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The Anxious Athlete: Social In-Season
Intermediate–AdvancedFree

The Anxious Athlete: Social In-Season

Expand your lungs. Expand your game. Grow your aerobic engine, move freely, and reconnect with flow.

Samuel C.
Samuel C.· Oct 2025
iOS & Android

Overview

Length
4 weeks
Days / week
7 days
Level
Intermediate, Advanced
Goal
Athletics
Equipment
Garage Gym
Session length
40 min
Purpose: Reintroduce sport readiness through flow and conditioning. Spring reintroduces rugby rhythm and movement variability. Training revolves around building a bigger aerobic engine, restoring elasticity through light plyometrics, and maintaining the lean muscle gained over winter. Practices and matches are lighter, so this block blends enjoyment and progression—a chance to move with intention, rebuild speed, and refine your ability to recover fast between efforts. You’re learning to flow again, not grind.

Who it's for

Athletes at the Intermediate–Advanced level
Athletes focused on athletics
Athletes who can train 7 days per week
Athletes who train in a garage gym (barbell, rack, and basic free weights)

Muscle engagement

Front
Back
Quadriceps
17.6%
Glutes
16.2%
Hamstrings
9.5%
Upper Back
8.1%
Stretching
5.4%
Other
5.4%
Rear Delts
5.4%
Cardio
4.1%
Calves
4.1%
Chest
4.1%
Triceps
4.1%
Front Delts
4.1%
Lower Back
3.4%
Lats
2.7%
Abs
2%
Adductors
1.4%
Abductors
1.4%
Biceps
1.4%
Week 1 Workouts
#ExerciseSetsRepsIntensity
1Cardio (Zone 2)130–40 min@6
2Post Game Mobility Flow120 min—
3Parasympathetic Breathing110 reps—
#ExerciseSetsReps
1High Knees210 reps
2Butt Kicks210 reps
3A Skip210 reps
4B Skip210 reps
5Pogo Hop220 reps
6Vertical Jump25 reps
710m Accelerations21 rep
#ExerciseSetsRepsIntensity
Superset
1ABand Face Pull215 reps—
1BThread The Needle25 reps—
1C90/90 Hip Flow25 reps—
Superset
2ATall Kneeling Med Ball Chest Pass25 reps—
2BBox Jump25 reps—
3Trap Bar Deadlift35 reps75%
4Bench Press (Dumbbell)38–12 reps@7
5Bulgarian Split Squat (Dumbbell)26–8 reps@7
6Single Arm Row (Dumbbell)210–12 reps@7
75x3 Min Intervals (60s Rest)1——
8Parasympathetic Breathing110 reps—
#ExerciseSetsReps
1Neck Series1—
2Band Face Pull215 reps
3Band Pull Apart215 reps
4Cat Cow and T-Spine Rotation23 reps
5Terminal Knee Extension215 reps
6Calf Raise (Bodyweight)150 reps
7Anterior Tibialis Raises150 reps
#ExerciseSetsRepsIntensity
1Cardio (LISS)120 min@5
2Post Game Mobility Flow120 min—
#ExerciseSetsReps
1Post Game Mobility Flow120 min
#ExerciseSetsRepsIntensity
1Cardio (LISS)130 min@5
2Post Game Mobility Flow120 min—

Weeks 2–4 are in the app

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Common questions

Yes, The Anxious Athlete: Social In-Season is completely free to follow on Boostcamp. Download the app on iOS or Android, find the program, and start your first workout immediately. All 4 weeks are fully unlocked.

This program is built around a garage gym. Make sure you have consistent access before starting, since the progression model assumes you can perform the same movements week over week.

Each session typically takes around 40 minutes to complete. That estimate covers your working sets but doesn't account for warm-up or rest between sets, so budget a little extra time when you're first learning the movements.

The Anxious Athlete: Social In-Season is structured around 7 training days per week, with rest days built in to allow for recovery. The Boostcamp app lets you reschedule sessions if your week doesn't go to plan.

The program runs for 4 weeks. The structure is designed so that each week builds on the last, with weights, volume, or intensity progressively increasing as you go.

The Anxious Athlete: Social In-Season is available inside the Boostcamp app, free on iOS and Android. Once you download the app, you can search for the program by name. The app tracks all your sets and weights automatically, so you always know exactly what to do next session.

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