Fraser Young

[Fraser Young]

7 Jan

Power Clean – 3 x 3 x 75kg
Back Squat – 4,5,5,5 x 107.5kg
Hip Thrust – 4 x 7 x 90kg
Lateral Lunge – 2 x 10 x 10kg
Calf Raises – 3 x 11 x 5kg

Sluggish today, don’t know if the heavier power cleans took it out of me but I felt drained before I started. Possible this increase in walking lunges each week means I’m never recovering, it does feel like my legs are always heavy and not fresh.

10 Jan

Walking Lunges – 6 x 71 (426 total)
Sissy Squats – 14,14,10,14 (52 total)
Swiss Ball HS Curl – 14,12,12,13,12,12 (75 total)
Glute Raise – 12,14,12,12 (50 total)

I even threw in a bonus lunge to make it a balanced session. Got in the groove with the other exercises but the lunges are really knackering me.

11 Jan

Carb Fasted AM Walking – 35 mins

Counting down the days until this is over, really dreading 450 & 500 lunges in the next fortnight.

[Fraser Young]

4 Jan

Pull ups – 9,7,7,7,6,6,5,3
Push ups – 10,10,10,12,14,12,10,12,10

5 Jan

Pull ups – 8,7,7,6,6,9,7
Push ups – 10,15,15,15,10,10,12,13

6 Jan

Pull ups – 10,7,6,6,6,5,5,5
Push ups – 10,10,10,15,15,10,10,10,10

7 Jan

Pull ups – 10,10,7,7,7,7,2
Push ups – 15,15,15,12,17,16,10

8 Jan

Pull ups – 10 x 5
Push ups – 10 x 10

9 Jan

Pull ups – 8,7,7,6,7,5,5,5
Push ups – 10,15,15,15,15,10,10,10

Very much welcome the day off, it’s not the physical difficulty more than it is mentally annoying having to drag myself out to the garage and do pull ups every day. My lats feel stronger and my chest is a little bigger, though I doubt I’ll see a 2 inch gain when this is over.

[Fraser Young]

24 Dec

Back Squat – 3 x 6 x 100kg
Hip Thrust – 3 x 8 x 75kg
Bench Press- 3 x 6 x 80kg
EZ Curls – 5,6,6 x 26kg

I had to squash upper and lower body into the same workout. I was also having stock photos taken and the majority of reps involved a 1-2 second pause which made things tough.

26 Dec

Walking Lunges – 60,61,62,63,64,65 (375 total)
Sissy Squats – 12,10,12,12 (46 total)
Swiss Ball HS Curl – 11,9,9,10,10,8 (57 total)
Glute Raise – 12,12,11,11 (46 total)

Crummy workout done at 9pm the day before it was scheduled as the 27th involved a 7am-10pm shift at work. I tweaked my right knee in the last set of glute raises which is my fault for having an awkward angle to the bar.

–Upper Body Pull up/Push up Challenge–

All upper body work is in another journal called Big Back, Big Chest, Real Fast

31 Dec

Power Clean – 3 x 3 x 70kg
Back Squat – 4 x 6 x 105kg
Hip Thrust – 4 x 8 x 85kg
Lateral Lunge – 2 x 10 x 10kg
Calf Raises – 3 x 10 x 5kg

3 Jan

Walking Lunges – 8 x 50 (400 total)
Sissy Squats – 15,11,16,9 (51 total)
Swiss Ball HS Curl – 11,11,9,11,11,11 (64 total)
Glute Raise – 13,11,11,12 (47 total)

Good session, legs have this cumulative fatigue from previous weeks so it’s starting to get harder to do the first set of lunges each week.

4 Jan

Carb Fasted AM Walking – 40 mins

Feel like the last few days I’ve been spilling over a bit with my calories, meaning I’ve eaten too much and I’m starting to store body fat. Wanted to get this in check so will add in walking and continue with rowing again.

Here’s the latest set of those Glute Raises

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[Fraser Young]

1 Jan 2019

Push ups – 15,15,15,15,15,15,10
Pull ups – 10,7,7,6,5,5,5,5

2 Jan

Push ups – 10 x 10
Pull ups – 8,7,5,7,6,6,6,5

End of week one. My left forearm is sore near the elbow and I felt it in the final two sets of pull ups. I haven’t done any forearm stretching and will start now given the pull ups are working grip strength too. I feel really strong doing push ups now, it will be interesting to see if my bench press is the same or better once this is over.

