.
3. Lower the dumbbells back to the original position.
4. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

CUES - Squeeze Shoulders up to Ears
- Mind Muscle Connect

Dumbbell Shrugs

Pump Up

GOAL 
Build some killer obliques with this one. These can help with the "V" that everyone is obsessed with, but can also add a little width to your sides so find the balance you want.

DETAILS
1. Feet are shoulder width apart, posture is perfect and upright. Butt n gut squeezed. 
2. With a dumbbell in one hand. Bend to that side. Pretend you're a lil organic, frosted pastry in a toaster. Don't bend back or forward because your golden skin will get burned. 
3. As you're bending to the side, don't push the hips to the side either. Everything is stationary, just the torso is compressed. You are not wiggling those hips. 
4. Return to starting position and repeat each side.

CUES
- Squeeze Ass
- Don't Get Burned
- Hips In Place
- Posture is Upright AF
- Ribs Tucked

Side Bends

GOAL
Strengthen the lower abs for supreme injury prevention, lifting strength and pelvic control #PelvicStrong

DETAILS
1. Don't let yourself swing around. Slow and controlled is the name of the game.
2. Jump up and hold onto to a bar. Retract your shoulders and externally rotate that shit. 
3. Stack your body in a perfectly straight line, abs crunched, butt squeezed, and toes pointed.
4. Begin the rep by lifting the toes up to hip level. 
5. Actively crunch your abs while keeping your hips under your shoulders, don't let the hips tuck back behind your body. 
6. On the descent, control the negative and pray to the ab Gods to power you through at least 10 reps. 

CUES
- Feet Together
- Control Descent
- Exhale on Crunch
- Hips In Line With Body
- Crunch Belly Button In

Hanging Leg Raise

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