Name: Playbook - Sam Sweeney - 1/17 Deadlifts, Biceps, Triceps [CH WK2/D5]
Uploaded: 2026-06-17T00:04:43.057Z
Duration: 75 min
Description: 1/17 Deadlifts, Biceps, Triceps [CH WK2/D5]

Nyakeh

I really like the combo on the challenge! I really feel my shoulders and core on the carry👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Carmen

Favorite day ever!!!! Deadlifts and arm pump! Amen!

Amie

These splits hit every single muscle 💪🏽

Doubted myself if I can deadlift 195lbs for 4x10 but was surprised how stable and easy it was. The progress of your programs continue to shock and impress me 😭

Shannon

My favorite workout day of this split 🥰 I needed this today 🙌💖

Megan

Lamia

Sandra

Mohammed

Week two ending a little rough but showed up for all 5!

Kate

Lindsay

Katelyn

🥵🥵🥵 love getting some deadlifts in again

Stephanie

Split it into 2 to accommodate the day and it worked for me. Feeling good on deadlifts this week!

Love these arms days!!! I feel like a buff B after!!! I’ll be taking everyone to the gun show 😂

DeAnna

Elaine Rondon

Tiffany

Tayler

April

Amanda

Holly molly last 2 Super Sets 🔥🔥🔥thank you 🙏

Lorena

Mia Arrowsmith

Eleah

JulieAnn

Happy Friday!

Week 2 of 6 week split

Pre Training Mobility and Warm Up: please choose appropriate warm up from the “Warm Up and Activation” bubble in the app. [previous warm ups can all be found here]

Tap the ‘start now’ button to find the training day overview.

Deadlifts, Biceps, Triceps: 

1a. (Weighted) Back Extensions: 3S/5R w/ 5 second hold at the top of each rep 
1b. Seated Dumbbell Good Morning: 3S/5R w/ 5 second eccentric 

2. Barbell Deadlifts: 4S/6-10R 

3a. EZ Bar Close Grip Preacher Curls: 4S/8-12R 
3b. Decline Bench Close Grip EZ Bar Skull Crushers: 4S/8-12R 

4a. Single Arm Bent Forward Hammer Curls: 2S/12-15R each side
4b. Single Arm Neutral Grip Cable Overhead Extensions: 2S/12-15R each side 

5a. Standing Dumbbells Hammer Curls: 2S/8-10R full reps + 8-10R half reps
5b. Diamond Push Ups: 2S/8-10R full reps + 8-10R half reps (modify with close grip ez bar or barbell press)

Optional Extra Credit Challenge: AMRAP Metabolic Finisher: 3 minutes 30 seconds 
6a. Front Racked Farmers Carry: 20 seconds
6b. Wall Balls: 5R

1/17 Training Day Overview

Rep Count: 5R
Tempo: 5 second pause at the top of each rep 
Modification: supermans 

Target Muscle Groups: low back, core/entire trunk 

Set Up: 
- position yourself on the back extension machine so your feet are low on the platform and the pad is in line with your hips 
- drive your hips into the pad
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- bend your torso forward so your head faces the ground 
- hug a plate to your chest
- keep a neutral head, neck, and spine

Execution: 
- use your trunk (low back and core) to raise your torso away from the ground 
- lift your torso until it makes a straight line with your legs at the top of the rep 
- contract your low back/core
- lower your torso towards the ground again with control 
- control the movement through your low back and core- do not overload this movement

Paused (Weighted) Back Extensions

Rep Count: 5R
Tempo: 5 second eccentric
Modification: standing dumbbell or banded good morning 

Target Muscle Groups: glutes/hips, core/trunk 

Set Up: 
- grip a dumbbell in each hand
- sit on the end of a bench 
- bend your legs, plant your feet in a wide stance on the ground, toes forward or slightly out
- extend your arms down in front of your torso and hold the dumbbells down between your legs
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set a strong brace
- tuck your chin and keep a neutral head, neck, and spine 
- keep a flat back- neutral head, neck, and spine

Execution: 
- screw your feet into the ground, push knees out
- think about driving your hips back and down into the bench 
- keep a flat back and bend your torso forward 
- lower the dumbbells between your legs and towards the ground
- keep your legs bent, chest facing the ground, full stretch in your hamstrings and glutes at the bottom of the rep 
- drive feet into the ground, think about pushing your hips in 
- use the tension in your hamstrings and glutes to raise your torso and lift the dumbbells into the upright position again 
- contract your glutes and hamstrings at the top of the rep 
- keep your back flat

