Fraser Young

[Fraser Young]

Comp – Week 5

13 June

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

Comfortably jumped 115cm which was nice to do again. Aimed to hit the bend and to hold it hard on the straight. I had good endurance and wasn’t really out of breath after three reps despite the fast first rep, but I tried to hit the 4th and was left treading water a bit on the final rep. (25.1, 26.0, 26.2, 25.6, 26.7)

14 June

Deadlift – 5 x 111kg, 3 x 126kg, 5 x 141kg
Bird Dogs – 2 x 20
Weighted Ab Circuit

Didn’t push it, they were five very comfortable reps and my lower back was nice and straight.

15 June

A1 Alternate Bench Press – 3 x 12 x 36kg
A2 Explosive Pushups – 3 x 8
Dumbbell Rows – 3 x 8 x 45kg

16 June

LS Warm-up
Jumps, 2 x 5
20, 30m falling
Blocks 3 x 30m
4 x 90m EFM (10 mins)

Quite pleased with the session, really looking forward to the next speed session to get some times down as I feel my top speed is better than previous years.

17 June

KB Swings – 2 x 15 x 18.5kg
Back Squat – 5 x 115kg, 5 x 125kg, 5 x 140kg
Ab Bridges – 3 x 3 mins

Very comfortable squats, took my stance a little wider and didn’t even call for a spotter on the heavy set. Pleased to get my strength back and should be able to maintain from now until August while increasing my deadlift.

18 June

Circuits – Down Rodeo, Waterloo, Pillar
Dragan Challenge, 13.5kg 30, 30 reps

Dragan challenge was quite easy but didn’t want to push it. I’m fit enough to get through these relatively unchallenged.

19 June

LS Warm-up
Throws, 5
2 x 20m falling
Blocks 2 x 20, 30, 40m
80, 100, 120m (10, 12 mins)
Swiss Ball kicks 2 x 20 secs
RDL – 2 x 5 x 118.5kg
Ab Bridges – 3 x 3 mins

Rushed the session a little as had work. Cut the recovery in the runs, the second run felt really good but the others I didn’t hit the right positions and it felt technically poor. (9.48, 11.51, 13.94). Blocks were pretty good but nothing special.

[Fraser Young]

Comp – Week 4

6 June

LS Warm-up
Jump-Jumps, 5
3 x 200, 2 x 200m
Dips 2 x 20

First session back after cycling 170 miles over three days with Rich. Jumped 105cm and felt sluggish. The first 200’s were awful as I didn’t have the effort level right, but by the end I picked it up even though the last run felt near enough flat out ( 28.1, 27.4, 26.3 & 26.1, 25.7).

7 June

Deadlift – 3 x 103.5kg, 3 x 118.5kg, 7 x 133.5kg
Bird Dogs – 2 x 20
Ab Circuit, 3 x 3 mins

Solid deadlift given my time off and cycling stuff, needed around 25 minutes to get off the floor after the final set though.

8 June

Bench Press – 5 x 75kg, 5 x 85kg, 3 x 97.5kg, 1 x 105kg
DB Rows – 3 x 8 x 45kg

9 June

LS Warm-up
Jumps, 2 x 5
2 x 30m falling
Blocks 3 x 30m
4 x 90m EFM (11 mins)
RDL – 2 x 5 x 128.5kg
Ab Bridges, 3 x 3 mins

Better jumps, got to 115cm again. The blocks were okay if not a bit rusty, the same for the 90’s. I think by the start of next week I will be back into the rhythm of training and can start to improve speed.

11 June

LS Warm-up
Throws, 5
2 x 20m falling
3 x 50m (Andrea)
KB Swings – 2 x 15 x 18.5kg
Back Squat – 5 x 110kg, 5 x 120kg, 4 x 135kg

Ab Circuit, 3 x 3 mins

Session cut short as HiPAC closed, my right quad was aching anyway from the accelerations so I wasn’t too fussed. Speed was getting there, pleased with the intensity.

[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.

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