Terry's 400m Training Program

Monday Morning : Gym

Warm-Up : 10min. bike
Squats : 5 x 8 x 70kg
Incline Leg Press : 5 x 8 x 100kg
Chin-Ups : 25, 90s, 15, 90s, 10

Monday Afternoon : Speed Endurance

3 x ( 150 + 120 ) with walk back recovery and 10min. between sets
18.1s, 14.4s, 18.5s, 14.8s, 18.8s, 15.1s
Rest between sets was supposed to be a lot shorter, but I got talking and lost track of time.

Terry

Tuesday Morning : 4km run, 20min. pool work
Legs were very tired. It has been a while since I’ve done a speed endurance session on the track.

Tuesday Afternoon : Tempo
8 x 100m with walk back recovery and 5 min. between sets.
Times probably around the 14s mark.

Wednesday Morning : Gym
Warm-Up : 10min. bike
Chin-Ups : 30, 90s, 15, 90s, 10
Incline Bench Press : 5 x 8 x 60kg
Pec. Deck : 5 x 8 x 70kg
Bicep Extension : 5 x 8 x 10kg
Hammer Curl : 3 x 8 x 15kg
Isometric Prone : 3 x 30s ( i think that’s what it’s called )

Wednesday Afternoon : Hills
5 x 160m hills with walk down recovery

Terry

Thursday Morning : 4km run, 20min. pool work

Thursday Afternoon : Start Session

3 x ( 20m, 30m, 40m ) with walk back recovery and 5min. between sets
1 x 60m

I didn’t feel as fresh as usual, but by the end of the session everything was starting to come together.

Competition this weekend, 100m on Saturday and 200m on Sunday. Just for a bit of fun.

Terry

Friday : Rest

Saturday : NQ Games 100m
Ran a terrible first 50, and didn’t improve much at the end.
Wet and windy. It’s not much fun sprinting in water logged shoes.

Sunday : NQ Games 200m
Start was good, felt strong all the way to the end, but still ran a slow time.

The aim of the weekend was to get some competition practice for my starts, so overall it went reasonably well.

Terry

Unloading this week.

Monday : Rest, all day.

Tuesday Afternoon : Starts
6 x 30m with walk back recovery @ 95%
Went heaps better than the weekends effort.

Terry

Wednesday Morning : Gym
Warm-Up : 10min. bike
Chin-Ups : 3 x 8
Incline Bench Press : 3 x 8 x 60kg
Pec. Deck : 3 x 8 x 70kg
Shoulder Press : 3 x 8 x 30kg
Lat. Pull Down : 3 x 8 x 60kg
Incline Prone : 4 x 30s

Wednesday Afternoon : Pilates
40min. body sculpting

Terry

Thursday Morning : 20min. pool

Thursday Afternoon : Speed Endurance
4 x 150m @ 95% with walk back recovery
19.8s, 19.5s, 19.5s, 19.5s

Friday Morning : Gym
Warm-Up : 10min. bike
Chin-Ups : 3 x 8
Hanging Leg Raises : 4 x 10
Squats : 3 x 8 x 70kg
Incline Leg Press : 3 x 8 x 100kg
Incline Prone : 4 x 30s
Hammer Curl : 3 x 8 x 12.5kg
Tricep Extension : 3 x 8 x 10kg

Friday Afternoon : Tempo
10 x 100m on grass in flats at around 19s

Much easier finishing the week with a tempo workout. I’ll have to look at my program and see if this will be possible every week.

Terry

Monday Afternoon : Gym
Warm-Up : Bike 8min.
Squats : 3 x 8 x 70kg, 2 x 8 x 80kg
Incline Leg Press : 3 x 8 x 100kg, 2 x 8 x 120kg
Chin-Ups : 30, 90s, 15, 90s, 10
Incline Prone : 4 x 30s
Hanging Leg Raises : 2 x 10

Monday Night : Starts
3 x Standing Long Jumps ( best 2.51m )
6 x 40m with walk back recovery
1 x 120m

I missed my gym session in the morning, so tried going straight from gym to track. Legs felt tired during warm-up, but felt great by the end.

Tuesday Morning : 4km run, 20 min. pool

Tuesday Afternoon : Tempo
10 x 100m on grass in flats with 10 x sit-ups and 10 x crunches between sets.

Terry

Terry

Wednesday Morning : Gym
Warm-Up : 8 min. bike
Chin-Ups : 32, 90s, 15, 90s, 10
Pec. Deck : 5 x 8 x 70kg
Incline Bench Press : 5 x 8 x 60kg
Incline Prone : 4 x 30s
Hanging Leg Raises : 2 x 10

Wednesday Afternoon : 40 min. pilates

Terry

Thursday Morning : 4km run + 20min. pool

Thursday Afternoon : Special Endurance
3 x 350m with 5 min. rest recovery
48.7s, 48.4s, 54.9s

The first one felt great, the second o.k, and the third terrible. I was hoping to do 4 reps, but didn’t see any point to the times blowing out even more.

Terry

Friday Morning : Gym

Friday Afternoon : Tempo

3 x ( 200 + 150 + 100 ) with walk back recovery and 5min., between sets.
My left knee is very sore. I’ve been a bit slack with my exercises so I’ll have to get back into them.

