J4GGA2's Log: Becoming More Athletic

Is this the day I finally get back to regular logging?

Probably not

Tuesday 5th of March
Heavy Strength

Power & Warm-up:

  • A1: Hang clean shrugs: 60 x 10, 80 x 10, 90 x 10, 110 x 2 x 6
  • A2: Neck bridges with warm-up sets
  • A3: Low/medium hops with warm-up sets
  • A3: High pick-up stationary hops with work sets: 2 x 6

Heavy Lower:

  • B1: Zercher squat triples for 10min: 100kg x 9-11ish sets

Heavy Upper:

  • BTN press: up to 40 x 4 + 1 + 1/2
  • Chest-supported T-bar row: 30 x 8 + 2 + 2 + 30s loaded stretch

Juicy Ass:

  • E1: RFE opposite arm SL RDL pulses: 30 x 2 x 20
  • E2: Star side planks: Lv 3 x 2 x 8 ea

Pump:

  • Wrist roller until pumped
  • Sidelying reverse flyes
  • Sidelying lateral raises

Wednesday 6th of March
Aerobic and Pump

Block 1:

  • 1min assault bike / 1min ski erg for 30min

Block 2:

  • 2 x Plate halo drop set: 20-15-10kg as a stack a 5kg bumpers
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Thursday 7th of March
Extra Session

20 minutes of:

  • Front neck bridge on floor ā€œcirclesā€
  • Rear neck bridge on floor ā€œcirclesā€
  • Wrist roller, 6.25kg (2 sets extensors, 1 set flexors)
  • Fat grip DB curl-to-press
  • Some lateral raises here and there
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Friday 8th of March
Heavy Session B

Warm-Up & Power

  • W1: Hip snach high pull: 20 x 10, 30 x 10
  • W2: Light 2F+1U hops: 6
  • W3: Medium 2F + 1U hops: 4
  • P1: Hip snatch high pull: 50 x 6, 40 x 6, 40 x 6
  • P2: Ping 2F + 1U hop: 3 x 2

Block 1: Heavy Lower

  • A1: Offset BSS: 15/30 x 8, 20/40 x 6, 25/50 x 5, 25/50 x 5

Block 2: Upper Body

  • B1: NG Chins: bw x 6, +10 x 5, +20 x 4 + hang, bw x 8 + hang
  • C1: 1-1-2 Incline DB bench: 15s x 10, 20s x 8, 25s x 6 + 1 + 1

Block 3: Dumptruck

  • D1: Hip thrust: 60 x 15, 100 x 10, 120 x 8 + 3 + lengthened hold

Strong bridging!

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Monday 11th of March
Extra work

15 minute block:

  • 10kg seated DB lateral raise
  • 10kg dual DB pullover
  • Front and rear neck bridge nods

Tuesday 12th of March
Heavy Session A

Power:

  • P1: Power clean complex: 60, 65, 67.5
  • P2: Ping tier hop-bound: 3 x RR/LL + LL/RR

Complex was 2 power cleans from high hang, below knee and floor

Lower Body Strength: 10min timer

  • A1: Zercher squat triples up to 105kg
  • A2: Hands-free rocker hurdle jump triples

Upper Body Strength:

  • B1: BTN press: up to 40 x 5+1+1
  • C1: CS T-Bar row: up to 30 x 10+3+3

Ah yeah that move! Haven’t done that in s while! Well most likely… :grin:

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Who’s to say to that wasn’t just gibberish to make me look smart :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

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Friday 15th of March
Heavy Session B

Power:

  • P1: Snatch complex: 40 x 3 sets
  • P2: Jump complex: 3 x 2

Snatch complex: 2 hip power snatch + 2 hang power snatch + 2 power snatch

Jump complex: Backward drop to hurdle jump + broad jump + vertical jump

Heavy lower: 8 minute block

  • A1: 3 BB short reverse lunge, 60kg
  • A2: 5 Russian lunge

Heavy upper

  • B1: 1-1-2 Incline DB press: 25s x 8+2+1
  • C1: NG chin: +20 x 5+1+1

Pump

  • D1: Side plank leg lifts: 3 x 8, 8, 10
  • D2: Wrist roller: 7.5kg x 3 sets

Monday 18th of March
Sprints

Warm Up

  • Light tier hop bounds
  • Light-medium gallops
  • Shuffles & cariocas
  • Backpedal builds
  • Retreating hip turns
  • Skier bounds
  • Crossover return drills

Short sprints

  • 5/10 drill, foot touch, lateral start: 3 each side (90m)

Long sprints

  • 20m scissor build + 40m fly: 4 reps (240m)

Total volume: 330m
Volume at MSS: 160m
Linear acceleration volume: 60m

Wednesday 20th of March
Heavy Session A

Power:

  • P1: 3 x (3 x 1 high hang PC + 1 above knee hang PC): 60kg
  • P2: SL depth jump: 3 x 3 ea

Lower Body Strength: 12 minute timer

  • A1: Zercher squat triples at 110kg
  • A2: Hands-free rocker hurdle jump triples

Will shift to only doing jumps in warm-up sets from next week, so to get more lift volume and let my tendons chill a bit

Upper Body:

  • B: V-Bar cable row: up to 79kg x 6 + 2 + 1
  • C: Alternating Arnold press: 20kg x 4 + 1 + 0

Pump

  • Glute kickbacks: idk a bunch of reps

Friday 22nd of March
Heavy Session B

Power:

  • P1: Snatch Complex: 40 x 3 sets
  • P2: Ankle iso push: 3 x 10

Snatch complex was 3 x [1 Hip power snatch + 1 above knee power snatch]

