Fraser Young

[Fraser Young]

8 July

Bench Press – 4 x 6 x 90kg
BB Rows – 4 x 6 x 75kg
A1 Chin Ups – 11, 9, 8
A2 Skull Crushers – 10, 9, 9
Ab Wheel – 3 x 12

10 July

I Love Basketball Sample Session
Activation Drills, 10 approaches
Box Jumps – 3 x 10
Elbow Reaches – 3 x 10
Single Leg HF Holds – 3 x 20 secs
SL Pogo Jumps – 3 x 6
Good Morning (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 30kg
Hex DL – 5 x 10 x 90kg (2 mins)
Toe Touchers – 3 x 12
Poliquin Step Ups – 1 x 10

11 July

A1 OHP – 3 x 8 x 52.5kg
A2 Inverted Rows – 20, 15, 15
RDR – 3 x 12 x 3kg
Weighted Push Ups – 15, 12, 10 x 20kg
EZ Curls – 3 x 8 x 36kg

13 July

Cross-Country Run – 5.66km in 32:30
1km times: 5:20, 5:40, 5:55, 6:00, 5:45

[Fraser Young]

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

[Fraser Young]

24 June

Around The Square – 3 x 4
Tuck Jumps – 2 x 10
Back Squat – 4 x 8 x 102.5kg
Good Morning (3 sec ISO) – 8 x 20kg, 2 x 8 x 25kg
BB Reverse Lunge (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 30kg
Hip Flexor Hold (5 sec ISO) – 2 x 5
Hollow Rock – 3 x 30 secs
Prone Hyper Ext – 3 x 8

25 June

Bench Press – 6,6,6,5 x 90kg
BB Rows – 4 x 8 x 70kg
A1 Chin Ups – 10,9,8
A2 Skull Crushers – 3 x 8 x 36kg

Grass Run – 6.4km in 36 mins
Pace per km = 5:17, 5:30, 5:23, 5:37, 6:01, 5:57, 5:35

The plan is to extend this out to around 10km to build up my ability to do slow and steady running. Took a lot of effort to not walk as my breathing really goes nuts whatever the pace is.

26 June

Cycling – 2 x 4 miles

Commute on a Boris Bike.

27 June

Vert Test – 55cm
Power Clean – 5 x 1 x 80kg
Back Squat – 4 x 6 x 105kg
Hip Thrust – 6,7,8,6 x 110kg
Good Morning (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 25kg
BB Reverse Lunge (3 sec ISO) – 3 x 8 x 30kg

28 June

Incline Bench Press – 3 x 6 x 75kg
DB Rows – 4 x 8 x 40kg
Rear Delt Raise – 3 x 12 x 3kg
A1 Close Grip Bench – 8,7,7 x 80kg
A2 Concentration Curls – 3 x 6 x 20kg
Burpees – 30 on 60 off x 4 (40 total)

Better conditioning, I read someone’s program which stated 100 burpees in 5 minutes is a great conditioning goal and to train it you should always work at “race pace” of 1 burpee every 3 seconds. I did 10 in 30 seconds and will build on that.

29 June

Grass Shuttle Runs
Levels 6-7 as a warm up
Starting from level 8.1, 6 runs: 10.1, 9.8, 9.9, 9.7, 9.8, 9.7 (3 mins rest)

Again using the bleep test audio, there’s something about the pace of level 9 that gets me. It’s a little too fast for my “plodding along” pace but my next gear is too tiring to maintain. I was pleased to go further than last week, a less tiring warm up helped. Each run was around 1 min 50 secs which is a good duration, if I could complete levels 8 & 9 for 6 reps and bring the rest down to 2:30 that would be amazing.

[Fraser Young]

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.

[Fraser Young]

5 June

Grass Run – 5.4km in ~27 mins (even 5:00/km pace throughout)

A1 BB Rows – 4 x 8 x 70kg
A2 Pec Stretch – 4 x 15 secs
B1 Bench Press – 6,5,4 x 92.5kg
B2 Trap Stretch – 3 x 15 secs

I’d done the grass run in the morning and then didn’t feel up for the gym at all later in the day. I ended up calling it a day after each set of bench press felt harder as I took it as a sign my body was dealing with cumulative fatigue.

7 June

Vert Test – 56cm/22″
Power Clean – 4 x 1 x 80kg
Back Squat – 8,8,8,7 x 102.5kg
A1 Hip Thrust – 4 x 6 x 110kg
A2 Warrior Lunge – 4 x 15 secs
Swiss Ball HS Curls – 12, 10
B1 Dead Bug Twist – 3 x 12
B2 Side Hip Thrust – 15,11,11
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

8-15 June on Holiday

Daily stretching for posture and for the front splits. I had two active days, the 10th was up a mountain in Italy called Monte Fossa delle Felci and that was 962m elevation because my wife and I walked from the coast i.e. sea level, right to the summit. That was 2hrs up, 1hr down and tough on the legs. The 13th I tracked with my phone and we walked 6.5km in under 2 hrs. It was hot so included rest stops and maybe 350m elevation.

I left for holiday around 74.2kg and came back 73.7kg. Won’t be much muscle loss as I was making sure to eat enough protein, so it’s likely the climbing is responsible.

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