Name: Playbook - Sam Sweeney - 3/27 Chest and Triceps
Uploaded: 2024-03-25T01:09:17.840Z
Duration: 75 min
Description: 3/27 Chest and Triceps

Karolane

Jemme

I was reminded how much weaker my right arm/chest is today 😂

Daisy

Been loving the drop sets at the end of the workout!

Kody Young

Megan

Rochelle

Lamia

Feels like my arms are about to explode from the pump ☠️🔥

Denise Hofer

Amber

Morgan

Kimmy

Kashay Sullivan

Chelsey

Stephanie

Nyakeh

My first workout after MONTHS and I am so happy I pushed through 👏👏

Ashley

Lorena

Janis Burrell

Porchia

Regina

Katie

Cindy Smith

Christina

Brooke

Vonny

Danielle

Megan Laudick

Happy Wednesday!

Week 4 of 9 week split [week 10 will be a deload week] 

Goal of Split: A close continuation from our last split. Training days built around gaining strength through a variety of volume per muscle group, with an emphasis on repetition of primary and secondary movements in both strength and hypertrophy rep ranges. The optional core work included at the start of each training day is intended to help you connect to your body and serve as part of a pre training day warm up if you choose. 

*primary and secondary movements will be repeated over the course of the 9 weeks*

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.

Chest and Triceps:

Optional Core Work: 
a. Decline Reverse Crunches: 2S/10-15R
b. Plank Shoulder Taps: 2S/20-30R total 

Strength Training: 
1. Primary: Bench Press: 4S/3-5R

2. Secondary: Single Arm Incline Chest Press: 4S/6-8R each side

3. Cable Straight Bar Supinated Grip Tricep Extensions: 5S/10-12R [2 second pause at the top of each rep] 

4. Low Incline Bench Press: 6S/10R [every 30 seconds] 

5. Single Arm Seated Overhead Tricep Extensions: 3S/6-8R each side [3 second eccentric each rep] 

6. Machine Chest Fly: 3S/5R drop 10R drop 5R

3/27 Training Day Overview

Rep Range: 10-15R
Tempo: steady
Modification: flat bench reverse crunch

Set Up: 
- position yourself in a supine position on the decline bench, legs at the low end of the bench 
- reach your arms behind you and grip the ends of the bench with each hand
- contract your lats and pull yourself into the bench 
- bend your legs at 90 degrees
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace 
- tuck your chin 

Execution: 
- drive your upper back into the bench 
- use your core to lift your hips off of the bench 
- lift your legs towards the ceiling, keep your legs bent
- contract your core
- lower your hips to the bench with control

Decline Reverse Crunch

Rep Range: 20-30R total 
Tempo: steady 
Modification: incline plank shoulder taps

Set Up:
- get down on the ground in a prone position
- plant your hands on the ground under your front Delts 
- step your feet back into a hip width stance
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- keep a neutral head, neck, and spine position
- keep hips in line with torso

Execution:
- lift one hand off of the ground
- bend your arm and reach your hand across your chest to tap your opposite front delt
- extend your arm and plant your hand on the ground under your front delt again
- alternate tapping the opposite shoulder to the opposite hand each rep
- keep hips from moving side to side
- keep hips in line with torso

Plank Shoulder Taps

Optional Core Work

Rep Range: 3-5R 
Tempo: steady, power
Modification: dumbbell flat bench chest press

Set Up: 
- set the bar at a reasonable height so you are able to safely un-rack the barbell when you are lying supine on the bench. 
- to get into position, retract and depress your scapula and pin your mid/upper back to the bench. 
- grip the bar with a pronated grip, wider than shoulder width (grip placement will depend on your body mechanics and mobility)
- lock in the natural arch in your low back by contracting your lats (keep the scapula retracted and depressed), lift your chest towards the bar, squeeze your glutes, and position your toes in line with or slightly behind your knees. 
*the arch will keep your shoulders safe during heavy pressing. (No need to accentuate it if uncomfortable, just utilize the natural arch)*
- plant your feet on the ground so your toes are in line with or slightly behind your knees 
- brace and create full body tension [death grip on the bar- grip the ground with your feet]

Execution: 
- keep full body tension (break the bar- spread the ground with your feet) and un-rack the barbell, position it just above your chest in the starting position. 
- bend your elbows below your shoulders as you lower the barbell to mid chest or just under your chest [think about rowing the bar into your chest and squeeze your scap as you do, this will help keep tension in your posterior chain to support the press]
- keep your knuckles facing the ceiling 
- drive your feet through the floor and exhale as you press the bar up and slightly “back” to the start position.
- reset your brace and breath between reps

