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That’s what I thought. I would keep in mind Option 2 though for the exact reasons you mention above. See how it goes, as you said. :cool:

Both options have a distinct disadvantage in that they include training on Friday which can sometimes be quite tough. It may well be I end up doing something very similar to what I have done (and was seeing my times drop pre Christmas) which is

GPP (12 weeks)
Saturday Hills then Short Speed, med ball, plyos & weights
Sunday Conditioning
Monday SE 1 or 2 (L-S), med ball, plyos
Tuesday rest
Wednesday Hills then Short Speed, med ball, plyos & weights
Thursday Conditioning
Friday Rest

Week 4 lower volume and intensity with a 300m TT on Wednesday.

SPP (16 weeks)
Saturday Short Speed, med ball, plyos & weights
Sunday Conditioning
Monday SE 2 (L-S), med ball, plyos
Tuesday rest
Wednesday SE 1 (S-L), med ball, plyos & weights
Thursday Conditioning
Friday Rest

Week 4 lower volume and intensity with a 300m TT on Wednesday.

Still thinking……………… :rolleyes:

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Conditioning
20 min jog & L + S tempo

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EMS
35 mins hamstring & calves
35 mins ITB

Rating
7.5

no way I could back up with an SE session

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Grass
1 x 10m walkback
1 x 20m 2 mins rec
1 x 30m 3 mins rec
1 x EFE 5 min rec

2s x 150+150 walkback / 20 mins rec

stretch

Rating
8

John - I have some suggestions - will email you later when i got more time.

cool much appreciated, I’ll email you my ‘workings’. :rolleyes:

At this stage most likely is

12 weeks
Saturday Accel on Hills, med ball, plyos & lower weights
Sunday Conditioning
Monday SE2 (L-S), med ball, plyos, upper weights
Tuesday rest
Wednesday SE 1 (S-L), med ball, plyos & weights
Thursday Conditioning & upper weights
Friday Rest

Week 4 lower volume and intensity

16 weeks
Saturday Short Speed, med ball, plyos & weights
Sunday Conditioning
Monday SE 2 (L-S), med ball, plyos
Tuesday rest
Wednesday SE 1 (S-L), med ball, plyos & weights
Thursday Conditioning
Friday Rest

Week 4 lower volume and intensity

The SE1 & SE2 progressing throughout on a continuum rather than any sort of restart.

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Race
400 @ 67.85 :eek:

Med ball
overhead x 5
backwards x 5
1 hop x 6
2 hop x 4
3 hop x 2

Squats
3 min rec
5 x 70
5 x 5 x 115

Bench
3 min rec
5 x 60
3s x 5r x 72, 1s x 4r

abs

stretch

Rating
8.5

How can my slowest ever 400m be part of an 8.5 rated session :confused: Well for starters it was 6.30pm which isn’t prime time for me to train / race considering I am definitely a morning person (11am would be ideal), plus the conditions weren’t great, around 12-14 deg C (53.6-57.2 F) and a decent headwind along back straight. The 100m 45 mins earlier were +5 to 6 and it picked up a bit after that. I also achieved my race goal which was to stay relaxed which I did. Most importantly I am starting to actually feel healthier all the time (that stuffs it then :p) and feel that I will actually be in a place to build on things over winter rather than simply getting healthy which has often been the case.

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S/set with 60 sec between reps
Military press 5s x 8r x 37
Pull ups 5s x 8r
Dips 5s x 8r

Conditioning
20 min jog & L + S tempo

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stretch

EMS
35 mins hamstring & calves
35 mins ITB

Rating
8.5 :cool:

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Grass
1 x 10m walkback
1 x 20m 2 mins rec
1 x 30m 3 mins rec
1 x EFE 5 min rec

2s x 180+120 walkback / 25 mins rec

Med ball

overhead x 5
backwards x 5
1 hop x 6
2 hop x 4
3 hop x 2

abs

stretch

Rating
8

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Track
3 x 10m walkback
3 x 20m 2 mins rec
3 x 30m 3 mins rec
3 x 40m 4 min rec
3 x flying 30 8 min rec

Med ball
overhead x 5
backwards x 5
1 hop x 6
2 hop x 4
3 hop x 2

Squats
3 min rec
5 x 70
8 x 85, 6 x 97, 4 x 105, 3 x 110, 2 x 117, 1 x 122, 8 x 105

S/set with 60 sec between reps
Incline DB press 5s x 8r x 27db
GM 5s x 8r x 70
1 arm db row 5s x 8r x 37db

abs

stretch

Rating
7.5

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Conditioning
20 min jog & 3 x 3 x 300 tempo

abs

stretch

Massage

Rating
8

trained at 6am.

What time do you get up, John? How long before you start training?

