Fraser Young

[Fraser Young]

W/C 18th August

18 August

Warm Up 2
A Drills (walk, skip, run) – 2 x 10m with 20m runout
Tempo – 111,1221,111 (1 = 100m, 2 = 200m) (16.6 secs, 33.7 secs)
GS Circuits – Road Rocks, Believer, Box Car 4 x 20m (5:11, 3:49, 6:21)
Abs – 3.5 mins

Good session, nice and cool weather so I was able to smash through the circuits.

19 August

Warm Up 1
MB Throws – 4 x 3
Accels – 2 x 20m, 2 x 30m, 2 x 40m in 3.25, 4.43, 5.55 secs
A1 Hex Bar DL – 3 x 3 x 125kg
A2 Squat Jumps – 3 x 3
B1 Ring Dips – 2 x 5
B2 Bench Press (Fast) – 2 x 4 x 50kg
DB OH Extension – Left 3 x 10 x 11kg, Right 1 x 10 x 11kg
DB Hammer Curl – Left 3 x 9 x 15kg, Right 1 x 8 x 15kg
DB Wrist Flexion – Left 3 x 18 x 4.5kg, Right 1 x 18 x 4.5kg
Abs – 3.5 mins

Dry track, 22 degrees, +6 m/s wind. I can’t believe how slow my times were today given the big tailwind. I had to sanity check by switching to my old 3 point stance and I instantly took 0.15 seconds off my 30m time, so it’s clearly being lost in the opening strides. I also wonder if my circuit training should be moved a day earlier to allow me a rest day prior to accelerations.

20 August

Rest

21 August

Warm Up 1
Drills (straight & bent leg scissor, alt. bounds, LLRR bounds) – 2 x 20m
Accels – 3 x 30m in ~4.35 secs
Sprints – 2 x 60m in 7.77, 7.57 secs
Hard Tempo – 2 x 2 x 200m in 28.3, 28.2, 27.7, 27.5 secs

Pull ups – 9, 6
Chin ups – 9, 6
DB Incline Curls – Left 8,8,7 x 11kg, Right 1 x 8 x 11kg
DB Decline Skull Crushers – Left 11,11,10 x 11kg Right 1 x 10 x 11kg
DB Wrist Flexion – Left 3 x 20 x 4.5kg, Right 1 x 20 x 4.5kg
DB Wrist Extension – Left 3 x 20 x 1.5kg, Right 1 x 20 x 1.5kg

Dry track, 19 degrees, +4 m/s wind. I really caught that second 60m run, it felt so smooth. I took a minute off the rest between sets in the hard tempo (7 instead of 8) and went hard on the final reps.

22 August

Rest

23 August

Warm Up 1
MB Throw – 2 x 5
Blocks – 2 x 20m, 2 x 30m in 3.24, 4.42 secs Freelap
Sprints – 6 x 30E20F in 2.16-2.20 secs Freelap
A1 Front Squats – 2 x 3 x 80kg, 3 x 85kg
A2 Snatch Pull Jumps – 3 x 3 x 30kg
B1 Close Grip Bench Press – 2 x 4 x 72.5kg
B2 Split Jerk – 2 x 4 x 35kg
Concentration Curls – Left 3 x 12 x 8.5kg, Right 1 x 12 x 8.5kg
Seated DB Overhead Extension – Left 3 x 15 x 8.5kg, Right 1 x 15 x 8.5kg
DB Wrist Flexion – Left 3 x 20 x 3.5kg, Right 1 x 20 x 3.5kg
Abs – 3.5 mins

Dry track, 21 degrees, swirling wind (+2 m/s?). Great top end speed today, clocked two 2.12 secs 20m runs, though the wind had picked up by then. I would say 1.09 for 10m fly if not 1.08 secs. Front squats were smooth but 85kg was a bit of struggle, bench was easy and so were the single arm exercises so there’s room to increase everything.

24 August

Warm Up 2
A Drills (walk, skip, run) – 2 x 10m with 20m runout
Tempo – 111,1221,111 (1 = 100m, 2 = 200m) (16.8 secs, 34.3 secs)
GS Circuits – Road Rocks, Believer, Box Car 4 x 20m (4:40, 3:42, 5:58)
Abs – 3.5 mins

Good session, a little sore doing it 24 hours after a big session but it worked out nicely.