Lower Body Strength: 12min timer

  • A1: Front rack short rev lunge: 70kg doubles
  • A2: 5kg Russian lunges: 3 x 6 ea with warm ups

Dumptruck:

  • B1: Deficit RDL: 90 x 6 + 1 + 0

Upper Body Strength:

  • C1: Dips: +10kg x 6 + 1 + bw x 5 + 1
  • D1: Grip switch hangs: 28 cycles in 3min

Finished with some lateral raises

Sunday 24th of March
Extra workout

Double rest pause for everything

  • Machine hip thrust: +40 x 15 + 6 + 4
  • Cable kickback
  • 7.5kg Lu raise
  • 7.5kg Seated lateral raise
  • 10kg SA DB Preacher curl

Plus some abs:

  • SA DB straight leg sit up: 12.5kg x 3 sets
  • Max toes-to-bar to max leg raises to max knee raises: 2 sets

Monday 25th of March
Extra Workout

Elliptical:

  • Level 12 x 30min, HR ā‰ˆ 144-150BPM throughout

Pump

  • Wrist roller: 7.5kg x 2 sets
  • Dynamic neck floor bridges: 2 sets front and back

Tuesday 26th of March
Extra Workout

Aerobic power (Long HIIT): 5 rounds

  • W: 5min easy fan bike
  • A1: 5 x 1min fan bike / 1min rest
  • A2: 5 x 1min ski erg / 1min rest

Wednesday 27th of March
Extra Workout

Moved gym equipment at work for an hour and a half

Thursday 28th of March
Main Session A

Power:

  • P1: Power clean complex: 60 x 3 sets
  • P2: Medium tier hops: various x 3 sets

Complex = 2 high hang + 2 above knee + 2 from floor

Lower body strength:

  • A1: 110kg Zercher squat doubles x 8min
  • A2: Single hurdle jump: 4 x 3 with warm ups

Upper body strength

  • B1: BTN press: 40 x 6 + 3 + 0 + 3 push press
  • C1: CS T-Bar row: 40 x 12 + 3 + 1 + over-pressure stretch

Pump:

  • Wrist roller: 7.5kg x 1 set

Saturday 30th of March
Heavy Session B

Power:

  • P1: Power snatch complex*: 45 x 3 sets
  • P2: Ping hops and bounds: 3 sets

*Complex = 2 from hip + 2 from above knee + 2 from floor

Lower body strength:

  • A1: Double bounce split jumps: 3 x 6 with warm ups
  • A2: Front rack short rev lunge: 75kg doubles for 8min

Upper body strength:

  • B1: 1-1-2 Incline DB press: 25s x 9+1 + 20s x 2
  • C1: Chins: bw x 9 + 4 + 2

Pump:

  • Cable lateral raises: 4.5kg x 8 + 4 + 2 + partials

Sunday 31st of March
Extra workout

40min walk with the missus

Monday 1st of April
Extra Workout

The missus joined me for this one, which was awesome. It’s nice training with her

Straight-arm pulldown

  • 20 x 12
  • 27 x 12
  • 35 x 7 + 2 + 27 x 5

Deficit RDL

  • 80 x 10
  • 90 x 5
  • 90 x 9 + 2 + 0 PR

Seated hip abduction: (Superset with Lu raise)

  • 57 x 25
  • 70 x 20
  • 90x6 + 70x8 + 63x10 + 57x15

Lu Raise: (Superset with abductions)

  • 7s x 3 x 12

Tuesday 2nd of April
Extra workout

Hooped for like 10 minutes

Wednesday 3rd of April
Heavy session 1

Power:

  • P1: Power clean complex: 60kg x 2 sets, 62.5kg x 1 set
  • P2: Intensive horizontal band pogo-tucks: 2 x 12 these had me fucked up

Complex was 3 tall PC + 3 above-knee hang PC

Lower body strength:

  • A1: Kneeling hurdle jump: 3 x 4 with warm-ups
  • A2: 115kg zercher squat doubles: 10min, 5 sets had me fucked up

Upper body strength:

  • Alternating Arnold press: up to 15s x 12 + 4 + 2
  • V-Bar cable rows: 60 (I think) x 9 + 4 + 2
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Thursday 4th of April
Aerobic

Stairmill

  1. 10min @ Lv 10 HR 165-175
  2. 10min x 2min Lv 14 / 2min Lv 6 HR 185-200 on hard intervals
  3. 6min x 1min Lv 4 / 1min Lv 16 HR 185-195 on hard intervals
  4. 4min x Lv 8 HR 170-180

Very solid session

Total TRIMP 5220 units (banger)

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Friday 5th of April
Heavy Session B

Warm-Up

  • W1: Bulgarian split squat iso: 90s each side
  • W2: Light and medium tier split pogos
  • W3: Muscle snatch complex warm up sets

Power:

  • A1: 3 hip muscle snatch + 3 above-knee muscle snatch: 40 x 3 sets
  • A2: Ping tier alternating split pogos: 2 x 4 ea

Lower body strength: 10-minute timer

  • B1: Bulgarian split squat: 20s x 5, 25s x 4 x 5 ea
  • B2: Borzov double-contraction jump: 2 x 4 ea

Upper body strength:

  • C1: Dips: +10 x 8 + bw x 10 + 3 + 3
  • D1: Grip switch hands: 28 cycles in 3min, 14 in one go

Pump:

  • Wrist roller extensions: 5kg x 2 x 3
  • Grip trainer: 100lb x 2 x 12 ea (grip was so fatigued by the end)