Name: Playbook - Sam Sweeney - 4/6 Full Body or Optional Rest Day
Uploaded: 2024-04-05T23:24:33.727Z
Duration: 75 min
Description: 4/6 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Rowena

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

Megan

Katie

Lamia

BB squat clean…🔥 it was very challenging but I felt my strength & control got better today. Thanks for incredible training sessions 🧡

Erisa

Nyakeh

Two words. Oh. Boy. 🙌🏼👏🏼
Twas a good one.

Cheryl

Jane

Bree

Regina

Happy Saturday!

Week 5 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.

Full Body:

Optional Core Work: 
a. Oblique V Ups: 2S/5-10R each side
b. Inchworms: 2S/8-12R total 

Strength Training: 
1. Primary: Barbell Deadlift: 4S/3-5R

2. Secondary: Single Arm, Single Leg Kettlebell Clean: 4S/6-8R each side

3. Front Racked Farmers Carry: 5S/90 seconds

4. Barbell Squat Clean: 6S/8-10R [every 30 seconds] 

5. Single Arm OH Squat: 3S/6-8R each side [3 second eccentric] 

6. Weighted Med Ball Crunch: 3S/5R drop 10R drop 5R

4/6 Training Day Overview

Rep Range: 5-10R each side
Tempo: steady 
Modification: oblique crunch 

Set Up: 
- lie on the ground on your side
- stack your legs and extend them out straight, point your toes
- extend your arm closest to the ground out straight, plant your hand on the ground
- bend your other arm and pin your hand behind your head
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- position your toes slightly in front of your torso 

Execution: 
- drive your hip into the ground 
- use your obliques to lift your legs off of the ground 
- press your hand against the ground and lift your upper body off of the ground 
- drive your elbow towards your legs at the top of the rep 
- contract your obliques
- lower your legs and upper body to the ground again 
- keep control of the movement through your trunk/obliques

Oblique V Ups

Rep Range: 8-12R
Tempo: steady 

Set Up: 
- stand with feet hip width apart
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace

Execution: 
- push your hips back, keep your legs straight, and bend your torso forward
- reach your hands to the ground 
- plant your hands on the ground under your delts
- keep your legs straight and walk your hands out, away from your toes
- walk out into a plank position with your hands directly under your delts, hips in line with your torso 
- lift your hips and walk your feet in towards your hands
- move directly into the next rep

Inchworms

Optional Core Work

Rep Range: 3-5R
Tempo: steady, power
Modification: trap bar, dumbbell or kettlebell deadlift- be consistent with whichever you choose

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 biomechanics 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
- 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 lift your torso
(think about your knees externally rotating as you pull the bar, and push hips in> torque)
- 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

Primary: Barbell Deadlift

Rep Range: 6-8R each side
Tempo: steady, power
Modification: single arm kettlebell clean 

- sub dumbbell for kettlebell if needed*

Set Up: 
- grip a kettlebell or dumbbell in one hand, pronated grip to begin
- stand with your feet hip width apart, toes forward
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- lift your foot off of the ground on the same side as your kettlebell
- keep your other foot glued to the ground 
- extend your free arm out to you side to help you balance the weight through the movement 
- keep a neutral head, neck spine position 

Execution: 
- push your hips back and lean your torso forward
- bend your knee and lower your weight towards the ground 
- extend your free leg back behind you 
- drive your foot through the ground, extend your legs, push your hips in and lift your torso
- as you lift your torso, shrug the kettlebell toward the front racked position, neutral grip on the kettlebell at the top of the rep 
- bend your free leg and drive your knee forward towards your chest at the top of the rep
- contract your glutes and hamstrings 
- extend your arm down in front of you again and move directly into the next rep 
- complete all reps on one side before moving to the next
- use your core to balance the weight distribution, keep tension in your core

Secondary: Single Leg, Single Arm Kettlebell Clean

Time: 90 seconds
Tempo: steady

Set Up: 
- hold dumbbells or kettlebells in each hand
- bend your arms, point your elbows forward, and position your weight on top of your front delts
- stand with your feet hip width apart
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine and set your brace
- tuck your chin
- keep a tall torso and a neutral head, neck, and spine 