Slow Eccentric Seated Dumbbell Good Mornings

Primer Compound Set

Rep Range: 6-10R
Tempo: steady, power
Modification: trap bar, dumbbell or kettlebell deadlifts

Target Muscle Group: back, legs, core, entire posterior chain

Set Up: 
 - load the bar with appropriate weight 
- stand behind the bar, position the bar so it is in line with/above “mid shoelace “
- take a hip width stance or slightly inside, toes forward (feel free to play around with stance, your mobility and anatomy will play a large role in the width of your stance)
- create a tripod foot with your feet, think about connecting/pressing through the base of your big toe, little toe, and heel
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- keep a neutral spine and hinge at your hips 
- bend forward to grip the barbell
- grip the barbell with a pronated grip (feel free to use straps), hook grip, or an under/overhand grip (Use a “death grip” on the bar)
- grip should be just outside of your hips
- sink your hips down and lift your chest so it is facing forward 
- activate your lats by depressing your scapula (shoving them down and pinning them there) and think about breaking the bar around your body to create tension
*as you do this the bar should be pulled right up to your shins
- keep head/neck/spine neutral

Execution: 
- take a bracing breath, expand your core 3D
- keep a neutral spine, and press your feet through the ground
- leg press the weight up until the bar is at knee level 
- as the bar reaches your knees, drive your hips in and extend your legs
(think about your knees externally rotating as you pull the bar, and push hips in> torque)
- raise your torso upright and lift the bar into the standing position
- contract your entire posterior chain and keep tight, make sure to reach full hip extension at the top of the rep, but don’t hyperextend through the low back
- reverse the movement and lower the bar with control, keep the bar as close to your body as possible
- reset your breath in between each rep
- at the top and bottom of the rep we should always be able to ‘read the logo on your shirt’- this just means keep your chest up and facing forward

Barbell Deadlift

Rep Range: 8-12R
Tempo: steady 
Modification: dumbbell preacher curls (hook arms over the end of an incline bench or stay seated and bend your torso forward to pin your elbows inside your knees).

Target Muscle Group: biceps

Set Up: 
- grip the ez bar with a close grip, inside shoulder width
- stand behind the ez bar pad
- lean your chest towards the pad and hook your arms over the pad 
- extend your arms down over the pad, keep your arms glued to the pad from armpit to elbow
- position your elbows directly below your delts
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- pin your scapula down, shoulders back 

Execution: 
- drive your elbows into the pad
- bend your arms and curl the bar towards your chest
- contract your biceps at the top of the rep
- keep your elbows glued to the pad and lower the bar away from you
- be sure your arms are fully extended between reps 
- keep shoulders from rolling forward

EZ Bar Close Grip Preacher Curls

Rep Range: 8-12R
Tempo: steady 
Modification: slide a plate or two under one end of a flat bench to create a slight decline, or lie on the ground in a supine position and lift your hips into a bridged position 

Target Muscle Group: triceps

Set Up: 
- grip the ez bar with a close, pronated grip 
- lie in a supine position on a decline bench, feet at the high end of the bench 
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- extend your arms and lift the bar to position it over your chest
- pin your elbows over your delts
- keep your wrists straight, tight grip on the bar

Execution: 
- keep elbows pinned in place
- bend your arms and lower the ez bar towards your face
- lower the bar to at least a 90 degree bend in your arms
- extend your arms and press the bar over your chest again 
- contract your triceps at the top of the rep

Decline Bench Close Grip EZ Bar Skull Crushers

Superset

Rep Range: 12-15R each side
Tempo: steady 
Modification: bent forward hanging dumbbell curl

Target Muscle Group: biceps

Set Up: 
- use no cable attachment and position one side of the cable low, at about knee height
- step in front of the cable, facing away 
- grip the knob of the cable with one hand
- step 1-2 steps forward
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- bend your knees slightly, push your hips back and bend your torso forward only slightly 
- extend your arm holding the cable by your side, and behind you in the direction of the cable
- pin your elbow slightly behind your torso
- keep a flat back and a neutral head, neck, and spine

Execution: 
- keep your elbow pinned
- bend your arm and curl the knob of the cable towards your delt on one side
- contract your bicep at the top of the rep 
- extend your arm and lower the cable behind your torso again with control 
- be sure to fully extend your arm between reps
- keep traps down, shoulders back

Single Arm Bent Forward Hammer Curls:

Rep Range: 12-15R each side
Tempo: steady 
Modification: single arm dumbbell overhead extension