Usually I wake about 5.45 but today was 4.30 (was 3.20 yesterday :rolleyes:) got up at 5.30 as one of my rules is not to get up before then.

6 am training isn’t that common but I am flat out at work and could only get a massage at 1pm today and never like to train later the same day. This allowed me to stay and work till 7.30pm.

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EMS
35 mins hamstring & calves
35 mins ITB

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You are a machine John!

You really are !! Do you feel awake when you get up so early? Or are you cursing life while doing it? :stuck_out_tongue: Maybe I’m trying to ‘beat youth’, but sometimes I wish the day came when I would need less sleep, to get more things done. :rolleyes: Were you always like this? :eek:

I’m not a machine at all, I just think I am :stuck_out_tongue: and at times act like I am …well when I’m not being a shitty prick which was about 3x in the past week. :mad:

Firstly waking at those real early times isn’t by choice and is not something I enjoy, it is stress related due to all the things I have to sort out. I have a 30 minute relaxation audio that I set up beside my bed so if I do wake up I listen to that which helps as otherwise my mind races which drains me. Listening to the audio and even dozing afterwards helps.

Secondly I am usually asleep between 10.15-10.30 so waking at 5.45 ish is 7-7 1/2 hours which isn’t out of the ordinary. Being up after 11pm really knocks me. I went for a period of about 18 months a few years ago where I averaged about 5 1/2 hours, :o that was when I set up the not up before 5.30am rule.

Wednesday (3.20am) was fine, Thursday (4.20) I felt great and that was after I had done work at home from around 9-10.30pm the night before.

Generally I take pretty good care of myself which helps too and I don’t crash and burn so much. I was quite tired last night (Friday) though but I had a good 7 hours sleep (helps as I sorted heaps out at work Thursday & Friday) and will chill a bit today so expect to firing on all cylinders tomorrow :cool:

I have always been a morning person and when I was younger and playing competitive golf would routinely play 36 hole in a day tournaments on 6 hours sleep without any issues.

Planning post season just about complete and major thanks to Boldwarrior! :cool:

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Races
100m @ 14.57 -0.4
30 mins
200m @ 29.52 +1.2 best time for 2 years
20 mins
60m 8.97 -0.3 SB by 0.27:cool:

Med ball
overhead x 5
backwards x 5
1 hop x 6
2 hop x 4
3 hop x 2

20 min block, Squats :confused:
70 x 5
100 x 8, 8, 7, 8, 8, 6 = 45

15 min block, Military Press
40 x 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4 = 34

15 min block
Pull ups BW x 10, 8, 9, 8, 7 = 42
Glute Bridge 80 x 10, 10, 10, 10 = 50
Dips BW x 10, 10, 10, 9, 8* = 47

abs

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EMS
35 mins hamstring & calves
35 mins ITB

Rating
9.5

absolutely stunning morning, high teens C and sunny with minimal wind. Felt great and will actually see how next week goes as racing on a Sunday again and it might be that I makes Saturday a rest day when not racing :eek: The reason being that it gives me a day to recoup from a busy week. Means I have to do conditioning on a Friday but I expect I’ll be fresher for the speed work on a Sunday than on Saturday.

Races felt miles better and it shows how far I’ve regressed as that 200m although my best for exactly 2 years it is still over a second slower than that time (28.35 +0.6).

I’ve been thinking a fair bit about my weights programme and tried something today which I like …A LOT. Instead of sets and reps I simply allocate time and start my watch on countdown then change the mode to another setting so I have no idea how long gone / left. I then do as many reps (never to failure) and rest as long as I feel is right in that block so it could be 30 sec or 2 or 3 mins, I have no idea. If the rest isn’t enough then the reps drop. It is the ultimate self regulating session. I may even try it with some of my tempo sessions.

As a comparison with what I normally would have done.

The squats were at 70% and I’d have previously done 5s x 8r with 3 mins rec so I did 5 more reps and if we say each set is an average of 30 seconds (but it may be a bit more) that would be about 21.5 minutes probably close to 22 so 5 more reps in 2 minutes less!

The Military Press was about 80% and I would have done 5 x 5 with 3 mins rec which would have taken basically the same 15 minutes. Instead today I did an extra 9 reps!

The circuit would have been 5s x 8r with 1 min between sets so 40 reps in about 22.5 minutes yet today was 2, 10 & 7 reps more in about 7 minutes less! NOTE the last set of dips started after the 15 mins. My rule is if the block ends I must finish that rotation. In the case of the others I finish that set but that never occurred today.

Well done, John!

Thanks, at least its progress! :cool:

Mon 14 March

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did the tempo ‘self regulating’ and it was approx 3 minutes less than usual.

Here are some pics of daughter M