Fraser Young

[Fraser Young]

21 Mar

Throw Ins (Session 30.1) – median 19.15m
Throw Ins (Session 30.2*) – median 21.6m

*The second set of 10 were with a 5 metre run up compared to my standard 2.5m

That pretty much concludes this experiment but I might try a few sets next week with a progressively longer run up as I’m curious what effect I’d see.

[Fraser Young]

25 Mar

Mobility work

26 Mar

Core – 4 supersets

I had laser tattoo removal on the 22nd so couldn’t do anything for the first few days.

27 Mar

Trek (plyometrics) – 2 x 20m
Accelerations
3 x 20m in ~3.3 secs
3 x 25m in ~3.9 secs
3 x 30m in ~4.5 secs
Tempo Runs – 3 x 3 x 100m (30 secs / 2.5 mins) in 14.5-15.5 secs

I took a tape measure this time and last week must have been too far. I’m quite relieved my times are faster, though still not sure what it equates to over 100m. There’s a website that does predictions so once I start doing more consistent 40/50/60m runs I’ll know more. https://www.brianmac.co.uk/sprints/pred250.htm For 4.75 secs across 30m (adding in reaction time of 0.25) it puts me at 12.40 which sounds accurate if not a touch optimistic based on my current shape.

[Fraser Young]

14 Mar

Technical Throws – 50

16 Mar

Technical Throws, Standing with step through – 2 x 6 @ 60%
Technical Throws, Jogging with step through – 2 x 6 @ 70%

DB Power Snatch – 3 x 5 x 15kg
Bench Press – 3 x 5 x 80kg
A1 DB Pullover – 3 x 8 x 20kg
A2 Rotator Cuff (res band) – 3 x 8

19 Mar

Heavy Throws – 2 x 8 x 950g
Throw Ins (Session 29) – median 20.0m

Swiss Ball MB Throws – 3 x 8 x 5kg

I will probably look to re-test in 48 hours so it makes sense to drop the weights and leave only the explosive exercise. I’m really pessimistic, this hasn’t been an enjoyable program because my expectations were set so high. Unless I start throwing close to 30 metres this is a failure to me, but then again if it was that easy to improve everyone would be doing it.

[Fraser Young]

15 Mar

Power Grip – 2 x 3 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

This is my idea of a taper, reduce volume by 60-70% for a few sessions.

17 Mar

Power Grip – 2 x 3 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

20 Mar

Left: 57.4, 56.6, 56.2
Right: 61.4, 56.3, 56.8

Well that settles it, I have no idea how to taper forearm training. The right hand is actually a marginal personal best (previous 61.1kg) but the series overall was mediocre. I’ll test my grip again in 2-3 days and if it’s no better I won’t even write it here.

That’s the “program” over, from a 6 test average (3 per hand) of 49.7kg on the first day to a peak of 58.2kg. There a total of five efforts above 60kg on various days so not quite the consistency to repeat it. That means a gain of 17% in grip strength across 12-14 weeks, using only the Grip Master, which I’m pleased with. It won’t be too long a video so I should be able to have the results up on YouTube in the next few weeks.

[Fraser Young]

8 Mar

Power Grip – 4 x 5 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

I really thought I could sneak a 6th rep but 5 seems to be a sticking point.

10 Mar

Power Grip – 3 x 5 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

I dropped a set here with a sense that I’m repeating my pattern of overtraining that I did with the Heavy Tension Grip Master. I don’t feel any stronger than the previous week so why should my numbers improve on testing day?

13 Mar

Left: 57.4, 58.7, 56.9
Right: 60.1, 56.5, 54.7

Sock Stretch – 50 reps

With those scores I’ve decided to ease off, and I’ll do something like 2 sets of 3 to allow my forearms time to recover. The first break I took resulted in a drop of strength, possibly because I stopped completely, so hopefully continuing a little grip work keeps me up in the 60kg+ category.

I don’t really know how to train grip and it may work entirely differently to the muscle groups I’m more familiar with, but I will “taper” for 7-10 days, take a final few tests and then share my results on YouTube.