Target Muscle Group: triceps

Set Up: 
- use no attachment and position one side of the cable low, at about knee height
- stand in front of the cable, facing away 
- grip the knob of the cable with one hand, neutral grip 
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- lift the cable and extend your arm overhead
- pin your elbow directly over your delt, arm fully extended towards the ceiling to begin 
- drive your ribs down and keep a neutral spine 

Execution: 
- keep elbow pinned over your delt
- bend your arm and lower the cable behind your head
- lower to at least a 90 degree bend in your arm 
- extend your arm and lift the cable into the overhead position again 
- contract your tricep at the top of the rep

Single Arm Neutral Grip Cable Overhead Extensions:

Rep Count: 8-10R full reps + 8-10R half reps
Tempo: steady

Target Muscle Group: biceps

Set Up: 
- grip a dumbbell in each hand, hammer grip
- extend your arms down by your sides
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- pin your elbows by your sides, in line with your torso 
- keep a tall torso, and a neutral head, neck, and spine 
- keep shoulders back, traps down

Execution: 
- drive your elbows into your torso 
- bend your arms and curl the dumbbells towards your delts
- contract your biceps
- keep elbows in place and extend your arms down by your sides again as you lower the dumbbells
- for your half reps; curl the dumbbells to only .5R position 
- contract your biceps
- lower the dumbbells and extend your arms down by your sides again

Standing Dumbbell Hammer Curls

Rep Count: 6-8R full reps + 6-8R half reps
Tempo: steady 
Modification: drop to your knees or perform incline diamond push ups (hands on bench, feet on ground), or choose close grip bench w/ ez bar or barbell, or a lying dumbbell french press

Target Muscle Group: triceps

Set Up: 
- plant your hands on the ground in a close/diamond stance
- step your feet back into a plank position 
- squeeze your glutes, contract your quads, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- keep a flat back and a neutral head, neck, and spine
- keep your trunk stiff and traveling in a straight line

Execution: 
- bend your arms, keep your elbows traveling close to each side
- lower your chest towards the ground
- extend your arms and press your chest away from the ground
- contract your triceps at the top of the rep 
- for half reps; bend your arms and lower to only a .5R position 
- extend your arms back to the top of the rep in a pulsing tempo
- contract triceps, hold tension and continue reps

Diamond Push Ups

Get through as many rounds as possible within the 3 minute and 30 seconds time frame. Take little to no rest from movement to movement.

Time: 20 seconds
Tempo: steady 

Set Up: 
- grip a kettlebell or dumbbell in each hand
- stand with feet hip width apart, toes forward
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- clean/shrug the kettlebells up to the front racked position, rest the kettlebells on your front delts
- keep your elbows high and pointing out to each side to support the weight of the kettlebells
- keep the kettlebells in this front racked position 
- keep a tall torso
- tuck your ribs down and hold your brace

Execution: 
- step forward and walk in a slow and steady pace

Front Racked Farmers Carry

Rep Count: 5R
Tempo: steady, explosive
Modification: dumbbell or kettlebell thrusters

Set Up: 
- grip a med ball in both hands, hold the ball at your chest
- stand in front of a wall, about 2 feet away, face the wall 
- get into a slightly wider than hip width stance, toes forward
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace

Execution: 
- push your hips back, bend your knees
- lower into a full squat
- extend your legs, drive your hips in 
- as you press up from your squat position, use the momentum to extend your arms and toss the ball high to tap the wall 
- catch the ball softly, hold it at your chest
- move directly into the next rep 
- keep this one fluid movement

Wall Balls

Optional Extra Credit Challenge: AMRAP Metabolic Finisher

1/17 Deadlifts, Biceps, Triceps [CH WK2/D5]

No modification for hack squat. No weight is not modification. Overall okayish workout.

Porchia

Jennifer

6/16 Quads, Glutes

Audry

Jessica

6/15 Shoulders, Arms

Really loved the trap bar grip on the stiff legs, hit soooo right ❤️‍🔥

Lizz

6/12 Hamstrings, Glutes

This felt great and the burnout was especially awesome!

Janet

6/11 Chest, Shoulders

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻❤️🔥❤️❤️

6/10 Back, Core/Abs

Loved the ladder SS! As always such a good leg day! 🔥

6/9 Quads, Glutes

How many times can I say perfection in a single split? The limit does not exist ♾️

Katie

6/8 Shoulders, Arms

Please make this split a permanent workout option on the app! I have extremely mixed feelings about it, but I can’t deny the growth I’ve been seeing!

Emily

Michelle 

6/5 Hamstrings, Glutes

6/4 Chest, Shoulders

Absolutely loved everything about this one, a favorite for sure!

