Simo entering Beast Mode, just in time for summer 
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Woke at ‘i have no fkn idea’ kgs I am not weighing myself every day any more. Work shirts and pants are getting a little tighter so I no I am expanding. Waist on the pants isn’t too tight yet so I know I am not getting too blubbery around the middle. I felt pretty good getting up this morning, had a solid sleep last night and was expecting to have much more DOMS in the quads. Was feeling good about mysfelf until I swung a leg over the motorbike to come to work this morning and felt the DOMS in my inner thighs … holy crap !!
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This is something I don’t miss. Staring at something on the bottom shelf and thinking “do I really need that, or is there anyway at all I can go about my day without it”.
Your consistency and work ethic is fantastic by the way.
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Having a little spat with the scale?
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Not really I just done care how much I weigh right now. I am not trying to make weight for anything so as long as I dont get too gross i’m not going to focus on it too much.
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Thursday 25th July - week 4
Bench
Bar x 10
65 x 5
85 x 5
100 x 4 (220 lbs) RPE 9 moved ok
100 x 4 RPE 10 last one was slow
100 x 4 RPE 9.5 better than the last set
100 x 4 RPE 10
All done - happy
Squat
Bar x 10
65 x 5
85 x 5
105 x 8 x 3 sets (231 lbs) - RPE 7, 7, 7
Solid but boy was I out of breath.
Row
80 x 9 x 4 sets ( only 6 on last set as form was getting sloppy) rest under 1 min.
Pull ups
6 x 3 sets
SS Hanging leg raise
15 x 3 sets
Good session tonight. Bench wasn’t as explosive as I would have liked. The bar I was using wasn’t my preferred (it was a little thin). But still got all the reps. Squats were good. Deff could have done at least 3 more each set.
This block is working out pretty darn good.
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Oh, what I wouldn’t give for one of these right about now! Haha.
Good workouts Simo, quite a few solid sessions in a row. Bring on the gains.
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You’re really smashing it, I’m really going to have a peek on your program 
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Me too! I think I’ve only had one decent night of sleep since my surgery.
Friday 26th July - week 4
Deadlift
Bar x 10
65 x 5
105 x 5
Belt on
135 x 3
152.5 x 6 RPE 8 (336 lbs)
152.5 x 6 RPE 9
152.5 x 6 RPE 10
152.5 x 4 RPE 11 lol, only 4 reps and I was done
Hard work tonight but got it done.
Squat
Bar x 10
65 x 5
85 x 5
Belt on
107.5 x 6 x 3 sets RPE 8, 8, 8 (237 lbs)
Moved ok, depth good, but back was very fatigued from deads.
Bench
Bar x 10
65 x 5
87.5 x 8 x 3 sets RPE 8, 8, 9 (193 lbs)
Pull ups
3 sets max 9, 6, 5
SS Machine rows
3 sets
This was a little harder than I wanted tonight. I felt great after training yesterday but boy what a difference a day makes. Today I felt like I had been hit by a small truck!! Neck was jacked up, I had a knot on my back like a golf ball, so I wasn’t looking forward to training tonight. Got through it ok and only missed 2 reps of deadlift. Pretty happy with it in the end but not looking forward to how I will feel over the weekend.
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Woke up sore today, mostly in the upper back. Legs and hips feel tight but not sore which is a big win. Really feel like the body is adjusting nicely to squatting and bench three days a week.
I have a deload week (kinda) next week. It’s not a full deload more like a small reduction in weight and volume. I’ll still hit heavy squat, bench and deads in the week but the overall volume will be lower.
Will start talking to the coach about what comes next. I am thinking we will continue another block like this one and keep pushing the weights up.
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Usually when I wake up sore and all fucked up I am getting a lurgie of some sort.
Yer I sometimes get that too. But this isn’t lurgy this is deff just accumulation of fatigue. Will focus a bit more on recovery this week and with the slightly lower volume should be good to go again.
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Word.
Word!
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Awesome session Simo, that was some nice DL’ing.
Enjoy the weekend.
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Thanks @mortdk I was pretty happy with it. I looked back and 6 reps with 152.5kg was a rep PR for me. So three sets of 6 and a set of 4 was a massive volume PR.
Body is really feeling it this weekend though. Lower back is tight and sore and neck was a little stiff yesterday. Neck seems better today but back is still very tight and sore everywhere !!
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Monday 29th July - deload week
Squat
Bar x 10
65 x 5
Belt on
95 x 3
110 x 3
125 x 3 x 5 sets (275 lbs) RPE 9, 9, 8 (bit quicker), 8 happy with this set, felt slow out of the whole but quick at the top, 9 hard
Tried to hit depth on these and managed on most. Slower than I wanted but probably expected.
Bench
Bar x 10
65 x 5
85 x 4
95 x 4 x 5 sets (210 lbs) RPE 9, 10, 9, 8, 9
First set All with proper pause
Totally missgroved the last rep of the second set and had to wrestle it back to my chest from my belly and then press it from a complete pause. Grinder !!!
Just repped our the last 3 sets. No pause. These felt heavy tonight.
Bulgarians
20 x 7 x 4 sets
Rest only enough to catch breath
Db bench
32.5 x 6 x 4 sets
SS Db Row
32.5 x 10 x 4 sets
1 min rest - all pretty easy, crazy pumps.
Lower back tight after squats. Body feeling the effort of the last 4 weeks but I think the lower volume this week will help. Happy with how the session went albeit a little slower than perfect.
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Squats from tonight. Pretty happy with these, depth was good and I’m getting used to squatting without looking in the mirror !!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0f7X8Dg8iH/?igshid=1ed8jg9kp6dt6
Good squatting man.
Looking back to January, you were doing a similar type of session with 85kg on the bar. Something is working.
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