Fraser Young

[Fraser Young]

Comp – Week 3

30-31 May

Cycling ~160 miles

My friend cycled the length of the UK (874 miles) in 78.5 hours and I was a support rider for the night stages and ended up riding with him from Taunton to Land’s End, which was about 160 miles. I ended up with the worst quad DOMS of my life and it took me two days before I could get up or down stairs unassisted.

3 June

Bench Press – 5 x 75kg, 5 x 85kg, 4 x 97.5kg
DB Rows – 3 x 8 x 45kg

Not bad, my triceps were tired from the cycle and I was expecting two reps at 97.5kg.

4 June

KB Swings – 2 x 15 x 18.5kg
Back Squat – 5 x 110kg, 5 x 120kg, 4 x 130kg
Ab Circuit, 3 x 3 mins

Good session. I’m sick of my DOMS so wanted to give my legs something they’re used to recovering from, was cautious on the final set of squats and didn’t force a 5th rep. Not too optimistic about my return to track but I’ve pencilled in Monday afternoon for the 5 x 200m session.

5 June

Circuits – Waterloo, Down Rodeo

[Fraser Young]

Comp – Week 2

23 May

LS Warm-up
Jumps, 5
3 x 200m, 2 x 200m

Swirling winds were reflected in the times, which were all of similar effort (26.4 to 27.6).

25 May

Open Meeting

100m – 11.8 +0.7 (Hand Timed – Electronic timing failed)

It felt very similar to the first 100m race I did with the difference being that my legs didn’t go on me until the last 20m where I fought with myself to keep going. I know that later in the season I feel good through the line and when that time comes I hope for good conditions.

200m – 23.88 + 2.1

This was a solid run again, maybe not as amazing a start but I held my own on the bend and didn’t fade on the straight, with my legs feeling fine the whole way. The wind is wrong as the other races were 0.4 but regardless it’s a sub 24 second run and that’s where I should be right now.

Bench Press – 5 x 75kg, 5 x 85kg, 5 x 97.5kg
DB Rows – 3 x 8 x 45kg

26 May

Deadlift – 5 x 98.5kg, 5 x 111kg, 10 x 126kg
Bird Dogs – 2 x 20
Abs, Various weighted, 170 reps

Ten reps is my new limit and even if I can go on I will stop, which was the case today. I felt really fresh and didn’t want to use up all that energy deadlifting a mediocre weight for lots of reps.

27-29 May

Travelled up to John O’Groats in the Northern tip of Scotland to follow along with my friend who was trying to cycle the length of the UK non-stop. He set off on the 28th May and for the first ~24 hours I was a passenger in the support vehicle.

[Fraser Young]

Comp – Week 1

16 May

LS Warm-up
Jump-Jumps, 6
3 x 200m, 2 x 200m (2.5 mins/10 mins)

Box Jumped 120cm with room to spare so tried 125cm and landed it on the second attempt. Took the first two runs a little easy but I was happy with the intensity of the other runs (26.6, 26.6, 25.9, 26.3, 25.8).

17 May

Kettlebell Swings – 2 x 15 x 18.5kg
Back Squat – 5 x 110kg, 5 x 125kg, 5 x 140kg
Ab Circuit, 9 mins

Legs felt kind of hungover today, they were perfectly fine for the squats but about an hour later I could barely get off the sofa and felt drained.

18 May

Bench Press – 5 x 75kg, 5 x 85kg, 4 x 97.5kg
DB Rows – 3 x 8 x 45kg

19 May

LS Warm-up
Jumps, 2 x 5
2 x 20m
Blocks 2 x (20, 30m) 40m
3 x 50m Andrea
Dips 3 x 20
Deadlift – 5 x 68.5kg, 5 x 83.5kg, 5 x 98.5kg
Bird Dogs – 2 x 20
Ab Wheel, 3 x 7

Pretty good session, had the wrong front block height for a few of the runs and got out better once that was fixed. The 50m runs weren’t as fatiguing as last week and easy weights to finish.

20 May

Circuits – 635 reps, waterloo, down rodeo, pillar
Dragan Challenge – 13.5kg 40, 40 reps

Circuits were fine, should’ve stopped at 30 in the second set of the curl and press as I’ll be getting DOMS tomorrow from this.