Such a difference in the final session and reassuring that I still have faster times in my legs. I will do one more full week of training and then ease down ahead of the winter season officially starting.

[Fraser Young]

W/C 11th August

11 August

Warm Up 2
A Drills (walk, skip, run) – 2 x 10m with 20m runout
Tempo – 111,1221,111 (1 = 100m, 2 = 200m) (16.7 secs, 34.3 secs)
GS Circuits – Road Rocks, Believer, Box Car 4 x 20m (5:18, 4:40, 7:56)
Abs – 3.5 mins

Hot day! I felt bouncy in the tempo runs and just went with what felt comfortable. Circuits were better than last time but still a crumpled mess by the last one.

12 August

Warm Up 1
MB Throws – 4 x 3
Blocks – 2 x 20m, 2 x 30m in 3.20, 4.35 secs Freelap
Accels – 2 x 40m in 5.45 secs
A1 Hex Bar DL – 3 x 3 x 125kg
A2 Squat Jumps – 3 x 3
B1 Ring Dips – 2 x 4
B2 Bench Press (Fast) – 2 x 4 x 50kg
DB OH Extension – Left 3 x 8 x 11kg, Right 1 x 10 x 11kg
DB Hammer Curl – Left 3 x 8 x 15kg, Right 1 x 8 x 15kg
DB Wrist Flexion – Left 3 x 20 x 3.5kg, Right 1 x 20 x 3.5kg

Dry track, 30 degrees, +2 m/s wind. Hit and miss with my blocks, some low 1.0’s to 4 metres then some 1.10’s. The 40’s were both good, supposedly under 1.00 seconds to 4 metres which is a first for me. I’m deliberately doing an imbalanced arm program to see if my body fat scales pick it up (for a YouTube video). My left arm is toast right now.

13 August

Rest

14 August

Warm Up 1
Drills (straight & bent leg scissor, alt. bounds, LLRR bounds) – 2 x 20m
Accels – 3 x 30m in ~4.42 secs
Sprints – 2 x 60m in 7.85 secs
Hard Tempo – 2 x 2 x 200m in 28.3, 28.1, 28.1, 28.7 secs
Pull ups – 8, 6
Chin ups – 8, 6
DB Incline Curls – L 8,8,7 x 11kg, R 1 x 8 x 11kg
DB Decline Skull Crushers – L 3 x 10 x 11kg R 1 x 10 x 11kg
DB Wrist Flexion – Left 3 x 20 x 3.5kg, Right 1 x 20 x 3.5kg
DB Wrist Extension – Left 3 x 20 x 1.25kg, Right 1 x 20 x 1.25kg

Dry track, 22 degrees, no wind. Another enjoyable session despite the times. I don’t know what’s going on with my first 30m because I’m starting to feel good in my new 3 point stance. I was around 1.13 secs for flying 10m which is fine given the weight training I’m doing. I didn’t think I faded that badly on the final 200m rep but the time suggests otherwise, as I was going through 100m in sub-14 every rep.

15 August

Rest

16 August

Warm Up 1
MB Throw – 2 x 5
Accels – 2 x 20m, 2 x 30m
Sprints – 4 x 30E20F
A1 Front Squats – 3 x 75,80,80kg
A2 Snatch Pull Jumps – 3 x 3 x 30kg
B1 Close Grip Bench Press – 2 x 4 x 70kg
B2 Split Jerk – 2 x 4 x 35kg
Concentration Curls – Left 3 x 12 x 8.5kg, Right 1 x 12 x 8.5kg
Seated DB Overhead Extension – Left 3 x 15 x 8.5kg, Right 1 x 15 x 8.5kg
DB Wrist Flexion – Left 3 x 20 x 3.5kg, Right 1 x 20 x 3.5kg
Abs – 3.5 mins

Okay session, my Freelap receiver ran out of battery which reminded me just how lost I used to be training without it. Good lifts, could have gone heavier on squat. My left arm and in particular my forearm is really aching from this workload and I gave it even more to struggle with today.

17 August

Rest

[Fraser Young]

W/C 4th August

4 August

Warm Up 2
A Drills (walk, skip, run) – 2 x 10m with 20m runout
Tempo – 111,1221,111 (1 = 100m, 2 = 200m) (17.5 secs, 35.3 secs)
GS Circuits – Road Rocks, Believer, Box Car 4 x 20m
Abs – 3 mins

Following my University program which has funny names for general strength circuits. They’re all three exercises, with one for distance, so for example the first one is 20m bear crawl, 10 star jumps, 10 exchange push ups. My thighs were completely toast, it took 6 mins and the last one had reverse bear crawls and took about 7 minutes. Clearly my fitness is lacking.

