Simo - The Red Shoe Diaries (Part 1)

Lmao :joy: probably both going to hit a big BW pr

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Xmas refeed,who can be the fattest, love it!

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Woke at 86.2kg - the usual weight drop after training. Will refeed today.

Volume block has finished and body has coped pretty well. Left shoulder is a little sore from the high rep bench and pressing but everything else seems ok. Missed a couple of weeks when I was sick but recovered pretty well.
Going to do a small peaking block over the next 4 weeks. Weights will increase and reps come down in the 2-4 range. The next few weeks training is going to be messed around a little because if Xmas but should still be able to get the sessions in. Actually looking forward to doing some sessions with lower reps.
Hoping for some small PRs in early January.

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Woke at 87.4kg - feeling like death!!! Too many drinks last night :nauseated_face:

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Hangover PR lol

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Like you would not believe!!! I need a new head

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You and Mrs KO. She went to a friend’s housewarming last night. Couldn’t remember how she got home. She said she tried to call me but couldn’t make out the numbers and letters on her phone.

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Good girl. I got home at 3am but luckily party was next door so didn’t need to find my way home. I have been in a right state al day. Head felt like it would explode, stomach felt like it would expel any food or water. Started to come good at dinner time so managed a small dinner. Am now eating some salty chips and drinking water. Can’t wait to wake up tomorrow and feel human again.

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That’s a fair effort Simo, I went to the work Christmas party Friday and was heavily intoxicated by 6:30 pm.
No way I would have made it to 3am

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I never planned to be there that long but once I started drinking I lost track of time !!
We started around 5pm and left the kids at home watching a movie, the wife and I took turns checking on them and then put them to bed around 8pm. I was at home around 8:30pm waiting for the kids to go to sleep and almost fell asleep on the couch myself. But once I got back to the party around 9pm and had another drink it was on like donkey kong!!

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Woke at 86.9kg which was a surprise given the low intake of both food and water in my hungover state yesterday !

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You just wait til the grog bogs hit
Then it’ll plummet

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Mate did 6 turds yesterday and they all smelt of alcohol :beer:

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Woke at 86.9kg weight holding steady, still very dehydrated from the weekend

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Tue 18th Dec - micro 4 week 1 (peaking )
Squat and bench

Squat
Bar x 10
65 x 4
85 x 4
105 x 4 - only 2 lost balance on the third rep and basically fell forward onto my knees. Luckily the Safety’s in the rack caught the bar or I would have been pinned face down !! Reset and started again. No idea what happened !!

105 x 4 RPE 8 - better this time
105 x 4 RPE 8 - bit wobbly not happy with the form
105 x 4 RPE 7 form was much better on this set
105 x 4 RPE 8 ok but last rep was slow
105 x 4 RPE 8 got it done
Used the belt again tonight. Helped with bracing but my form just felt off tonight. Think body is still recovering from all the alcohol at the weekend. After the fall on the first set was glad to just get all the reps.

Bench
Bar x 10
65 x 5
87.5 x 5 RPE 8 paused each rep but was a bit slow
87.5 x 5 RPE 8 good set
87.5 x 5 RPE 9 but slower
87.5 x 5 RPE 8 better drive
87.5 x 5 RPE 9 ok
Happy with bench tonight, little niggle in the left shoulder but it didn’t effect the reps.

Bent row
85 x 5 sets - 8, 6, 7, 7, 7
1 min rest, Hammies and glutes were very tight

Push up +15kg
4 sets max - 20, 15, 12, 10
SS with barbell curl 15kg
4 sets - 20, 20, 20, 20

Overall a good session tonight, was a bit bummed that I fell forward on squats but reset and got all the reps so not really that bad. Bench was good tonight so that deff made up for the squat fk up. Finished with a good upper body pump from the push ups and curls.

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Bench from tonight’s session, deff getting better
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrhnXjZAw6N/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=lps3tql6wnps

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Woke at 86.8kg (190lbs) a small drop from yesterday but not as much as I would expect after training. Must have been the pizza I at last night !!

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Nice Bench Simo looking good.

Bench is definitely looking better.