6/3 Back, Core/Abs

The burnout leg extensions were a really cool variation!

BabyLuv

Morgan

6/2 Quads, Glutes

Love the lat raise variety, hit just right ❤️

6/1 Shoulders, Arms

Calling the authorities because that box squat into reverse lunges superset-pyramid-drop-set shenanigans was attempted murder.  😤🥵

Mandy Rigsby

Alice

5/29 Hamstrings, Glutes

Vanessa

Shoulders and chest annihilation 🤸🏻‍♀️🥇🪂

5/28 Chest, Shoulders

I would love if there were more abs on ab day. But I adore all of the diff ways we worked the back.

I surprised myself today! Didn’t know i had the strength or stability to do the one leg pullover and I did!!! This split has really made its way into my top favorites already!

5/27 Back, Core/Abs

5/26 Quads, Glutes

All the corkscrews felt SOOO good today 💪🥰

5/25 Shoulders, Arms

Heather

Alexis

5/22 Hamstrings, Glutes

Solid chest day. Those around the worlds depleted the tank fully!

Tamara Feist

5/21 Chest, Shoulders

I'm trying to fall in love with the gym again and the structure of this split is helping significantly! Thanks Sam!

5/20 Back, Core/Abs

First day back! Almost 11 months postpartum. That was tough but so glad to be back at it.

5/19 Quads, Glutes

The trisets flowed so perfectly together!

Trisha Jones

5/18 Shoulders, Arms [NEW SPLIT!]

This day always feels so aligning for me 🥰

Just did the running part …needed that this morning 🔥

Yesenia

5/15 Shoulders, Core (sprints- DELOAD)

Wall sits never fail to bring the quad fire 🔥

Vonny

5/14 Quads, Glutes (abs-DELOAD)

Shoulders have been feeling a lot stronger to support these chest day moves!!

5/13 Chest, Triceps (sprints- DELOAD)

5/12 Glutes, Hamstrings (abs- DELOAD)

Bicep endurance has improved so much over the course of this split 💪🥰

5/11 Back, Biceps (sprints- DELOAD)

Linz

Great split. Ready for a deload week though

5/8 Shoulders, Core (sprints)

Holly

5/7 Quads, Glutes (abs)

Flavia

Has anyone got triceps I can borrow? Mine are on 🔥🔥💪

Carol

5/6 Chest, Triceps (sprints)

Really love the eccentric focus on the 2-1 ham curls

5/5 Glutes, Hamstrings (abs)

God those inverted rows get me every time 💀🫠

Molly

5/4 Back, Biceps (sprints)

One of the kick ass workout ever. Those snatches wow. Loved it. 😍

5/1 Shoulders, Core (sprints)

Lateral walks and step ups were challenging today, loved it. 😍

Omg the step ups 😭🥵. I will not be able to walk right tomorrow

Faith

4/30 Quads, Glutes (abs)

Took a week break cause was in a rut but we're back and feeling better 🔥 even with the break still progressing 🔥 all thanks to the intentional programming.

4/29 Chest, Triceps (sprints)

The contralateral reverse lunges felt really great today!

4/28 Glutes, Hamstrings (abs)

Karen Arce

Better than late than never 🥹🤷🏻‍♀️

4/27 Back, Biceps (sprints)

Jill

This split is by far my favorite. Please add Cardio days more🩵

Olivia Schneider

4/24 Shoulders, Core (sprints)

Gabrielle

McKayla

Loving this!! I needed to switch gears! Love the new challenge.

4/23 Quads, Glutes (abs)

Rachael

So good. I’ve been combining chest and shoulders for my 4 days a week split and works great!!!

4/22 Chest, Triceps (sprints)

Jessi mollak

Lisa

4/21 Glutes, Hamstrings (abs)

Pull ups will forever be a struggle 😂😂

4/20 Back, Biceps (sprints)

Love this program. Skipped run did deep stretches instead.

4/17 Shoulders, Core (sprints)

4/16 Quads, Glutes (abs)

Energy on high today! Flew through that and finished feeling absolutely fantastic! A favorite for sure!!

4/15 Chest, Triceps (sprints)

Wow I really needed that! Feeling so strong and balanced 🥰❤️‍🔥

4/14 Glutes, Hamstrings (abs)

Kayla Staker

4/13 Back, Biceps (sprints)

Love the addition of core and ab work. Thank you. Always a challenge for me but worth it!

1/17 Deadlifts, Biceps, Triceps [CH WK2/D5]

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