Thur: 1200
Warmup Z
dino x4
6x200 (Easy strides) 230mins
400 walk/jog bare foot
wille x8
ip 3x4
lat pd under 3x10
weight circuit B 2x10
body curls 3x5
bike/stretch
The MB throws today was average at best, I had some good throws but as a whole they were average. Since our muscles are loaded with the speed and strength work we are having to work harder to hit decent times with the longer tempo runs vs inseason where the speed and strength work was much lower we had to give less effort and still hit much faster times. Also part of it is mental, I know on the ext tempo days I don’t have run fast so it’s hard to get up for the work. At one point in gpp my weight was in the 174 area, I weighed in yesterday at 181 after making some minor adjustments to my diet mainly to increase recovery efforts. Overall I am very happy with how my training is going even though Thursday’s and Friday’s are hell days.
My training mate is happy with his progress he weighed in at 179-180 post workout, he has put on some serious weight in a short time period with a brutal daily schedule that includes training with me daily, working 20-40hrs per week, fall baseball workouts that includes skill work and scrimmages etc. My bro made some adjustments to his diet about 2 weeks ago and since then he has put on some serious weight.
Fri: 320
Warm-up C
louisiana x12
2x4x40 sled 90sec/3mins
400 walk/jog
pc 2x6 2x5
bs 5x5x70% of 5rm
rdl 5x5 245, 255, 265, 275, 285
Dep pushups 3x
weighted decline sit-ups 3x10
Ab circuit 1x20sec
bike/stretch
Crazy morning, we made it 3/4 into the warm-up then it started to rain so we headed to the indoor track which is about a 15min drive when we arrived at the indoor track it was closed so we drove back to the outdoor track and was able to finish the workout because the rain stopped. We had to rearrange some of the training components but overall everything went very well. I made several mistakes with the lifting, I went slightly heavier on the power cleans and did 5 sets instead of 4 on the rdl’s. The squats were easy and I mainly did them so I could keep the feel of the movement.
Week 5:
Mon: 340
Warmup C
Texas 2x30
2x10 flat
2x20 push
2x20 high
4x20 efe
400 walk/jog
Ab circuit 1x20sec
pc 4x4x70
1a: cp 3x3x95
1b: weighted decline situps 3x10x50
bs 4x5x85% of 5rm
bike/stretch
Another poor planning day by me, woke up this morning and it was 48-50 degrees with 30mph winds I thought we had a chance to run outdoors since we are still in gpp (bad idea) that plan failed so we had to drive from the outdoor track to indoor track. The weather suppose to be good Tue/Wed and shit Thur/Fri so we will move the tempo 200’s to Tue that should allow at least one grass day.
Overall training went well besides being very tight in my lower body. The E-F-E felt awesome it felt like I hit another gear towards the end of the 40m zone, my top speed mechanics felt good also.
Yep. Dino = Mb hop series, willie = Core GS series, Ip = incline press. Not going into detail about each series. BTW read page one that would answer most your questions…
Tue: Love how the squats sessions are going, feel like I am getting stronger without beating up my legs etc. Overall good session, I am keeping the ext tempo on the easy side until I hit spp.
Wed: Another good session the CSW is improving each week, even on the indoor track.
Thur: Usually by Thursday I don’t feel like training but things has changed, I felt good on the track and weight room. The incline session felt much better then the bench press on Tuesday.
Fri: First set of sled pulls felt awesome the second set I got lazy with my focus and tech. Once again love the way the squats are treating me!!
Sat: Some light stiffness in my hamstrings from the Rdl’s but nothing major. Overall I feel good about my progress but must continue to make strides with my general fitness. Will try and get some 3pt starts on film this upcoming Monday, I will be approaching the final week of Max strength 1 - follow by a 1 week unload.
Week 6:
Mon: 510
Warmup C
2x20 push
2x30 high
3x20 efe 3min rest
3x20 fef 3min rest
1x50 3pt 25/25
Texas 2x30
400 walk/jog
Ab circuit 1x20sec
pc 2x4x70, 2x3x75
cp 3x3x100
bs 3x5x90% of 5rm
weighted decline situps 3x10x50
bike/stretch
Overall very good session, the F-E-F felt weird because I was completing the 40m zone so fast then had to shift gears and go fast again probably would have felt easier if I had 30m zones.
Below you can see the video, it’s not the best it was at end of a tough session and second three point session…
Fri: 370
AM workout:
Warmup C
Louisiana 1x12
2x4x40 3pt 90sec/4min
400m walk/jog bare foot
Ab circuit 1x20sec
PM workout:
pc 2x5 2x4
bs 3x5x80% of 5rm
rdl 4x5
1a: Dep pushups 3x
2b: weighted decline situps 3x10x50
tread walk/stretch
Had to spilt the sessions today because the indoor track was closed. Overall the sessions went well considering the temp was 38degrees for the sled pulls. My lower back was very tight so I took it easy on the rdl.
Tue: 900
Warmup A
3x300 3m
400 walk/jog
wille x8
bp 2x3 x2
1a: chest support rows 3x10
1b: body curls 3x5
tread walk/stretch
We decreased the rest, kept the effort the same and the runs were slightly faster so I guess that’s a good sign.
We had to make some changes to the SPP workouts since I am having some serious lower back tightness. The plan was to do power snatches and power cleans but we have decided to drop the snatches and go with hang cleans and power cleans. I debated about doing some single leg work in spp but decided to stick with squats twice per week since the rev lunges caused some major quad problems this past spring.
BTW, I so hate Tue/Thur warmup all those damn lunges etc…