[Fraser Young]

Week 3

17 Dec

Power Clean – 3 x 3 x 65kg
Back Squat – 6,6,6,4 x 105kg
Hip Thrust – 4 x 8 x 70kg
Lateral Lunge – 2 x 10 x 10kg
SL Calf Raise – 3 x 10 x 5kg

18 Dec

Bench Press – 6,6,5 x 85kg
Pull Ups – 6,6,5 x 15kg
BB Rows – 3 x 6 x 70kg
EZ Curl – 3 x 6 x 33.5kg
EZ French Press – 3 x 8 x 31kg
Rear Delt Raise – 2 x 12 x 2.5kg
Leg Raises – 3 x 10

20 Dec

Walking Lunges – 5 x 70 per leg (3 mins rest, total 350)
Sissy Squats – 13,13,13,11 (total 50)
Swiss Ball HS Curls – 13,7,8,7,8,7 (total 50)
Glute Raise – 12,11,11,11 (total 45)

21 Dec

Incline Bench – 3 x 6 x 72.5kg
DB Row – 9,8,7 x 35kg
Inverted Rows – 3 x 16
Close Grip Bench – 3 x 8 x 70kg
EZ Reverse Curls – 3 x 8 x 26kg

23 Dec

Rowing Machine – 3 x 500m avg 1:52.0

Decent week, think I could make Friday a higher volume upper body day. Felt apprehension before lunges because I know how much they suck, considering breaking it down into smaller sets but okay for now. It took around 30 mins to complete the lunges which is crazy, ~4 mins per set and 3 mins rest.

I had been hovering around 2600kcal/day and making steady progress but I got impatient and had some 2900kcal days, all the xmas treats at my office make that easy. Need to stay strict and not let my diet go to shit just because I’m “bulking”, keep it clean!

Below is 105kg back squat, I’m really getting in the groove now and it reminds me how much I love lifting heavy(ish) weights

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[Fraser Young]

7 Jan

Power Clean – 3 x 3 x 75kg
Back Squat – 4,5,5,5 x 107.5kg
Hip Thrust – 4 x 7 x 90kg
Lateral Lunge – 2 x 10 x 10kg
Calf Raises – 3 x 11 x 5kg

Sluggish today, don’t know if the heavier power cleans took it out of me but I felt drained before I started. Possible this increase in walking lunges each week means I’m never recovering, it does feel like my legs are always heavy and not fresh.

10 Jan

Walking Lunges – 6 x 71 (426 total)
Sissy Squats – 14,14,10,14 (52 total)
Swiss Ball HS Curl – 14,12,12,13,12,12 (75 total)
Glute Raise – 12,14,12,12 (50 total)

I even threw in a bonus lunge to make it a balanced session. Got in the groove with the other exercises but the lunges are really knackering me.

11 Jan

Carb Fasted AM Walking – 35 mins

Counting down the days until this is over, really dreading 450 & 500 lunges in the next fortnight.

[Fraser Young]

4 Jan

Pull ups – 9,7,7,7,6,6,5,3
Push ups – 10,10,10,12,14,12,10,12,10

5 Jan

Pull ups – 8,7,7,6,6,9,7
Push ups – 10,15,15,15,10,10,12,13

6 Jan

Pull ups – 10,7,6,6,6,5,5,5
Push ups – 10,10,10,15,15,10,10,10,10

7 Jan

Pull ups – 10,10,7,7,7,7,2
Push ups – 15,15,15,12,17,16,10

8 Jan

Pull ups – 10 x 5
Push ups – 10 x 10

9 Jan

Pull ups – 8,7,7,6,7,5,5,5
Push ups – 10,15,15,15,15,10,10,10

Very much welcome the day off, it’s not the physical difficulty more than it is mentally annoying having to drag myself out to the garage and do pull ups every day. My lats feel stronger and my chest is a little bigger, though I doubt I’ll see a 2 inch gain when this is over.

[Fraser Young]

24 Dec

Back Squat – 3 x 6 x 100kg
Hip Thrust – 3 x 8 x 75kg
Bench Press- 3 x 6 x 80kg
EZ Curls – 5,6,6 x 26kg

I had to squash upper and lower body into the same workout. I was also having stock photos taken and the majority of reps involved a 1-2 second pause which made things tough.

