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WEEK 18
5 Feb
Scap Pushups – 2 x 10
PPPu – 8,8,8,6
Tuck Planche – 9,8,11,8,5 secs (41 total)WEEK 19
11 Feb
Tuck Planche – 11, 12 secs
L-Sit Tuck Hold – 25,25,25,20 secs15 Feb
Tuck Planche Pulses – 3,3
Tuck Planche – 4, 8 secs
PPPu – 6,8,8,7,5I am seething. My progress is so bloody slow and I genuinely don’t know how to structure my training to make incremental gains, which is new territory for me. I still can’t even tell which muscle groups are failing me. I am going to set aside 45-60 mins to reading more material on planche training because right now that’s the best use of my time.
WEEK 1
Throughout this I will be purposefully vague so as not to give people the whole program for free. The layout is Day 1-5 and it looks like you can choose how to space them, as long as Days 1, 3 and 5 have sufficient recovery.
6 Feb
Dynamic Warmup
Activation exercises
Ankle drill, CMJ, Glute drill
Oscillating Squats w 40kg
RLESS ISO w 30kg
Lower Back Exercise
Calf ExerciseI enjoyed this. When I did the pushup & pullup program it made such a difference to my mind-muscle connection to start with activation exercises, and it’s the same here.
7 Feb
10 stretches
4 supersets (core, balance, feet)I’m familiar with a lot of these stretches and the principles of the ab stuff. It’s nice to work on foot conditioning as I can’t remember another program that’s addressed it.
8 Feb
Jump Session
This is like Jump Science 2.0 in that there’s a dedicated technique day. I had a narrow window to get this done on a Saturday morning before work and to save time I didn’t bring my tripod or intend to film anything. During one of my approaches I touched the backboard for the first time ever (I should note it’s 293cm and I did touch 294cm with a mini hoop in my garden) meaning my gains are already 2cm. Some of this could be attributed to my increased freshness having done heavy squats the previous week, but my technique felt sharp so I want to give the program the benefit of the doubt.
9 Feb
10 stretches
4 supersets (core, balance, feet)This is the same session as above and there’s the option of doing it a third time as a “Day 6”, which I won’t be doing.
11 Feb
Dynamic Warmup
Activation exercises
Ankle drill, CMJ, Glute drill
Oscillating Squats w 45kg
RLESS ISO w 35kg
Lower Back Exercise
Calf ExerciseWeights got heavier but everything else stayed the same. As you can see Days 1 & 5 are the same, as are Days 2 & 4. I should also note that on Day 3 there’s a pool workout but my nearest one is 10 miles away so I did the alternative exercises. That’s also the case on multiple occasions where he uses gym equipment I don’t have in my home gym, and in fact I bought resistance bands to be able to do some of the others.
My first impression is that it’s a good program but it’s very involved, I had to spend 30 mins for each session going through the videos and making a note of the coaching points, and there’s a lot to get through even if the sessions take 60-90 mins. The draw of some of the other programs is their simplicity, and I can see why nobody has made Vert Code Elite free online, because you’d need to link to all the videos to understand the program. I’m already confident I have my money’s worth for the first 4 weeks and so I’ll roll over and allow the money to be deducted for month 2.
Here are my oscillating squats from today, I’ve seen a top dunker do them in his leg day so they are maybe more common than I thought.
4 Feb
Jump Squats – 2 x 5 x 40kg
Seated Jumps – 3 x 5
Back Squat – 1 x 110kg, 1 x 120kg, 3 x 4 x 120kg, 7 x 110kgI was toying with trying a 1RM but when I got to 120kg I realised I could rep it out. It was definitely tough and I couldn’t do a 4th set but I could stay at 120kg and work on increasing reps.
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After this I looked ahead to the jumps program I was going to do, and it was disappointing to say the least. I then ended up watching several hours of PJF Performance on YouTube without knowing he was the author of Vert Code Elite. He seemed so knowledgeable that my mind was made up, and I bought a monthly subscription. See that in a separate journal.
WEEK 17
29 Jan
Tuck Planche Pulses- 3,3,5,4,3,3,2 (23 total)
Nice to do more of these, already felt more controlled.
1 Feb
Raised Planche Lean (straddle) – 10,8,6,2,2
Tuck Planche – 10, 11 secs2 Feb
Ab Ripper X (missed about 12 reps)
Last week my hip flexors hurt for 5 days and my abs for four. This is just pure hard work to get through it.
You can’t quite tell how red my face was but this was me busting a gut to hold the complete end range for 1-2 seconds. My elbows were flaring up the day before so I did a longer warm up and more deliberate cool down. I want to start each session with a max effort from now on because I feel like it’s been too long doing a tuck and when I hit 20 seconds I’ll gladly move on. My best is 13 seconds and I want to add 2-3 seconds a week so I can start looking at advanced tuck planche.
WEEK 16
22 Jan
Tuck Planche Pulses – 5 x 3 reps
Tuck Planche – 13 secsI watched another tutorial video and it had these in, you go from an L-sit tuck hold into a brief tuck planche for a few reps. Anything which gives me more control is a positive thing.
26 Jan
Tuck Planche – 8,8,6,7,5 secs (34 total)
Ab Ripper X – missed about 12 reps across the 13-14 minutesI need to up my game with abs and Ab Ripper X (part of the P90X series) is the most brutal and effective ab workout I know. I did it at Uni and after 2 weeks my front plank went from 1 min 30 to 2 min 30 and my front squat went up 10kg because my core could hold the weight.