Primary: Bench Press

Rep Range: 6-8R each side
Tempo: steady 

Set Up: 
- set your bench to 60-70 degrees
- grip a dumbbell in one hand, pronated grip 
- sit on the bench, press your mid back into the bench 
- plant your feet on the ground 
- extend your arm and position the dumbbell over your chest
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine and set your brace
- tuck your pinky forward slightly 
- extend your other arm over your chest or place your hand on your chest for mind/muscle connection 

Execution: 
- bend your arm so your elbow travels ~45 degrees from your torso 
- lower the dumbbell to one side of your chest, arm bent at 90 degrees or slightly below 
- extend your arm and press the dumbbell over your chest again
- contract your pec
- keep your elbow under your wrist
- keep your wrist straight

Secondary: Single Arm Incline Chest Press

Rep Rang: 10-12R 
Tempo: 2 second hold at the top of each rep
Modification: banded supinated grip tricep extensions

Set Up: 
- attach a straight bar to one side of the cable and position it high 
- step in front of the cable, facing the bar
- grip the bar with a supinated grip, shoulder width apart
- pull the cable and bend your arms at 90 degrees
- pin your elbows in line with your elbows 
- step away from the cable 1-2 steps
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- keep a neutral head, neck, and spine 
- keep your traps down and shoulders back 

Execution: 
- extend your arms and pull the bar straight down towards the ground 
- contract your triceps
- keep your elbows pinned by your sides and bend your arms as you release the cable high again 
- keep your wrists pinned straight

Cable Straight Bar Supinated Grip Tricep Extensions

Rep Count: 10R
*every 30 seconds
Tempo: steady 
Modification: low incline dumbbell chest press

Set Up: 
- set your bench to a low incline, ~45-55 degrees
- position your bench in the center of the rack, under your barbell 
- sit on the bench, plant your feet on the ground 
- lie back so your eyes are directly under the barbell on the rack
- press your mid back into the pad of the bench 
- extend your arms to grip the barbell slightly wider than shoulder width apart 
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- depress your scapula and contract your lats, think about breaking the bar in half 
- tuck your chin 
- lift the barbell from the rack and position the bar directly over your chest

Execution: 
- bend your arms so your elbows travel ~45 degrees from your torso 
- lower the barbell to your mid chest, tap the bar to your chest if possible 
- extend your arms and press the bar over your chest again with control 
- contract your chest at the top of the rep

Low Incline Bench Press

Rep Range: 6-8R each side
Tempo: 3 second eccentric

Set Up: 
- grip a dumbbell in one hand, neutral grip 
- sit on a bench with back support, press your mid back into the bench, plant your feet on the ground
- pull belly button to spine, tuck your ribs down, and set your brace
- lift the dumbbell and extend your arm overhead, in line with your delt
- keep your elbow pinned over your delt
- tuck your chin, keep a tall torso and a neutral head, neck, and spine

Execution: 
- with elbow pinned over your delt, bend your arm and lower the dumbbell behind your head 
- lower the dumbbell to at least a 90 degree bend in your arm 
- extend your arm and press the dumbbell overhead again with control
- contract your tricep at the top of the rep 
- keep your elbow pinned over your delt

Single Arm Seated Overhead Tricep Extension

Rep Count: 5R drop 10R drop 5R
*20 reps total 
*drop the weight by 20-50% on drop set
Tempo: steady 
Modification: flat bench dumbbell chest fly

Set Up:
- sit on the chest fly machine, set the seat so the handles are in line with your chest
- press your back into the back pad of the seat, plant your feet on the ground
- extend your arms out to grip the handles with a neutral grip
- pull belly button to spine and set your brace
- keep a slight bend in your elbows

Execution: 
- pull the handles forward to meet in line with the center of your chest
- contract your chest
- release the handles and extend your arms out to your sides with control 
- keep your wrist straight
- keep your traps down and shoulders back, mid back pressed into the pad of the bench

Machine Chest Fly

3/27 Chest and Triceps

Ashlee

Jody

4/26 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Would love to have more double sets or sets to do during waiting times to capitalize on the time :)

Olga

LOVED ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

4/25 Quads and Glutes

Audry

Brianda

April

4/24 Chest and Triceps

Brooke Trujillo

Joanne

4/23 Back and Biceps

Erisa

Those alternating steps ups kicked my a$$ 🔥

4/22 Glutes and Hamstrings

Hit another PR on deadlifts!!!😃😄😄 #165.

Brilliant fullbody, my fave!! Thanks so much!

Emily

4/20 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Yanely

Landmine press following tricep push downs is evil genius 😈

Meghan

Literally cannot love this sequence enough. Upper body, core, still shaking from my leg workout….this is perfection 🫡

Katherine Maestas

4/19 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Fucking KILLER on the quads!!! Skipped the walking lunges cause I don’t like them but everything else was chef’s kiss

Delilah

Absolutely LOVED the focus on stability today. Hands down one of my favorite workouts of this entire split so far, and this has been my overall favorite split so far!!