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[Fraser Young]

21 Mar

Throw Ins (Session 30.1) – median 19.15m
Throw Ins (Session 30.2*) – median 21.6m

*The second set of 10 were with a 5 metre run up compared to my standard 2.5m

That pretty much concludes this experiment but I might try a few sets next week with a progressively longer run up as I’m curious what effect I’d see.

[Fraser Young]

25 Mar

Mobility work

26 Mar

Core – 4 supersets

I had laser tattoo removal on the 22nd so couldn’t do anything for the first few days.

27 Mar

Trek (plyometrics) – 2 x 20m
Accelerations
3 x 20m in ~3.3 secs
3 x 25m in ~3.9 secs
3 x 30m in ~4.5 secs
Tempo Runs – 3 x 3 x 100m (30 secs / 2.5 mins) in 14.5-15.5 secs

I took a tape measure this time and last week must have been too far. I’m quite relieved my times are faster, though still not sure what it equates to over 100m. There’s a website that does predictions so once I start doing more consistent 40/50/60m runs I’ll know more. https://www.brianmac.co.uk/sprints/pred250.htm For 4.75 secs across 30m (adding in reaction time of 0.25) it puts me at 12.40 which sounds accurate if not a touch optimistic based on my current shape.

[Fraser Young]

14 Mar

Technical Throws – 50

16 Mar

Technical Throws, Standing with step through – 2 x 6 @ 60%
Technical Throws, Jogging with step through – 2 x 6 @ 70%

DB Power Snatch – 3 x 5 x 15kg
Bench Press – 3 x 5 x 80kg
A1 DB Pullover – 3 x 8 x 20kg
A2 Rotator Cuff (res band) – 3 x 8

19 Mar

Heavy Throws – 2 x 8 x 950g
Throw Ins (Session 29) – median 20.0m

Swiss Ball MB Throws – 3 x 8 x 5kg

I will probably look to re-test in 48 hours so it makes sense to drop the weights and leave only the explosive exercise. I’m really pessimistic, this hasn’t been an enjoyable program because my expectations were set so high. Unless I start throwing close to 30 metres this is a failure to me, but then again if it was that easy to improve everyone would be doing it.

[Fraser Young]

15 Mar

Power Grip – 2 x 3 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

This is my idea of a taper, reduce volume by 60-70% for a few sessions.

17 Mar

Power Grip – 2 x 3 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

20 Mar

Left: 57.4, 56.6, 56.2
Right: 61.4, 56.3, 56.8

Well that settles it, I have no idea how to taper forearm training. The right hand is actually a marginal personal best (previous 61.1kg) but the series overall was mediocre. I’ll test my grip again in 2-3 days and if it’s no better I won’t even write it here.

That’s the “program” over, from a 6 test average (3 per hand) of 49.7kg on the first day to a peak of 58.2kg. There a total of five efforts above 60kg on various days so not quite the consistency to repeat it. That means a gain of 17% in grip strength across 12-14 weeks, using only the Grip Master, which I’m pleased with. It won’t be too long a video so I should be able to have the results up on YouTube in the next few weeks.

[Fraser Young]

8 Mar

Power Grip – 4 x 5 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

I really thought I could sneak a 6th rep but 5 seems to be a sticking point.

10 Mar

Power Grip – 3 x 5 x 5 secs
Sock Stretch – 50 reps

I dropped a set here with a sense that I’m repeating my pattern of overtraining that I did with the Heavy Tension Grip Master. I don’t feel any stronger than the previous week so why should my numbers improve on testing day?

13 Mar

Left: 57.4, 58.7, 56.9
Right: 60.1, 56.5, 54.7

Sock Stretch – 50 reps

With those scores I’ve decided to ease off, and I’ll do something like 2 sets of 3 to allow my forearms time to recover. The first break I took resulted in a drop of strength, possibly because I stopped completely, so hopefully continuing a little grip work keeps me up in the 60kg+ category.

I don’t really know how to train grip and it may work entirely differently to the muscle groups I’m more familiar with, but I will “taper” for 7-10 days, take a final few tests and then share my results on YouTube.

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