5 August

Warm Up 1
MB Throws – 4 x 3
Blocks – 2 x 20m, 2 x 30m in 3.20, 4.35 secs Freelap
Accels – 2 x 40m in 5.50 secs
A1 Hex Bar DL – 3 x 3 x 120kg
A2 Squat Jumps – 3 x 3
B1 Ring Dips – 2 x 4
B2 – Bench Press (Fast) – 2 x 4 x 50kg
Abs – 3 mins

Dry track, 20 degrees +4 m/s wind. Good session, I had quad DOMS from the bear crawls so took a bit longer warming up. This summer I discovered that my block settings have been backwards for the last 18 years so I’ve now committed to having my right foot forward for all my starts.

Nice selection of gym exercises, I have TRX bands and I hooked those round the roof beams in order to do ring dips.

6 August

Rest

7 August

Warm Up 1
Drills (straight & bent leg scissor, alt. bounds, LLRR bounds) – 2 x 20m
Accels – 3 x 30m in ~4.40 secs
Sprints – 2 x 60m in 7.80 secs
Hard Tempo – 2 x 2 x 200m in 28.1, 27.9, 28.2, 28.2 secs
Warm Down

Dry track, 18 degrees, -2 m/s wind. I enjoyed that session even if my times were sluggish. I’m continuing with my adjusted 3 point start with my dominant foot behind and that’s likely costing me 0.05 seconds to my first step. The 60’s were good, 1.15 secs for 10m at top speed, again given recent weight training I’m fine with that. I was very pleased with my 200’s, I had to go through 100m in 13.5 secs to get 28 flat and I was knackered on the last rep. Deliberate warm down in this session, which was nicer than just packing up and going home.

8 August

Rest

9 August

Warm Up 1
MB Throw – 2 x 5
Blocks – 2 x 20m, 2 x 30m in 3.20, 4.35 secs Freelap
Sprints – 6 x 30E20F in 2.22-2.26 secs Freelap
A1 Front Squats – 3 x 75,75,80kg
A2 Snatch Pull Jumps – 3 x 3 x 20kg
B1 Close Grip Bench Press – 2 x 4 x 70kg
B2 Split Jerk – 2 x 4 x 35kg
Abs – 3 mins

Dry track, 21 degrees, swirling wind. First few blocks were incredibly awkward with the switched foot position but I got the hang of it towards the end. Nice flying runs, first few were slow but then got into a groove. Last rep was the fastest one. Good progress in the gym too, bumped front squats by 5kg.

10 August

Rest

Good week, still reeling from those bear crawls on Monday. I really appreciate the days of complete rest.

[Fraser Young]

Post COMP – Week 2

21 July

A Walk, Skip – 2 x 10m
Dribble Calf, Calf Smashers – 2 x 20m
SL Scissor, Dribble Knee – 2 x 30m
Tempo – 2 x 6 x 100m avg 16.9 secs

First tempo session in a while, opted for 50m jog/50m walk between reps and 100m walk between sets. It didn’t really trouble my breathing, it was more about active recovery.

22 July

AM
Exercise Bike – 30 mins (120W)

PM
Bench Press – 3 x 8 x 60kg
BB Bent Over Row – 3 x 8 x 60kg
Pull ups – 8,8,6
OHP – 3 x 8 x 40kg

Simple session, again nothing too demanding, though pull ups were too hard for three sets.

23 July

Yoga (45 mins)

24 July

Broad Jump, 4 – best of 262cm
Standing 5 bound, 2 per leg – best of 12.50m
A Walk, Skip – 2 x 10m
Dribble Calf, Calf Smashers – 2 x 20m
SL Scissor, High Knees – 2 x 30m
Accels – 20,30,40m (95%)

Dry track, 17 degrees, +4 m/s wind. Another flat session, luckily only doing a few sprints today in preparation for the weekend. I’m a little worried that I’m deconditioning rather than tapering, but it’s only three days until my last sprints of this program. Correcting for the healthy wind would bring my broad jump down to the 250’s and my 5 bounds probably very low 12’s.