Serena

4/18 Quads and Glutes

Ruben Dorado

Combined this with shoulders this week and I think I'm about to explode cause the pump is real 😂😂

4/17 Chest and Triceps

Who says you can’t get a good workout from home?! Killed it Sam!

Claire

4/16 Back and Biceps

Kerri

When you leave the gym with your calves and hammies feeling on-fire and invigorated, but also like noodles 😅 Such a beastmode workout, especially with those Nordic curls ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

PR alert! 🚨 175 X 3 🤩 My best ever back squat! Sam & Noel are the bomb dot com!

4/15 Glutes and Hamstrings

This was so great and explosive omg 🥵🥵🥵🥵

Omayma

feeling incredible 😆 Thank you so much 🙏

4/13 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

4/12 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

4/11 Quads and Glutes

Had one of my best days so far on flat bench press! Not high numbers but the weights moved like butter. Sweeney fitness programming is amazing!

Arms were shaking by the end 😄 great workout!

4/10 Chest and Triceps

Building wings to fly away 🦇 🪽 💪

Rear delts are feeling ON TOP OF THE WORLD right now 💪😍

4/9 Back and Biceps

Jamie

Firaaaaaaaaaaaa 🔥 🔥 a hard one! Liked it!

4/8 Glutes and Hamstrings

Rowena

So happy with how much my coordination is improving with the single arm/leg snatch!

4/6 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Such great stability and control today 💪

4/5 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Alexis

4/4 Quads and Glutes

Diana

Grateful for incredible daily training!! Loved it & thank you 🧡

4/3 Chest and Triceps

Every week, those 6 sets with 30 seconds rest leave me thinking I won’t finish all 6 sets. Always do though. Love them.

Did not sleep well and wasn't feeling it but still made it and pushed through today 🔥

Bent over dumbbell rows moving like butter! 🔥 💪

4/2 Back and Biceps

Tolivers

The modifications really come in clutch in a busy gym!

4/1 Glutes and Hamstrings

Thank you for incredible fullbody session!

3/30 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Natalie

3 overhead exercises back to back about ended me 😅

First workout back after tummy bug illness. Felt good to move

jackie

3/29 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

I got cocky with those sissys and it put me in my place 😤

That moment when you think you’re done and then see 3 sets of Spanish dropset 😂 💀 Quads are cooked 🍗 🔥

3/28 Quads and Glutes

Micaela

Seriously that was so freaking epic! 🦇

3/26 Back and Biceps

Jessie

3/25 Glutes and Hamstrings

Mariia

3/23 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

My first day back from 6 weeks off! I missed this 😜 it was a rough mental start, but such a good first day lift

First gym workout in forever and it was the pump I needed!

Hannah Ricci

3/22 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Wow! All the variations! Such a great workout! ❤️🔥

Laura

3/21 Quads and Glutes

I hope all of her lifts continue to be this 🔥🦾 My arms are on fire!!

30 Reps is too much of anything!  Whewwww! 🔥

Michelle Zabin

3/20 Chest and Triceps

What a perfect bday workout 💗 back and biceps feeling PUMPED!! Talk about starting my 30s right (And strong AF 😉)

3/19 Back and Biceps

Those quadruped cable kickbacks were fun!

I felt an amazing pump with the sumo 🔥 a great workout!

3/18 Glutes and Hamstrings

Deadlift strength and form getting better and better by the week 🤩

3/16 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Hard to walk between shoulder sets because my glutes and quads are epically wrecked.  Well done!

Caryn

35 weeks prego and still getting it done with lighter weight and modification when needed ❤️

Aven

Super fun and different arm variations! Loved it 💪❤️‍🔥

3/15 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Flav

Shelly

3/14 Quads and Glutes

Those supinated tricep extensions HUMBLED ME

Brittany

3/13 Chest and Tricep

3/12 Back and Biceps

The back to back hammies is pure evil 😭😂☠️

3/11 Glutes and Hamstrings

Those single arm single leg cleans are wild!! I love them! Such great stability work. So happy we have a unilateral every day, they really make me feel my best self ❤️

3/9 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Jennifer

Amanda

3/8 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Anne

As usual I underestimated the band work 😂

3/7 Quads and Glutes

Chest activation was absolutely fantastic 💯 👏 🤯

3/6 Chest and Triceps

3/5 Back and Biceps

My hammies will hate me tomorrow ☠️☠️☠️

3/4 Glutes and Hamstrings- NEW SPLIT!

This was a great workout to end the split 💪🏼 excited for next week!

Paige

3/2 Full Body or Rest Day [DELOAD WEEK]

Using the band for y raises was really a game changer for me! Lit up my whole back and rear delts ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

3/1 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps [DELOAD WEEK]

Oh so perfect peach 🍑really enjoyed this one 🥰

3/27 Chest and Triceps

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