Simo - The Red Shoe Diaries (Part 1)

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Friday 4th September - week 3

Deadlift
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 1
160 x 1
175 x 2 (385 lbs) RPE 7 all good
150 x 5 x 4 sets (330 lbs) RPE 5, 5, 5, 5
Pulls were pretty good tonight. Pecs were pretty sore from bench last night and could feel that in the pulls.

Squat 310
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
112.5 x 4 x 3 sets (248 lbs) RPE 8, 7,

Bench 310
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
92.5 x 4 x 3 sets RPE 9, 9, 9
SS with
Cable row (single arm)
45 x 11 x 3 sets

Great session. The slight drop in volume this week is perfect and kept me feeling a little fresher today. 2 easy reps at 175 is a good sign. Grip was solid with no chalk so definitely have a lot more in the tank.

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6048

They were horrible. Lol. It was supposed to be one big set but I had to stop a few times to catch my breath !!

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Pulls from tonight

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEtlIaIAK21/?igshid=17elk1uyte5kl

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Deep, gasping, ragged breaths don’t prevent it from being one big cluster. It was just punctuated with increased oxygen intake :grin:

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6051

I will take that. Thanks mate.

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6052

We 40-somethings gotta keep each other’s spirits and egos up.

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6053

This is sooooo true. Any kind of positive encouragement is gratefully received when you are no longer a dirty thirty.

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6054

Mate, I’m not that dirty… I shower at least once a week you know

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6055

yeah just got back last month once covid protocols were relaxed…It’s called WSBB Conjugate till I die.

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6056

Dude, you’re killing it for an old guy, don’t even trip dog.

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6057

I don’t know what this bit means, but I agree with the rest of it.

6058

My bet would be that @Cyrrex is a Rick and Morty fan? Which would be good taste on his part.

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6059

That is some solid lifting - well done!

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Exactly right. How are there people that are not Rick and Morty fans?

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6061

Never watched a single one but that’s not unusual cause I don’t watch a lot of anything on TV.

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6062

Where’s the new season at tho

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First half on Netflix, second half on piraty websites

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Already out (season 4). With approx. 2 years between seasons, we’ll have to wait a while…

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Monday 7th September - week 4

Squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
110 x 2
130 x 1
150 x 3 330 lbs) RPE 8 Felt OK so adds a third rep.
140 x 4 x 5 sets (308 lbs) RPE 8, 8, 9, 9, 10
Really felt like I was working hard tonight.

Bench
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
97.5 x 8 x 3 sets (215 lbs) RPE 9, 9, 9
Happy with these, getting close to good reps with 100.

Bulgarians
67.5 x 8 x 3 sets
I still fkn hate these with a passion. Good leg pump though.

Oh press
Bar x 10
40 x 5
60 x 1
70 x 1 (154 lbs) RPE 8 held my breath hard and was seeing stars when I re-racked the bar.
62.5 x 6 x 3 sets (138 lbs) RPE 7, 8, 8

Trained 1 day late this week due to a shitty day at work on Monday. Everything moved ok but feeling very tired and a little glad that this use last big week. Cut a couple of sets of the accessories tonight, trying to manage fatigue for the rest of the week.

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Vids from tonight. Squats sets are 150 x 3 and then set 1 and set 5 of 140 x 4.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE36XNuALoj/?igshid=6kwv5ahdrkhp

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