21 May

LS Warm-up
Throws, 4
4 x 90m EFM (11 mins)
Henks 2 x 20 secs
RDL – 2 x 5 x 128.5kg
Ab Bridges, 9 mins

Good session at 7.30am since LIA set-up in progress. I felt the top speed work was quite good but I could’ve improved my technique slightly in each run.

[Fraser Young]

Pre-Comp – Week 2

9 May

3 x 200m, 2 x 200m (2.5 mins/ 10 mins)

Times were 26.96, 27.44, 27.01, 27.42, 27.01. Was taking it easy because I have a race on Wed so a full effort would have resulted in all around 26.8 like last week.

11 May

Loughborough Race

100m – 11.79 (+0.5)

Got out well enough but at 60m the wheels came off and I felt all over the place and fought to maintain any kind of form. Can definitely improve that time next meet.

200m – 23.84 PB (+1.5)

Really good reactions, ran a strong bend and my only problem was tilting my head back coming off the bend and not composing myself like I do in training. The conditions were perfect so I’m going to have to train hard to match and better that time.

Bench Press – 5 x 55kg, 5 x 67.5kg, 5 x 77.5kg
DB Rows – 2 x 8 x 45kg

12 May

Deadlift – 5 x 106kg, 3 x 121kg, 7 x 136kg
Bird Dogs – 2 x 20
Ab Wheel, 3 x 7

Only got up to a very poor 2 x 140kg last time I deadlifted so this is new ground for me. I’m keeping on top of my stretching and can see myself progressing well over the next 6-8 weeks.

13 May

Dragan Challenge 11kg, 60, 40 reps

14 May

LS Warm-up
Throws, 5
3 x 50m (Andrea study)
3 x 100m EFM (11 mins)
Henks, 2 x 20 secs
SLRDL – 2 x 5 x 128.5kg
Ab Circuit, 9 mins

Got a lot of quad soreness doing the accelerations for Andrea, however those felt really good as did the last two runs outside.

[Fraser Young]

Pre-Comp – Week 1

2 May

Jump-Jumps, 5
3 x 200m, 2 x 200m (2.5 mins/10 mins)

Excellent jumps, managed to land 120cm again. Tailwind on the back straight so the times are maybe faster than I can do (26.9, 26.8, 26.7, 26.3, 26.7).

3 May

Bench Press – 5 x 85kg, 3 x 95kg, 1 x 107.5kg, 0 x 112.5kg, 1 x 107.5kg
DB Rows – 3 x 8 x 45kg

Had absolutely no intensity today, none. I had that feeling when you come back from a few weeks off where you know you’re capable of lifting the weight but your body struggles to co-ordinate it. Tried 112.5kg as I did the bare minimum to complete 5/3/1 and I got beyond my sticking point when my right arm collapsed a bit.

4 May

LS Warm-up
Jump-Jumps, 2 x 5
2 x 30m falling
Blocks 2 x 20, 2 x 30, 40m
60m
Dips 3 x 20

Not great jumps, should try 5 standing and 5 run in next week. My blocks came together for the 30m runs where I treated it as a 100m race instead of scrambling to the cone. Ran the 60m with a tailwind in 7.29, would’ve done another run but had work.

5 May

Deadlift – 3 x 98.5kg, 3 x 113.5kg, 8 x 128.5kg
Bird Dogs – 2 x 20
Ab Wheel – 3 x 7

I half assed the deadlift as I didn’t have time to let breakfast settle or really wake up fully. Form was good for the 8 reps and I’m pleased with that.

6 May

Circuits 635 reps – Waterloo, Down Rodeo, Pillar

Missed out Dragan Challenge as I have an easy week of bench coming up.

6 May

LS Warm-up
Throws, 5
2 x 20m falling
Blocks 2 x 30m
4 x 120m EFM (12 mins)
Henks 2 x 20 secs
SLRDL – 2 x 5 x 123.5kg
Ab Circuit, 9 minutes

Thought that was a good session, got spring out the blocks that carried me to 30m and I worked on hot coals in the middle 40 of the 120’s to great effect. Pretty tired from track work so took a break before weights. Hamstrings had DOMS the next day and have a little tightness in them this morning.

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