Execution: 
- keep elbows pointing forward and step each foot forward
- walk with a steady pace
- hold the tension of the weight in your core
- think about a string pulling your torso tall to the ceiling

Front Racked Farmers Carry

Rep Range: 8-10R 
Tempo; steady 
Modification: dumbbell or kettlebell squat clean 

Set Up: 
- load the barbell with appropriate weight, use no weight if this movement is new to you
- stand directly behind the bar, facing the bar
- get into a hip width stance, toes forward or slightly out
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and brace
- push your hips back and bend your knees as you bend forward to grip the bar with a pronated grip, just outside of your hips
- lift your chest so it is facing forward, keep your shoulders positioned slightly in front of the bar
- depress your scapula and contract your lats

Execution: 
- pull the bar off of the ground, hips and shoulders should rise at the same time 
- extend your legs and drive your hips in, lift your torso
- keep your heels down and arms straight until your hips and legs extend
- shrug to bar up to your high chest and pull both arms under the bar
- dip down into a squat position 
- receive the bar in the front squat position, elbows high and in line with your front delts
- keep your chest up and facing forward at the bottom of the rep 
- extend your legs and drive your hips in as you return to the standing position 
- extend your arms down in front of your torso and lower the bar
- move directly into the next rep

Barbell Squat Clean

Rep Range: 6-8R each side
Tempo: 3 second eccentric
Modification: single arm front racked squat 

Set Up: 
- grip a dumbbell or kettlebell in one hand 
- get into a slightly wider than hip width stance
- extend your arm out to your side or out in front of you for stability
- extend your arm holding the weight overhead, pin the weight directly over your front delt
- keep your chest facing forward
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace
- tuck your ribs and keep a neutral head, neck, and spine

Execution: 
- push your hips back, bend your knees and drive them out
- lower into a full squat position, hip crease at or below your knees
- keep chest up at the bottom of the rep 
- extend your legs and press up into the standing position 
- contract your glutes and hamstrings at the top of the rep

Single Arm OH Squat

Rep Count: 5R drop 10R drop 5R 
*20 reps total 
*drop the weight by 10-30% each drop set
Tempo: steady 

Set Up: 
- hold a dumbbell in both hands at your chest, squeeze your elbows in by your sides
- sit on the med ball, roll back so your back is flat along the curve of the med ball 
- bend your legs, plant your feet on the ground 
- tuck your chin
- squeeze your glutes, pull belly button to spine, and set your brace

Execution: 
- drive your back into the med ball
- use your core to lift your chest towards the ceiling
- contract your core
- lower your upper back to lie back on the med ball again with control 
- keep the dumbbell held at your chest

Weighted Med Ball Crunch

4/6 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Mia Arrowsmith

Cori

Porchia

4/29 Glutes and Hamstrings

First day back after some months. Had to cut it short!

RunDominican

One day off and crushed full body! 🔥🔥🔥

Alli

4/27 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Audry

Corrine

April

4/26 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Always love the burn with b stance hip thrust

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

Olga

4/25 Quads and Glutes

Brianda

4/24 Chest and Triceps

I was able to hit PB on pull ups and other primary ones! Loving this program super very much 🧡

4/23 Back and Biceps

Simply the perfect amount of everything. Hammies feeling superb 🥰

Brooke Elizabeth

Delilah

4/22 Glutes and Hamstrings

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

Brilliant fullbody, my fave!! Thanks so much!

4/20 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

Wow this really changed everything for me today. Was in a weird mental space all day and this got me out of my funk. Also the tricep push down variation and shoulder to shoulder press are in my new favorite exercises 💗

That shoulder to shoulder landmine press was killlllerrrr

4/19 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps

Jamie

Omayma

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

4/18 Quads and Glutes

Kerri

Ruben Dorado

4/17 Chest and Triceps

Kody Young

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

Christina

4/16 Back and Biceps

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 🥵🥵🥵🥵

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

Firaaaaaaaaaaaa 🔥 🔥 a hard one! Liked it!

Karolane

4/8 Glutes and Hamstrings

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 🧡

Jemme

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!

Joanne

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 😤

Daisy

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

3/28 Quads and Glutes

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

3/27 Chest and Triceps

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!

Serena

3/18 Glutes and Hamstrings

Yanely

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 ❤️

4/6 Full Body or Optional Rest Day

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