Fraser Young

[Fraser Young]

WEEK 3

16 Aug

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 15,14,10,12,10 (180 secs)
Side Plank – 2 x 70 secs
Heel Taps – 2 x 50

I now feel up to speed and no more than a rep off where I was before.

18 Aug

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 15,14,11,13,10 (180 secs)
Side Plank – 2 x 70 secs
Heel Taps – 2 x 50

20 Aug

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 14,14,14,12,11 (180 secs)
Side Plank – 2 x 70 secs
Heel Taps – 2 x 50

Another week under my belt and on paper it wasn’t likely to trouble me. From now on it’s going to get interesting…

[Fraser Young]

6 Aug

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 13,10,10,9,8 (180 secs)

I could tell in the warm up that Week 2 Day 5 was ambitious, so I dropped right back to Week 1 Day 5.

WEEK 2 – Repeated

9 Aug

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 15,11,10,9,8 (180 secs)

11 Aug

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 15,12,11,9,8 (180 secs)
Hollow Body Hold – 2 x 25 secs
Heel Taps – 2 x 40

13 Aug

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 14,13,12,11,9 (180 secs)

I was really busy and had to do this session while looking after toddlers, so no ab work and a rushed warm down.

Overall I’m confident that I’m no more than a rep or two from my best and with my weight stable at 69kg I can push on and make strength gains.

[Fraser Young]

26 July

Around The Square – 3 x 4
SLRDL – 3 x 12 x 50lbs
RLESS – 3 x 12 x 50lbs
Running Vert – 3 LR, 3 RL

I was listening to the Whoop podcast and it said rather than having moderate activity each day it’s better to have highs and lows, so I doubled up my leg day with pull ups. I was quite tired by the end but I like the idea of getting it all done at once (time permitting).

As mentioned in the pullup program I currently have a tooth infection which has been with me since 26 July (it’s now 6 August) and I’m drinking my calories and doing no exercise.

[Fraser Young]

26 July

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 15,14,11,13,10 (180 secs)
Side Plank – 2 x 75 secs
Heel Taps – 2 x 50

I misread the session and ended up scribbling down week 3 day 3 instead of day 1.

28 July to 6 August

Tooth infection

I have a low grade fever and a whole load of other symptoms from a tooth infection. The tooth is troubling me enough that I can’t chew food so I’ve been drinking ~1600kcal/day for a week. I’ve been on antibiotics since 1st Aug and stronger ones from the 3rd. My probiotics arrived today (6th) and I’ll start taking those at different intervals to the other meds.

I plan to pick up from week 2 day 5 which is the Saturday session I did on 23 July. The positive is that if I’ve lost weight it makes pull ups easier, so will hopefully counteract any strength losses. Week 3 isn’t that intimidating so I may be able to get back up to speed over the next 8-10 days and then get back into the hard reps.

[Fraser Young]

WEEK 2

19 July

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 15,11,10,9,8 (180 secs)
Hollow Body Hold – 2 x 25 secs
Wall Press Heel Taps – 2 x 40
Passive Hang – 40 secs

21 July

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 15,12,11,9,8 (180 secs)
Hollow Body Hold – 2 x 25 secs
Wall Press Heel Taps – 2 x 40
Passive Hang – 45 secs

I’m starting to get mild pain in my days off, a little in the elbow but mainly my hands. I added in some forearm stretches and plan to do some soft tissue work to keep on top of things.

23 July

Pull / Chin / Pull / Chin / Pull – 14,13,12,11,9 (180 secs)

I completed all these with good form. I’m quite intimidated by the five remaining weeks but I’ll do what I can.

24 July

Hollow Body Hold – 2 x 25 secs
Wall Press Heel Taps – 2 x 40

Yesterday’s session was followed by a run so I did abs this morning instead. I’m getting a level of soreness that wasn’t there in the phase 1 program so dialling in my nutrition and recovery to keep on top of the training volume.

Here’s the final set of 8 reps from the 22nd July

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