2019 Training Log

27 May

Around The Square – 3 x 4
Tuck Jumps – 1 x 10
Back Squat – 4 x 8 x 100kg
SLRDL – 1 x 8 x 50kg, 3 x 8 x 55kg
BB Rev Lunge – 2 x 12 x 50kg
Hollow Rock – 3 x 30 secs

28 May

BB Row – 5 x 8 x 70kg
Bench Press – 6,6,6,6,4 x 90kg
A1 Chin Ups – 11,11,9
A2 EZ Decline Skull Crushers – 3 x 10 x 31kg
Grass Run – 5.4km in ~29 mins (first 3km in 5:00 pace, next 2 in 6:00 pace)

30 May

Vert Test – 55.5cm/21.75″
Power Clean – 3 x 1 x 80kg, 3 x 1 x 85kg
Back Squat – 8,8,7,8 x 102.5kg
A1 Hip Thrust – 4 x 8 x 105kg
A2 Warrior Lunge – 4 x 15 secs
Swiss Ball HS Curls – 15, 10
B1 Dead Bug Twist – 12, 8, 10
B2 Side Hip Thrust – 16, 9, 10
C1 Single Leg Good Morning – 3 x 10 reps then 10 sec hold
C2 Kneeling Lunge (raise and lower back knee = 1 rep) – 3 x 10 reps then 10 sec hold
Half Splits PNF Stretch – 3 x 50 secs

Doing some work on flexibility and included a front splits session at the end. Also doing Neanderthal No More to correct my posture which means supersetting a regular exercise with a stretch. Vert is where it started before doing vert shock last year and I’m quietly confident I’ll go higher next week with all this stretching.

1 June

Dip Shrug – 3 x 15
A1 Incline Bench Press – 7,7,6 x 75kg
A2 Trap Stretch – 3 x 15 secs
B1 DB Row – 4 x 8 x 40kg
B2 Pec Stretch – 4 x 15 secs
C1 Rear Delt Raise – 3 x 10 x 2.5kg
C2 Band Ext Rotation – 3 x 12
D1 Close Grip Bench – 8,7,7 x 80kg
D2 Concentration Curls – 3 x 8 x 17.5kg
Jump Squats – 150 in 5:40

Lots of supersets with all this postural work.

2 June

Shuttle Runs – 6 x (2 x 20m, 40m, 60m) in 2:05,2:11,2:11,2:15,2:18,2:08

Around 240m of running despite my run tracker app claiming each one was 390m! I’m not conditioned enough to benefit from these 4 x 4 minute runs meaning my overall pace is so low. Instead I thought I’d cut it in half and increase the intensity, which felt beneficial.

4 June

Around The Square – 3 x 4
Tuck Jumps – 1 x 10
Back Squat – 8,8,8,7 x 102.5kg
SLRDL – 4 x 8 x 60kg
A1 BB Rev Lunge – 2 x 10 x 60kg
A2 IT Band Stretch – 2 x 15 secs
B1 Single Leg Good Morning – 3 x 10 reps then 10 sec hold
B2 Kneeling Lunge (raise and lower back knee = 1 rep) – 3 x 10 reps then 10 sec hold
Half Splits PNF Stretch – 3 x 50 secs
Hollow Rock – 3 x 30 secs

More splits training at the end. When I did the SLRDL I had a lot of extra RoM so it’s working. I could have got the last rep on back squat but I didn’t have safety bars so chickened out. I hurt in all sorts of new places with the extra postural work I’m doing.

Well I got those body-weight numbers wrong last time I posted. I actually left for holiday at 73.4kg so came back a little bit heavier.

17 June

Around The Square – 3 x 4
Tuck Jumps – 1 x 10
Back Squat – 4 x 6 x 100kg
RDL – 2 x 6 x 100kg, 6 x 90kg
BB Reverse Lunge – 2 x 10 x 60kg
Hollow Rock – 3 x 30 secs

18 June

BB Rows – 4 x 8 x 70kg
Bench Press – 6,4,4,4 x 90kg
A1 Chin Ups – BW x 10,10,7
A2 Skull Crushers – 3 x 8 x 33.5kg
Ab Wheel – 8,9,10

Rowing Machine – 2 x 15 mins (2:14.5 pace, 2:14.2 pace) w 6 mins rest

Rowing machine was later in the day and in place of a long run due to the heavy rain.

20 June

Vert Test – 55.5cm/21.75″
Power Clean – 5 x 1 x 80kg
Back Squat – 4 x 8 x 100kg
Hip Thrust – 4 x 6 x 110kg
Swiss Ball HS Curls – 16, 16
B1 Dead Bug Twist – 2 x 12
B2 Side Hip Thrust – 2 x 12

21 June

Incline Bench Press – 6,2,3 x 75kg
DB Rows – 4 x 8 x 40kg
Rear Delt Raise – 3 x 12 x 2.5kg
A1 Close Grip Bench – 8,8,5 x 80kg
A2 Concentration Curls – 3 x 8 x 17.5kg
Jump Squats – 150 in 5:20

I did lots of demo’s for 9to5strength.com/shoulders which tired me out before the session began.

22 June

Grass Shuttle Runs
Levels 1-7 (2 mins) Level 8 (1 min) Level 9 (1 min) Level 10 (2 mins)
Level 8-9.5, 8-9.8, 8-9.5, 8-9.5 (3 mins, 2.5 mins, 3 mins)

I was using the audio from the bleep test to train. I used levels 1-7 inclusive as a warm up, then tried to work out which 2 levels would be a challenge. I really like this approach, unsure on total volume but next time I think 6 runs in total with 3 mins rest seemed good, with each run lasting 90-100 seconds. I was genuinely trying to go as far as possible so it’s a bit depressing that even after a rest I can start at level 8 and only make it to 9.5, when my best this year was lvl 9.11. This was on grass instead of concrete so in that sense it’s not directly comparable.

1 July

Bench Press – 6,6,5,5 x 90kg
BB Rows – 5 x 8 x 70kg

Possibly short of time, not sure why I skipped the other exercises.

2 July

Around The Square – 2 x 4
Tuck Jumps – 2 x 10
Back Squat – 4 x 6 x 105kg (belted)
Good Morning (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 25kg
BB Reverse Lunge (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 30kg
Hip Flexor Hold (5 sec ISO) – 2 x 8
Hollow Rock – 3 x 30 secs

Cycling – 2 x 4 miles

3 July

A1 OHP – 3 x 8 x 50kg
A2 Inverted Rows – 18, 15, 14
RDR – 3 x 12 x 3kg
Weighted Push Ups – 10, 12, 10 x 20kg
EZ Curls – 3 x 10 x 33.5kg

4 July

Swiss Ball HS Curls – 20 (using as a priming exercise)
Vert Test 56cm
Hex Bar DL – 3 x 110kg, 3 x 125kg, 3 x 140kg
Hip Thrust – 3 x 8 x 110kg
Good Morning (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 25kg
BB Reverse Lunge (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 30kg

6 July

Cross-Country Run – 5.4km in 33 mins
1km pace – 5:20, 5:46, 6:09, 6:20, 6:40

7 July

Around The Square – 2 x 4
Tuck Jumps – 2 x 10
Swiss Ball HS Curls – 20
Back Squat – 4 x 110kg, 2 x 2 x 115kg, 4 x 110kg
Circuit – 20 squats, 20 squat jumps, 20 alt lunge, 20 lunge jumps, 10 step ups x 3 in 2:15, 2:11, 2:10
Hollow Rock – 40s, 35s, 35s