Simo - The Red Shoe Diaries (Part 1)

Man, great rant, great work, and good job getting to let go a bit for the party.
You’re a treasure.

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Really struggled today, was very tired after the week of working late and i was more than a little hungover due to being so out of practice with this party thing.
Forced my self to do some burpees just to sweat some of the poison out.
Went for just 100 burpees, Every fifth rep I did a navy seal so it was 80 1 pumps and 20 navy seals.
It was not nice but it did feel good after.

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That’s a great wee workout

In fact that’s the beauty of bodyweight circuitry

The amazing workouts you can construct that are exciting and dynamic

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You make a really interesting point here and are spot on. You can literally make hundreds of options depending on what you want to achieve.

Today I wanted to only work for 15 mins cause I figured that might be my vomit limit, but I wanted a little more chest work so I added the navy seals.

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Monday 20th December

Squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
110 x 2
130 x 2
145 x 4 x 5 sets (319 lbs) RPE 8, 8, 8, 9, 9
These were tough but they were supposed to be so that’s all good.

Leg ext
135kg - 20 x 3 sets
Quad cramp after these. Wicked pump!

Db bench
42.5 x 6 x 4 sets
Really happy with these at the moment.

Pull ups
BW
Max x 3 sets
Reps - 13, 8, 7

Last heavy week of this block before a deload and I have started the week really well. Great session tonight, body is very fatigued but still strong. Quality

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Vid from tonight

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXs1E8_LNTY/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Back getting thicker but wife not liking the calluses from squats.

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Just in time for a hearty xmas refeed sir too!

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More recovery burpees tonight. 100 x 3 pumps
Got a really solid chest pump and worked up a good sweat.

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Wednesday 22nd December

Deadlift
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 2
160 x 2
180 x 4 (396 lbs) - RPE 9
180 x 4 RPE 9.5
180 x 2 RPE 9
180 x 2 RPE 10

2 sets of 4 then 2 sets of 2. This was hard work, 180 x 4 is a rep PR at this weight for me, so felt good to do that twice.

OH press
Bar x 10
40 x 5
60 x 2
70 x 4 (154 lbs) RPE 9
70 x 3 RPE 10
70 x 3 RPE 10

I hate overhead. Which means need to do more of this.

Bench supported db row
30 x 8 x 3 sets

Dips
BW + 25kg
Max x 3
Reps - 13, 9, 7

Great session tonight. Rep PR for deadlift and everything else moved well. Back didn’t break which is always a good thing.

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Followed tonight’s training with chicken wings, avocado and spinach.

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Vids from tonight, sorry about some of the bad filming

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXyBtBSPlFt/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Looking strong on them dips buddy :muscle:

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Congratulations on the rep PR!

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Thanks @kd13 they have always been a daily good movement for me. I am still trying to catch @Cyrrex though :joy:

Thanks @jdm135 It is always nice to hit a PR but extra special on deadlifts.

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I dunno, 13 with 25 kilo is pretty solid, you might be getting pretty close.

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Great deadlifting mate!

Thanks @Koestrizer That means a lot coming from you.
I was just looking back this morning and this training block has to be the best deadlift block I have done. I came into this block having done trap bar deadlifts and SLDL but no conventional since I pulled a max back on the 30th August. To hit these numbers at volume in the first training block is really good. Maybe 2022 will be the year of the deadlift.

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It sure will! You have 200 in front of you, just need to reach out and grab it!

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