Hi everyone, Im going to start posting a training journal of mine. I’ve been reading this site for about a year and a half and Im going to start posting my workouts. Im training to improve my 40 yard dash time and improve my athleticism for (american) football.
A little about me: Im almost 21, a junior in college. I attend iowa state university and have been very determined to walk-on to the football team since I left my junior college. I believe my eligibility status would put me as a redshirt sophomore.
Im 6’5" 220 pounds. I was 6’4 200 in high school and put on 10 pounds each year since. I have always been in love with speed training and strength training, and I would love to coach someday.
I have a whole list of goals written down in various places… here are a few of them:
40 yard dash:
I don’t really have an accurate way to measure this. I have tried having my dad hand time me, but those aren’t very consistent. One day it was 4.9 twice, the next day it was 4.65 twice. I video taped myself by just setting up my phone camera, then hand timing myself later while i watched it. It was pretty consistent at around 5.2 seconds. Obviously terrible, I know, but it doesn’t really bother me. I race other people and I would estimate myself to be competitive with 4.8 sprinters. I was one of the fastest kids on my HS football team.
My goal is to simply IMPROVE. If my time today is 5.2 or 4.2, it doesn’t really matter I guess, becasue I know if I drop that time I will be getting better. I really just need a consistent way to time myself and I think video taping is the best. My ultimate goal is to run a legitimate 4.6 40 yard dash.
Vertical jump
Generally consider myself to have a 30" vertical. In high school I was tested maybe 10 times and got 30 almost every time. It hasn’t changed, I really doubt. I’d like to get it up to 35" by following Kelly Baggetts Vertical Jump Bible as close as I can.
Body weight
I weigh 220 now, I’d like to get up to 235 by january, hopefully allowing my strength levels to increase, and then dropping back down to 220 and have my speed increase.
Squat… 325–>400
Dead lift…350–>450
Bench…275–>300
Those were my numbers as of mid-july. They’ve gone down some, as I took a little break, but they should rebound again without much problem. The numbers on the right are my goals for next august.