Saturday Afternoon : Gym
The track was closed and it was raining, so the gym was my last option.

Sunday Afternoon : Gym
Gym is closed tomorrow, so I did my usual Monday morning workout ( without incline leg press ).

Sunday Night : Strapped my left knee, again. Feels better already.

Terry

Monday Morning : Sleep-In

Monday Afternoon : Starts

3 x standing long jumps ( best 2.54m )
3 x ( 20 + 30 + 40 ) with walk back recovery and 5 min. between sets
1 x 120m from blocks

Tuesday Morning : 4km run, 20min. pool

Tuesday Afternoon : Tempo

2 x ( 150 + 150 + 100 + 100 )

Wednesday Morning : Gym
Warm-Up : 8min. bike
Chin-Ups : 30, 90s, 20, 90s, 10
Crunches : 30, 20, 10
Pec. Deck : 5 x 8 x 70kg
Incline Bench Press : 5 x 8 x 60kg
Tricep extension : 5 x 8 x 10kg
Hammer curl : 5 x 8 x 12.5kg

Wednesday Night : 40min. pilates

Terry

Thursday Morning : Sleep in til 6

Thursday Afternoon : SE

This session was supposed to be 2 x 3 x 300m with 1min. between reps and 5min. between sets. I got through the first 3 as planned, but needed 15min. to get going again, and could only manage 1 more.

42.1, 43.5, 48.7, 48.5

Felt like I was dying. I think this session was a bit difficult to start with. Will make some changes for next week.

Terry

Friday Morning : 4km run, 20min. pool

Friday Afternoon : Tempo
10 x 100m with walk back recovery

Saturday Afternoon : Gym
Warm-Up : 8min. bike
Squats : 5 x 8 x 80kg
Chin-ups : 30, 90s, 15, 90s 10
Crunches : 30, 20, 15
Tricep extension : 5 x 8 x 10kg
Hammer curl : 5 x 8 x 12.5kg

Saturday Night : Speed Endurance
3 x ( 80 + 100 + 120 ) with 4min. between reps

Terry

Monday Morning : Nothing, gym was closed for the day.

Monday Afternoon : Speed
3 x 30 steps runnning 1 step at a time
3 x 30 steps runnning 2 steps at a time
3 x 30 steps jumping 1 step at a time
3 x 30 steps jumping 2 steps at a time
3 x ( 20 + 30 + 40 ) with walk back recovery and 5min. between sets
1 x 120m 14.7s
1 x 150m 18.4s

Tuesday Morning : 4km run + 20min. pool

Tuesday Afternoon : Tempo
10 x 100m on grass with 10 x push-ups and 15 x sit-ups between reps.

Wednesday Morning : Gym
Warm-Up : 7min. bike
Chin-Ups : 30, 90s, 15, 90s, 10
Peck Deck : 5 x 8 x 70kg
Incline Bench Press : 5 x 8 x 60kg
Crunches : 30, 20, 20
Hammer Curl : 5 x 8 x 12.5kg

Terry

Wednesday Afternoon : 20min. pilates ab sculpting

Thursday Morning : Rest

Thursday Afternoon : SE
500m, 5min, 400m, 4min, 300m, 3min, 200m
76s, 60s, 46s, 29s

Felt good, still some trouble with cramps, but nothing serious.

Terry

Friday Morning : 4km run + 20min. pool

Friday Afternoon : Tempo
12 x 100m in flats

Very, very tired. Went to bed at 8.30. What an exciting way to spend Friday night.

Saturday Afternoon : Gym + Track session
Today was supposed to be speed endurance, but I only had 60m of track to work with.
3 x 5 x 50m with walk back recovery.

7min. bike
Chin-Ups : 30, 90s, 15, 90s, 10
Crunches : 5 x 20
Squats : 5 x 8 x 80kg
Hammer Curl : 5 x 8 x 12.5kg

Terry

Monday Morning : Gym

Warm-Up : 7min. bike
Squats : 3 x 8 x 80kg
Chin-Ups : 5 x 8
Crunches : 5 x 20
Hammer Curl : 3 x 8 x 12.5kg

Monday Afternoon : Speed

Standing long jumps x 3 ( best 2.51m )
2 x 3 x 30m from blocks

My left knee is playing up again. Will probably have to start strapping it again.

Terry

Tuesday Morning : Nothing. Had to be at work by 6am

Tuesday Afternoon : Tempo
2 x 6 x 100m in flats with walk back recovery
Sit-Ups : 5 x 20

Wednesday Morning : Gym
Warm-Up : 7min bike
Chin-Ups : 5 x 8
Crunches : 5 x 20
Incline Bench Press : 3 x 8 x 60kg
Hammer Curl : 3 x 8 x 12.5kg
1 Step Lunges : 2 x 10 with 25kg

Wednesday Afternoon : 40min. pilates

My left knee is still sore, but has improved with strapping.

Terry

Thursday Morning : Sleep-in

Thursday Afternoon : SE
350m, 12min. rest, 300m
46.8, 39.4

Felt resonable. Need more of a warm up now as it’s starting to cool down a bit.

Terry