Name: Playbook - Niki SugarySixpack - W28/D2 Upper body
Uploaded: 2024-03-28T18:05:09.894Z
Duration: 40 min
Description: W28/D2 Upper body

Stephanie

Such a great upper body workout. Really felt the burn 🔥

Hanna

Elaina Murphy

Awesome - managed to get through in 25min with allot of burn!!

Warmup
Core breathing
Lift off
Chair arch and round
Chair roll
Hug yourself
Band press outs
Raise and rotate
Pull and rotate
Bob and rotate


Workout: upper body pairs
Pair 1 x3 
12 side curl, 16 alternating cheer press 
Pair 2 x3
16 alternating reverse press, 16 alternating kick and curl
Pair 3 x3
12 supported reverse row, 12 tricep press
Pair 4 x3
15 tri dip, 16 supported row

Cooldown
Cross leg side stretch right/left
Mermaid right/left
Shoulder stretch right/left
QL stretch right/left
Seated thoracic twist
Modified cat stretch
Relaxed belly breathing

-Connect to deep core (pulling together and lifting the pelvic floor into a wrapping of the transverse abs) with each exhale
-Release and relax deep core connection (think gentle length of pelvic floor/transverse abs) with each inhale
-See core breathing tutorial in Core Function section

PN- Core breathing quadruped

-Engage deep core and use lower abs to lift knees off the ground
-Keep hips ribs and head stacked for good alignment
-Keep a light length through your torso
-See core breathing/ core hold tutorials

PN-Lift off

-Move with intention and control
-Core works gently with breath in movement(see core breathing tutorial). Exhale and engage as you round upper back, inhale and relax connection

PN- Chair arch and round

-Deep core engages right before rolling back, relaxed on inhale when resting on back of chair and engaged on exhale again before rolling up or can stay engaged throughout (see core breathing/core hold tutorial)
-Slow and controlled
-Adjust how far you are from chair back for more of less difficulty (closer is easier,further is harder)
-For more detail see chair roll in core exercise tutorials

PN- Chair roll

-Rotate palms up as arms open back to feel a chest stretch
-Move with control

PN- Hug yourself

-Keep a light length through body with good alignment by keeping hips, ribs and head stacked in line and chin tucked
-Avoid rib fare when arms are overhead
-Start with arms close to shoulder width apart and press the band out with control as you raise your arms from bottom to top. Press out 4-5 times from top to bottom 
-Core works with breath throughout movement (see core breathing tutorial)

Banded press out

-Hinge at hips to bend. Can adjust depth as needed for comfort
-Lats engage before moving arms
-Core works with breath through movement (see core hold/core breathing tutorial)

PN-Raise and rotate

PN- Pull and rotate

-Hips, ribs and head stacked throughout movement to keep from over arching low back or ribs flaring
-Allow foot you are twisting away from to pivot
-Only go as quickly as you can keep good form and control
-Core works with breath through movement (see core breathing/core hold tutorials)

PN- Bob and rotate

Warm up

-Slow and controlled lower
-Length through the torso with hips, ribs and head stacked
-Avoid using momentum to help weight up
-Core works along with breath throughout movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Side curl

-Be sure that movement is done in a controlled manner
-Exhale to engage deep core to stabilize before extending arm
-Keep hips, ribs and head stacked (in line) to avoid ribs flaring at the top
-Core works along with breath throughout movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Alternating cheer press

Upper body pair 1

-Don’t force arm to fully extend, just go to range of motion
-Controlled lower
-Deep core engaged to prevent ribs flaring at the top of the press. Hips, ribs and head should stay stacked in good alignment
-Deep core works along with breath through the movement

PN- Alternating reverse press

-Slow and controlled 
-Lats engaged
-Length through the torso with hips, ribs and head stacked
-Core works along with breath throughout movement (see core breathing/core hold tutorial)

