Adam Bishop
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Back in the UK now. Landed this afternoon. Sleep wasn’t great on the flight unfortunately, bit cramped in my seat and not much room to set up the CPAP.
Happy to be home and I’m going to get an early night.
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At the airport now, flight is of course delayed. Ready to get back home, back into routine and start my diet. 18weeks to drop as much fat as possible and hold onto as much muscle as possible. I’m looking forward to the process.
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Static monsters day 2 finished. Super long day judging and the brain fog is strong after high concentration levels all day but awesome to meet so many great people from all over the world who just love lifting.
Back to the uk tomorrow night (land Tuesday morning UK)
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Very long day at Static monsters today. Full day of refereeing lots of classes. Same again tomorrow
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Rest day today. Got out and filmed a bit of fishing for Bassmasters in the morning which was fun then chilled rest of the day. Weigh ins for the athletes tomorrow morning.
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Some more prep for the weekends comp today then a trip to bass pro to pick up some tackle ready for a bit of fishing tomorrow morning. Doing some filming for Bassmasters while I’m out here which is cool. Then this evening headed over to train with Jerry Pritchett and his son Bubba. Great to catch up with Jerry who I haven’t seen in a couple of years. I just got in some upper body this evening then we headed off for some food.
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Out in Arizona for the week in preparation to referee a strongman comp this weekend. Terrible flight yesterday as I had a middle seat so proper cramped. Spent today helping the organisers sort bits for the competition and while they had a meeting at the venue I got a short lower session in:
Leg extensions 3 sets
Hack squats 3 sets
Prone leg curls 3 sets
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Arms session ticket off today. Off to Arizona tomorrow to referee a strongman comp. Will be out there for the week and it’s going to be hot as hell which will be fun haha.
Cable curl 3 sets
EZ Bar curl 3 sets
DB Hammer Curl 3 sets
Pressdowns 3 sets
Rope Pressdowns 3 sets
Bent over Pressdowns 3 sets -
My back was really not ready for deadlifts today but I really wanted to pull so I over ruled it. I did however just hit the minimum reps on the top set (I’m running 531 for the foreseeable). Anyway lower body looked like this:
Deadlift 3 sets
Leg Press 3 sets
Bulgarian split squats 3 sets
SL Calf raise 3 sets -
In the gym today for some upper:
Incline Bench Press 3 sets
DB Lateral Raise 3 sets
Seated Cable Row 3 sets
WG Seated Row 3 sets
High Incline DB Press 3 sets -
Back online!
Couple of days rest for me. Saw my physio for treatment on my bicep. Fortunately I stopped before it turned serious to that’s a plus.
Back in the gym tomorrow for some upper.
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Well an eventful weekend. Deadlift nearly went to plan however the 470kg pull didn’t move as fast as I’d have liked to left it there and moved on with the rest of the show. Body was struggling a bit halfway through with my knee in agony making the circus DB rough and finally a small tear in my bicep on the stones that I didn’t want to push through and risk.
I had planned for this comp to be my last pro show of my career for a while. Body is feeling the abuse it’s been through over the past 16 years of competition but more importantly I’ve lost the love of the actual competition. Training in the gym is still fun but the strongman events are just not doing it for me anymore so time to call it a day.
Obviously I will still be training as I’m a lifter through and through but I have no plans to move to another sport as of yet. I may well return for a deadlift only comp but we will see. It’s time for me to return to coaching and help the next generation of strongman athletes achieve their goals.
Plan for me now is to chill for a couple of weeks then start a diet to get legit lean whatever that bodyweight ends up being. After 16 years of pushing food I’m really looking forward to a diet phase.
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Made the trip up to Birmingham today. Checked into the hotel and got the athlete meeting done. Feeling good for tomorrow
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Rest day.
Physio session in the morning then packed my bags ready to head up to Birmingham tomorrow. Not long now
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Morning bag throws ticked off before the rain this morning. 12 throws total done. Feeling good.