Simo - The Red Shoe Diaries Part 2.0

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Friday 26 July- week 3

SSB squat
120 x 8 x 3 sets - (264 lbs) - RPE - 6, 7, 7
Quads were sore but had enough power.
Miss grooved the first rep of set 2 and nearly fell forward coming out of the bottom. Managed to take a small step and get enough balance to stand it up and re set. That was a good lesson to stay tight.

Close grip bench press - should call these closer grip bench, hands about 2-3 inches each side closer than my normal bench.
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 8.5 (220 lbs) - RPE 10. Massive hamstring cramp on the last rep !!
100 x 6
100 x 6
100 x 5. Then drop to 60 and rep it out. Lost count.
These were really hard. Chest and triceps were toast after. Happy with the effort but not the results.

Reverse hypers
25 x 10 x 3 sets
Better today

Lat pull downs
77 x 12 x 3 sets - 1
Great lat pump

Tricep press down
36kg x 10 x 3 sets
Arms for days.

Itā€™s Friday again, itā€™s Saturday Sunday what !!!
Great week so far. Just strongman stuff to go. Happy boy.

Triceps on point

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Looks like training triceps makes your biceps grow too. LOL

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1762

Looking strong annnnd juicy!

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1763

Worth living sore!

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1764

@ChickenLittle itā€™s nice to be juicy

@EmilyQ itā€™s less nice being sore but we do what we have to do to be juicy

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1765

Strongman Saturday

63 - 3 x singles
73 - 2 x singles
78 - 5 x singles
78 - 3 x triples
63 - 5ā€™s - 2 sets

Good session, nice to train outside

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1766

Not half bad for 3 weeks to 50.

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1767

Damn, dude! Thatā€™s what I want to look like when I grow up.

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1768

Thatā€™s an understatement! A lot of guys in their 20s donā€™t look this good. Awesome work and longevity man.

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1769

So glad to have you join me in the 50ā€™s. Letā€™s keep putting those young bucks to shame!

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1770

Thanks Sven, I would be happy just to grow up. :joy:

Really appreciate that, itā€™s deff not easier as you get older but itā€™s also not difficult (just hard)

Very glad to join you and hoping I can keep up with your work ethic sir.

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1771

Itā€™s all downhill once you reach 50 mate. Sorry to tell you.

Not for me, of course, there always has to be an exception to the rule.

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1772

50 isnā€™t oldā€¦ if youā€™re a tree!
Look stout as an oak to me! And did I mentionā€¦ jooosssyyy?

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1773

:joy::joy::joy:

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1774

Monday 29 July - deload

Axle squat
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 3
120 x 5 x 3 sets (264 lbs ) -
Controlled reps. All good. Felt like work but wasnā€™t hard.

Hack squat - weight per side
50 x 10 x 3 sets -
These were hard. Solid pump.

Leg curls
46 x 3 sets - 12, 11, 10
Good pump

Db bench
35 x 6
40 x 6 x 3 sets

Db supported row
30 x 10 x 3 sets

Good little deload, still trained hard and a good pump but didnā€™t trash myself.

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1775

Looking jacked man!!!

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1776

Thanks mate. Thatā€™s half way here, the next thing it to keep training until I feel jacked. :grinning:

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1777

OK Tnation I have come to the realization that I really need to up my overhead game. It has never been a real focus, in fact there are often times of the year that I donā€™t train it at all favoring bench instead. But lets face it we all know a big overhead gets you more girls.

So calling those of you that love the overhead, what has worked for you? Sets and reps, training frequency, straining style, movements etc. etc. You get the idea. Going to tag some people who I know live to press but this question is open to anyone who has an idea.

@T3hPwnisher @littlesleeper @Koestrizer @Cyrrex @DaCharmingAlbino @kleinhound @PowPowPunishment @davemccright @TrainForPain @loganator

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1778

Nothing has worked to make my press stronger than simply pressing more. Grab a bar and press for 4 or 5 sets of 8-10 once a week.

Iā€™ve foolishly thought before that working toward a strong bench will keep my shoulders strong enough to increase my overhead strength and itā€™s just not so. The period where I focused on bench to make it the strongest itā€™s ever been, my press was weak.

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1779

Funny you say that, cause that is exactly what @wiseman83 said when we talked about this (off the forum) today. looks like the next training block is going to have a lot more pressing in it.

I have deff been guilty of this too.

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1780

Yeah strongest I ever got overhead was pressing one day a week and push pressing another.

Itā€™s always been my weakest lift, especially the strict press, at least when I push I can use my legs a lot.

That and having healthy shoulders for a good open ROM at the top

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