26 Dec

Walking Lunges – 60,61,62,63,64,65 (375 total)
Sissy Squats – 12,10,12,12 (46 total)
Swiss Ball HS Curl – 11,9,9,10,10,8 (57 total)
Glute Raise – 12,12,11,11 (46 total)

Crummy workout done at 9pm the day before it was scheduled as the 27th involved a 7am-10pm shift at work. I tweaked my right knee in the last set of glute raises which is my fault for having an awkward angle to the bar.

–Upper Body Pull up/Push up Challenge–

All upper body work is in another journal called Big Back, Big Chest, Real Fast

31 Dec

Power Clean – 3 x 3 x 70kg
Back Squat – 4 x 6 x 105kg
Hip Thrust – 4 x 8 x 85kg
Lateral Lunge – 2 x 10 x 10kg
Calf Raises – 3 x 10 x 5kg

3 Jan

Walking Lunges – 8 x 50 (400 total)
Sissy Squats – 15,11,16,9 (51 total)
Swiss Ball HS Curl – 11,11,9,11,11,11 (64 total)
Glute Raise – 13,11,11,12 (47 total)

Good session, legs have this cumulative fatigue from previous weeks so it’s starting to get harder to do the first set of lunges each week.

4 Jan

Carb Fasted AM Walking – 40 mins

Feel like the last few days I’ve been spilling over a bit with my calories, meaning I’ve eaten too much and I’m starting to store body fat. Wanted to get this in check so will add in walking and continue with rowing again.

Here’s the latest set of those Glute Raises

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by 9to5 Strength (@9to5strength) on Jan 3, 2019 at 9:03am PST

[Fraser Young]

1 Jan 2019

Push ups – 15,15,15,15,15,15,10
Pull ups – 10,7,7,6,5,5,5,5

2 Jan

Push ups – 10 x 10
Pull ups – 8,7,5,7,6,6,6,5

End of week one. My left forearm is sore near the elbow and I felt it in the final two sets of pull ups. I haven’t done any forearm stretching and will start now given the pull ups are working grip strength too. I feel really strong doing push ups now, it will be interesting to see if my bench press is the same or better once this is over.

[Fraser Young]

Week 3

17 Dec

Power Clean – 3 x 3 x 65kg
Back Squat – 6,6,6,4 x 105kg
Hip Thrust – 4 x 8 x 70kg
Lateral Lunge – 2 x 10 x 10kg
SL Calf Raise – 3 x 10 x 5kg

18 Dec

Bench Press – 6,6,5 x 85kg
Pull Ups – 6,6,5 x 15kg
BB Rows – 3 x 6 x 70kg
EZ Curl – 3 x 6 x 33.5kg
EZ French Press – 3 x 8 x 31kg
Rear Delt Raise – 2 x 12 x 2.5kg
Leg Raises – 3 x 10

20 Dec

Walking Lunges – 5 x 70 per leg (3 mins rest, total 350)
Sissy Squats – 13,13,13,11 (total 50)
Swiss Ball HS Curls – 13,7,8,7,8,7 (total 50)
Glute Raise – 12,11,11,11 (total 45)

21 Dec

Incline Bench – 3 x 6 x 72.5kg
DB Row – 9,8,7 x 35kg
Inverted Rows – 3 x 16
Close Grip Bench – 3 x 8 x 70kg
EZ Reverse Curls – 3 x 8 x 26kg

23 Dec

Rowing Machine – 3 x 500m avg 1:52.0

Decent week, think I could make Friday a higher volume upper body day. Felt apprehension before lunges because I know how much they suck, considering breaking it down into smaller sets but okay for now. It took around 30 mins to complete the lunges which is crazy, ~4 mins per set and 3 mins rest.

I had been hovering around 2600kcal/day and making steady progress but I got impatient and had some 2900kcal days, all the xmas treats at my office make that easy. Need to stay strict and not let my diet go to shit just because I’m “bulking”, keep it clean!

Below is 105kg back squat, I’m really getting in the groove now and it reminds me how much I love lifting heavy(ish) weights

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by 9to5 Strength (@9to5strength) on Dec 18, 2018 at 2:54am PST

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