Simo - The Red Shoe Diaries (Part 1)

You know the secret mate. Get something heavy and squat up and down lots and lots

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Absolute Unit mate

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Thanks Wisey. It has been a few years in the making.

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You certainly know how to impress a girl. Great work Simo!

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Those aren’t even quads. More like octs.

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Good to know I can impress someone LoL

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Definitely impressed. Almost makes me want to run super squats… almost :rofl:

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Nope!

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Monday 5th September - week 3

Deadlift
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 3
160 x 1
170 x 4 x 3 sets(374 lbs) - RPE 7, 7, 8
170 x 4+. Managed 5 with a couple in the tank
Was feeling beat up tonight so these were tough

Db bench
45 x 6 x 4 sets (99 lbs)
SS
Bench supported row
37.5 x 6 x 4 sets
Weights are getting up there now. Happy with these. Proper hard and proper big boy upper body pump.’

Good session. Was really beat up today but it was still good. I dropped the Bulgarians tonight because my legs were still sore. I will do them on Wednesday after bench.

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Tonight’s deadlift

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Burpee session tonight.

5 rounds. Each round was max push ups followed by as many 1 pump burpees as the push ups.

Managed

Round 1 - 45
Round 2 - 22
Round 3 - 15
Round 4 - 13
Round 5 - 12
Total 107 push ups and 107 1 pump burpees.

All done in 20 mins. I was wrecked after this.

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I “liked” both of your deadlift posts, but I refuse to “like” this burpee nonsense!

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I whole heartedly agree. But then on the other hand, Simo is lately looking like he could get away with punching a bear, so he may be on to something.

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I certainly would not have made my remark to his face!

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Well, with all that size he is probably slower than shit, I think you can risk it

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When I read Furious Five I immediately thought of “Kung Fu Panda”

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I never said I liked it either. They are fkn horrible, but they do kick my ar$e and make we work hard. I’ll take that over sitting on the couch any day.

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All roads lead to gainz mate, just work hard at something. The harder it makes you work the better you will become.

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you must have been watching my old running training videos. LOL