[Adam Bishop]

148.7kg

Some chest and bicep focused training today in the barn:

Incline Bench Press – 3 sets
Dips – 2 sets
Incline DB Fly – 2 sets
Standing cable fly – 1 set
Incline DB Curl – 2 sets
EZ Bar Curl – 2 sets
SA Cable Curl – 1 set

Solid session, felt good. Upped my step count back up to 10k target today to help with energy expenditure and general health. Pull session tomorrow

[Adam Bishop]

Nice Saturday spent catching up with family who came to visit and getting the dogs out for a couple of walks.

Back in the gym tomorrow for some pressing.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day.

Got some bits done around the house and garden as well as a food shop. Not much else to report really.

[Adam Bishop]

148.6kg

15mins stairs in the morning then off to Physique warehouse for a legs session.

Leg Extensions- 3 sets
Hack squat – 3 sets
Leg Press – 2 sets
Prone leg curl – 3 sets
Seated leg curl – 2 sets
Standing calf raise – 3 sets
Seated calf raise – 2 sets

[Adam Bishop]

148.6kg

15mins on the stairs to start my day then back in the gym in the afternoon for shoulders and triceps:

Seated DB Press – 3 sets
DB Lateral Raises – 2 sets
SA Cable Lateral Raise – 1set
Pressdowns – 3 sets
Skullcrushers – 2 sets
SA Pressdowns – 1 set
Leg Raises – 2 sets

Dropping out the events for a few weeks to give my joints a break. Focus now on more “bodybuilding” movements which feel so good after trashing my body for a while with comp preps. Legs tomorrow.

[Adam Bishop]

Exceptionally long day yesterday/today. Short flight to Atlanta then 5 hours stop over before boarding my overnight flight back to London.

Some issues on the plane meant that I only got power for my CPAP after a few hours so only got around 4 hours sleep at best.

Back home now and enjoyed a chilled day with the dogs. Back to business tomorrow with the start of a new phase of gym work. Will be looking to drop down to around 145kg before I start to push back up for the deadlift champs in. September

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Haha that’s amazing I didn’t realise people were tuning in to the Myrtle beach cameras

[Adam Bishop]

What do you want out of it? Are you planning on doing steady state cardio or high intensity intervals or both? How much space do you have available and what’s your budget?

[Adam Bishop]

Thanks Chris.

Yeah a lot of unanswered questions regarding next year. TV contract negotiations are ongoing but I very much doubt we will be getting a live stream anytime soon as there is just not enough money in it. The Arnold puts out a free livestream (subsidised by the expo itself) and still doesn’t bring in anywhere near the viewing figures channel 5 gets in the UK.

Possibly could end up on a streaming platform which might televise it live but we will see.

I really do think WSM gets a lot of unjustified negativity. It’s the largest prize pot in the sport, the largest filming operation, the largest athlete field which costs a lot in terms of flights and hotels etc. I mean I can’t even imagine how much they spent on water, Gatorade and soft drinks for the athletes and crew.

It’s very different putting on a two day show with 10 athletes vs 25 athletes over a week.

[Adam Bishop]

WSM all done and dusted for another year. Very entertaining final day of competition today and all the guys did a great job considering how brutal the process was this year.

I fly back home tomorrow evening so spent some time tonight repacking my bags to make sure they are under the weight limit for my flights. Looking forward to getting home now

[Adam Bishop]

Day one of the finals didn’t disappoint, some great performances from the guys and looking forward to watching the final two events tomorrow.

Final full day in the US tomorrow before I head home on Monday evening.

[Adam Bishop]

Couple of days lined up supporting the guys in the final now. Some amazing performances over the past couple of days with some shock results.

The standard of strongman gets higher and higher each year across the board which is very cool.

[Adam Bishop]

Day one of WSM really did not go to plan for me unfortunately.

Tore multiple callouses on both hands on the farmers walk which messed my hands up pretty good. With the upcoming events relying on my hands it did not makes sense sense for me to continue – I’ve competed at 10 WSM now and I have no interest in scrapping for 3rd or 4th in my group. It was better to withdraw there and then and let one of the reserve guys get their chance.

Obviously disappointed but these things happen and we move on. Plans are already in motion for the deadlift champs in 19 weeks. For now I’ll enjoy a couple of days in the sun and support the guys competing

[Adam Bishop]

Final media bits done today. Medical all passed this morning and social media/photos ticked off.

Next stop tomorrow morning is day one of the group stages. 3 events today and looking forward to finally getting started.

[Adam Bishop]

Tv interview and kit familiarisation ticked off today.

Got measured up for the squat event and had a play with the farmers/powerstairs implements. Didnt mess around too much with the stones as not worth the risk for the bicep, only got the set ups ready.

Another day of media and medicals tomorrow before we kick off on Thursday