25 July

A Walk, Skip – 2 x 10m
Dribble Calf, Calf Smashers – 2 x 20m
SL Scissor, Dribble Knee – 2 x 30m
Tempo – 8 x 100m in 17.5 secs

Early morning session, held 20 second static stretches between each tempo run. I’ll rest up completely tomorrow ahead of the 100m & 200m sprints.

26 July

Rest

27 July

Race Warm Up
100m in 11.97 secs (30/60/80m in 4.23/7.52/9.70 secs) Freelap
200m in ??.?? secs (100-120m in 2.43, 120-150m in 3.59, 150-200m in 6.38 secs) Freelap

Damp track, 18 degrees, +3 m/s wind. Classic Freelap failing when it matters. The final 100m of my 200m was in 12.40 secs which means almost nothing to me if I don’t have my first 100m. I felt good today, not the best sleep but sharp in the morning and was expecting to be near my best. Correcting for the wind it would be 4.26 secs which is up there in terms of 30m, and 1.11 secs for 10m split. Pleased with that, I might do some pure 20m flying runs on Thursday to see if I can’t sneak under 1.10 secs but otherwise this program is over.

If you correct for the wind and add reaction time my 100m would be 12.34 secs, around 5 hundredths faster than I ran in early June.

[Fraser Young]

Post COMP – Week 1

13 July

Rest

14 July

A Walk, Skip – 2 x 10m
Dribble Calf, Calf Smashers – 2 x 20m
SL Scissor, Dribble Knee – 2 x 30m
30,40,60m (80-85%, relaxed)

Short session, only wanted to get some drills and relaxed runs in today.

15 July

Rest

Travelling back to UK, hectic day

16 July

DB Skull Crushers – 3 x 8 x 10kg
DB Hammer Curl – 3 x 8 x 10kg
DB OH Extension – 2 x 10 x 7.5kg
Concentration Curl – 2 x 10 x 7.5kg

Very short session, I’ll be doing upper body properly again soon and wanted a quick session to make sure I don’t have massive DOMS the first proper day back.

17 July

A Walk, Skip – 2 x 10m
Dribble Calf, Calf Smashers – 2 x 20m
SL Scissor, Dribble Knee – 2 x 30m
Broad Jumps, 4 – best of 260cm
Standing 5 bound, 2 per leg – best of 12.50m
Blocks 10,20,30,40m in 1.94, 3.17, 4.36, 5.57 secs
2 x 60m (85-90%)

Dry track, 23 degrees, -3 m/s wind. I felt very flat today, no zip at all. I know my first 10m is usually low 1.8’s and I’ve always wondered how much difference the thumb release on the starter makes, so on my final rep I timed my first 4 metres (1.04 secs) and I’d like to do that regularly to get a feel for my block clearance/first few steps. The main session will be Sunday, 2 x 60m from blocks, so today was just about keeping the legs moving.

18 July

Exercise Bike – 30 mins (120W)

Back on the zone 2 training. I have a new approach which is to maintain the same wattage regardless of where my heart rate goes. My average HR climbed but not as quickly as I expected, finishing around 131 bpm (technically low end of zone 3). In terms of output it felt very easy.

19 July

A Walk, Skip – 2 x 10m
Dribble Calf, Calf Smashers – 2 x 20m
SL Scissor, Dribble Knee – 2 x 30m
3 x 80m strides

Light session, very relaxed strides in trainers.

20 July

Full Race Warm Up
A Walk, March, Skip, Switch – 2 x 10m
Dribble Ankle, Calf, Knee – 2 x 20m
SL Scissor – 2 x 30m
2 x 60m to 90% effort
Blocks – 2 x 60m (18 mins rest) in 7.76 (30/40m in 4.33/5.47) and 7.88 (4.36/5.64) Freelap

Wet track, 17 degrees, -3 m/s wind. Conditions were not the best, and I never know what difference a wet track makes. I was feeling a little flat and expecting the worst from the times. Correcting for wind, the first run is around 7.70, which is 7.90 secs with reaction time. I think that’s a fair reflection of how I felt today. The wind picked up for the second run but I wonder if having 18 minutes really isn’t enough for flat out race simulations. The real runs are next Sunday, if the weather is nicer I would like to go under 7.58 at 60m and 12.17 for the 100m (Freelap times) as those are my season’s bests from races. I recorded 4m times again and got 1.04 & 1.03 secs

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