PN-Alternating kick and curl

Upper body pair 2

-Core engages before row, working along with breath (see core breathing tutorial)
-Lats engage and shoulder blades pull together before row
-Keep good alignment by stacking hips, ribs and head and keeping  light length through the torso. Chin stays tucked
-Can adjust by sitting hips back some or stay in quadruped

PN- Supported reverse row right & left

-Press through hands to lift forearms off the floor, recruit triceps 
-Hips, ribs and head stacked for good alignment. Chin tucked
-Modify by bringing legs closer to arms. The further back the legs the harder it is on core and triceps. Err on the side of closer legs later in pregnancy for the sake of your core
-Core works with breath through movement, engaging with exhale before moving (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Tricep press

Upper body pair 3

-Only lower to elbows at 90 degrees
-Keep light length and hips, ribs and head stacked in line for good alignment
-Deep core works with breath through the movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Tri dip

PN- Supported row  right & left

Upper body pair 4

-Reaching over head to feel stretch along side body
-Keep length through torso
-The goal is a gentle stretch, not discomfort

PN- Crossed leg side stretch right & left

-Reach up to feel light stretch through the front body from hip flexor to chest
-Avoid over arching low back. Visualize the ribs and hips lightly connected by a string
-Use glute of front leg to press off floor
-Adjust leg position slightly for comfort
-Core works with gently breath throughout movement

PN- Mermaid right & left

-Keep shoulders back and pull arm across body
-Torso isn’t twisting for added range of motion

PN- Shoulder stretch right & left

-Bend is at the hip
-Should be felt on the side of the low back you’re stretching away from
-Keep light length through the stretch not sinking/dumping into it
-Take range of motion to a slight stretch, not discomfort or forced range of motion

PN- QL stretch right & left

-Make sure rotation is coming from the thoracic spine (upper/mid back) not the low back
-Engage core and squeeze inner thighs before rotation
-See seated thoracic rotation in core work tutorials section

PN- Seated thoracic rotation

-Keep motion in the thoracic spine
-Exhale with arch, inhale back to starting position

PN- Cat stretch

-Focus on the breath in relaxing the pelvic floor and transverse abs
-Deep breaths in to really feel the slight expansion all around your torso and relaxing of the deep core
-Focus on feeling the length of the pelvic floor
-Exhale naturally, no intentional engagement
-Lean on something so that your body is in an inclined position. This puts the pelvic floor in a ‘lengthened’ position

PN- Relaxed belly breathing

Cool down

W28/D2 Upper body

Prenatal Core Learning *IMPORTANT*

Ooofff…legs at 28 weeks is no joke with this amount of reps. Nice burn!

Katie

Alexandra

There’s no slowing down for trimester 3, I see! This might have been the toughest lower body workout of the program (that I remember), but it was awesome! Love the new stretches post-workout too.

W28/D1 Lower body

Improve the app, it always said 45min but the workouts are much shorter

Marja

W28/D3 Foundations

I loved the variety! This is the first workout on the app that I have done and I worked up a good sweat :)

Maddy Tonstad

Anamaria

W28/D4 Total body

How do people finish these lightly weighted workouts in 30-35 min? Lol I never have 43 minutes this time. Good workout though!

Quick and sweaty, really effective! Love the style of your workouts! 😊

Judit

Such a great workout! I wish you could save the ones you like so you can come back to them when you want a little extra workout!

Abbie

W28/D5 Lightly weighted intervals

W28/D6 Total body

Such a good lower body workout. I stuck to keeping to band on instead of weights today and it was still such a good lower body burner. 🔥 🍑 30 weeks 🤰

Too many squats in one workout, i love circuits but you could incorporate other exercises than squats so we Spice it up a bit, and we dont get so much fatigue in the same muscle.

Nélida

W29/D1 Lower body

Had no idea what the triple curl was so I did my best there LOL Other than that, awesome workout again!

Loved this upper body workout! My biceps were talking to me at the end! 😀💪🏻

W28/D2 Upper body

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