Name: Playbook - Niki SugarySixpack - W38/D2 Upper body
Uploaded: 2024-03-28T18:05:10.911Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: W38/D2 Upper body

Core breathing
Chair arch and round
Band press out
Hug yourself
Raise and rotate
Pull and rotate
Bob and rotate

Workout: upper body circuit x3
16 alternating wide raise
15 tricep press
16 supported Reverse row
16 alternating reverse raise
16 supported bent row
16 alternating close press

Cooldown
Cross leg side stretch right/left
Mermaid right/left
Shoulder stretch right/left
QL stretch right/left
Raised cat cow
supported child’s pose
Relaxed belly breathing

-See core breathing tutorial for proper technique. Not belly breathing!
-Connect to the deep core from pelvic floor to transverse abs with exhale
-relax connection and allow deep core to lengthen with each inhale
-Keep hips, ribs and head stacked in line for good alignment

PN-Core breathing kneel

-Connect to deep core before movement
-Deep core should stabilize and prevent torso from wobbling
-Imagine a bowl of water on your back that you don’t want to spill
-You should feel the ore working to stabilize and prevent torso movement
-Slow and controlled, focusing on the core
-See core hold tutorial
-Hips, ribs and head stacked and a light length through the torso for good alignment

PN- Quadruped arm tap outs

-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

-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

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

PN- Hug yourself

-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

-Raise arms to shoulder height
-Slow and controlled lower
-Arm should be doing the work. Hips and torso should not be used for momentum
-Core works with breath through movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Alternating wide raise hammer grip

-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

-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 wide row

-Keep hips, ribs and head stacked with a light length through torso
-Movement should come from the arm working, not the body helping to create momentum
-Core works along with breath (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Alternating reverse grip front raise

PN- Alternating supported row

-Be sure hips, ribs and head stay stacked in good alignment so ribs don’t flare out at the top
-Controlled lower of weight
-Deep core works with your breath throughout the movement. Exhale engage (see core breathing)

PN- Close shoulder press

PN- Alternating supported reverse row

Circuit

-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

-Keep majority of motion in the thoracic spine, not dumping into low back
-Exhale to arch (cat), inhale to cow
-Slow, controlled and intentional
-Don’t push range of motion to discomfort

PN-Raised cat cow

-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
-Support chest so that belly is lifted off floor with something soft like a pillow

PN- Supported child pose

-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
- Still not trying to over expand belly, just intentionally letting it go. Also good for growth spurts

PN- Relaxed belly breathing

Cool down

W38/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.

Stephanie

W28/D1 Lower body

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

Hanna

Elaina Murphy

W28/D2 Upper 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! 😀💪🏻

W38/D2 Upper body

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