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10 May
Rest day. Foam rolling of my back, groin, hamstrings, quads and calves. Tennis ball to find knots in my glutes and golf ball on the sole of my foot. Also hip flexor sofa stretch.
11 May
Around The Square – 3 x 4
Tuck Jumps – 2 x 10
Speed Skaters – 3 x 15 per leg
180 Squat Jumps – 3 x 1012 May
Lateral High Jump – 3 x 20
Depth Jump – 3 x 8
Single Leg Box Jumps – 2 x 8 per leg (did too many last week)
Seated Box Jumps – 3 x 813 May
Uphill Sprints – 4 x 20m
Uphill Squat Jumps – 3 x 15
Clap Pushups – 2 x 10
V-Situps – 3 x 15
Plate Twists – 3 x 30 secs x 10kgMuch better second time round, already felt more reactive off the floor and my body was less run-down after the depth jump day. I think improving my technique helped, I was likely too upright when I landed depth jumps and was jarring my lower back. I realised glutes were knackered from the lateral jumping and after the initial tough session they have less DOMS.
I’ve been eating more as i’m very light following a 10 week calorie restriction. This week averaged P144 C220 F93 Cals 2320.
Resting today (14th) then first CMJ re-test tomorrow afternoon and a short video update.
Below are my tuck jumps from Day 5.
9 May
Uphill Sprints – 4 x 20m
Uphill Squat Jumps – 3 x 15
Clap Pushups – 2 x 10
V-Situps – 3 x 15
Plate Twists – 3 x 30 secs x 10kgVery thankful today was quite low impact. I had to walk 1/4 mile to a grassy hill near my house, it’s in the middle of a residential area and a bit weird to exercise there but I don’t care. Sprints were so nice, I did 60/100/200m at University and it was great to do something like that again. Abs were simple and the whole session was over quite quickly. Warm up and cool down are taking a lot of time but that’s what’s needed to stay on top of recovery, already looking forward to the rest day!
1 May
Rowing Machine – 500m in 1:40.3 (Drag Factor 140)
Power Clean – 4 x 1 x 50kg, 6 x 1 x 55kg
Clap Pushups – 2 x 10
Alternate Split Jumps – 3 x 12
Around The Square – 3 x 4 laps
Lying Leg Raise – 3 x 15
Hex DL onto toes – 3 x 5 x 100kg
Calf Raises – 3 x 40Rowing Machine – 500m in 1:38.1 (Drag Factor 150)
2 May
4 rounds of circuit, 2 mins rest:
20 squats
20 squat jumps
20 alternate lunges
20 alt split jumps
10 step ups3 May
Rowing Machine – 3000m in 15:00
I’m not training Fri-Sun and having done 10km on the rowing machine at the end of last week I needed a longer recovery from that. Today (3rd) I did a relaxed row to get the blood flowing in my thighs and then some static stretching.
I tested my vert this week but didn’t write it down anywhere as it was exactly the same as last week. I will test it again after i’ve done the warm up for day 1 Vert Shock in case there’s any change from this week but I doubt it.
Fri-Sun will be a light warm up and some static stretches, some foam rolling too.
23 April
Around The Square – 3 x 4
Speed Skaters – 2 x 15
Tuck Jumps – 10
180 Squat Jumps – 2 x 10
Hex DL (up onto toes) – 6,6 x 80kg, 6 x 90kg
Calf Raises – 3 x 40
Rowing Machine – 3 x 1km (4 mins) – 3:45.5, 3:47.7, 3:57.425 April
Lateral High Jumps – 2 x 20
Depth Jump (10 inch) – 2 x 8
Single Leg Box Jumps – 2 x 8 per leg
Seated Box Jumps – 2 x 8
Hed DL (up onto toes) – 6,6 x 100kg
Side Crunches – 2 x 20
Plate Twist 10kg – 3 x 30 secs26 April
Rowing Machine – 10,000m in 43:12.9
Did exercises from three of the four Vert Shock sessions, need to do the final one next week. Pretty chilled week, need a few days off after trying 10km of rowing. Sore back, arms and legs from that but impressed with my pace.
Food intake P146 C152 F101 Cals 2110 thanks to a lot of beef and lamb. Also tried a 24 hour fast from Friday avo to Saturday avo, managed 21 hrs.
7th May is Vert Shock, can’t wait.
17 April
Rowing Machine – 2.25km in 10 mins, 4km in 16:57.4
18 April
AM Fasted Walking – 40 mins
19 April
Football (8-a-side) – 60 mins
22 April
Vertical Jump Test (tip to tip on a wall with chalk)
Standing reach – 225cm
Jumping reach – 280cm
CMJ Vertical Jumps – 50cm, 52cm, 55cm @ 69.4kg BWPower Cleans – 50kg x 4,1,1,1,1,1,1
V-Sit ups – 3 x 15
Clap Push ups – 2 x 10
Lying Leg Raise – 3 x 15
3 Way Planks – 3 x 90 secs total
Prone Hyperextensions – 3 x 10I finished a 70 day cut and was down to around 68.5kg by the end. I had a sizeable cheat meal (2600kcal) and also had a night out with work on the Thursday, so calories varied hugely. I did my best to steer my average in the right direction and ended on P165 C219 F106 Cals 2500 for the week (Mon-Sun).
Going forwards the target is P150 C190 F80 Cals 2100 with more carbs on workout days. When I brought my calories down for the cut (see Six Pack in Six Weeks) I had really good mental clarity when carbs were around 170-190g and it’s something very valuable to me in my line of work so I want to try that out long term.
The next self-experiment will be improving my vertical jump, specifically through 7 weeks of Vert Shock. I’ve looked through the four workouts it’s based on and included some of the ab exercises today (22nd) to get used to them. I’ll be doing two weeks of general training before I run the program because i’m really busy the weekend after next and couldn’t squeeze in the vert shock workouts.
