[Adam Bishop]

Rest day.

Body feeling it this morning. Hips and knees a bit broken so very happy to have a rest day.

Mental break for me as well as I’m next to the lake fishing for 24hours.

I’ll get up and eat my first meal here before heading home mid morning. Massage booked in at 14:30 then I’ll train in the evening

[Adam Bishop]

Another good legs session today at Physique Warehouse. Everything progressing well but my hips are struggling with the leg press loads now. Luckily it’s a rest day tomorrow so plenty of time to recover before deadlifts on Saturday.

SL Extension 111×10 77×18
Leg Press 750×10 550×20
Paused Narrow stance 550×10 450×20
Leg Extensions – high reps with Iso holds
Prone leg curl 90×10 75×15
SL curl 50×8 40×15
Standing calf raise 178×14 124×20

[Adam Bishop]

Yep another vote for enjoying your holiday. If I’m away and I don’t have a competition looming I just eat like a normal person and it’s great.

[Adam Bishop]

Physio session this morning with work on my hips, back and tricep. The medley from yesterday is a proper back killer! Then back to the barn for a pressing session. Also weighed in at 148.1 on Monday morning so the weight gain is going well.

Strict log press 98x5x3
Log press 105x5x2+1
Seated DB press 65×4 45×16
DB Lateral Raise 30×10 20×17
SA Lean Away lateral raise 17.5×10 12.5×20
Pressdowns 59×8 40×16
Gym Pin pressdown 27×6 13×17
Tricep triple set – 3×12/12/12
Bicep triple set – 3×12/12/12

[Adam Bishop]

Heavy events session at the farm today. Just the two events but pushed the volume on them. The medley for the Shaw Classic was especially nasty!

Sandbag toss – 3 sets of 8 throws 20-27kg
Medley – frame carry with two sandbag loads into heavy arm over arm sled pull. 3 sets – brutal.

I then moved a load of kit about to get ready to give the farm set up an update and a good clean. Strongman kit is a pain in the arse to move about.

[Adam Bishop]

Spent the day trying to stay cool and hydrated. Body feels ok after yesterday’s training, just some general soreness that I’m used to day to day.

Kicking off another training week with some events tomorrow.

[Adam Bishop]

The SBD are great movements. You can of course progress them and utilise them in a bodybuilding programme and they will build you quality tissue.

There are no rules in the iron game. Train the movements you like and build your strength over different rep ranges. Train hard, be consistent and the SBD will bring you slabs of muscle.

I’m not sure where this thinking that the powerlifting movements are not good for bodybuilding came from – probably because they are hard and taxing movements and people are getting a bit soft.

While your young hammer them and get really really strong but most importantly enjoy your training mate.

[Adam Bishop]

Heavy pulls feeling good today. Strength is on the up especially as the suit is still loose on me until I reach 155kg bodyweight. Reps felt easy and back is making improvements.

Deadlift 355×8
CG Pulldown 134.25×10 93×15
Gym Pin cable row 70×10 50×16
SA DB Row 90×8 60×15
WG Seated Cable Row 93×10 72×18
BB upright row 62.5×10 42.5×18

[Adam Bishop]

Proper sweaty press session in the barn today. Found out we have circus DB press at the Cardiff show in September so I’ve added in some technical work starting light before the following:

Strict Log Press 113×1 105x2x2
Log push press 131×1 123x2x2
Hammer Strength chest press 140×6 80×17 40×10-10-10
Cable Fly 40×10 30×20
Incline DB Press – triple set
Incline DB Curls 30×7 14×20
BB curl 60×8 40×15
Fat Gripz Hammer curl 3×12

[Adam Bishop]

No training today. Body feeling battered. Had massage and felt a bit better, did another food shop and walked the dogs as per usual.

It’s feeling warm tonight I think I’m going to struggle sleeping.

During the summer months please pray for your 300lbs+ friends.

[Adam Bishop]

Great legs session for me today over at physique warehouse. Legs are proper battered after that one.

SL Extension 105×8 77×18
Leg Press 700×10 500×20
Paused Narrow stance 500×10 400×20
Leg Extensions – some orrible drop set
Reverse hypers 3×12
Prone leg curl 90×10 70×20
SL curl 47.5×10 35×20
Standing calf raise 178×10 124×20

One more pin down and I’ll be stacking the leg extension with a single leg which is proper meathead. Leg presses moved very well so confident I can keep that moving up in big jumps. Strength is increasing well with the increase in carbs and I’m feeling good.

Very welcome rest day tomorrow. Massage session booked in plus another food shop.

[Adam Bishop]

Very much agree with the about. It would be a disaster using this for your SBD.

Your program should be specific and focused towards lifting the most possible on comp day.

This approach can be used for assistance work effectively BUT you have to get your taper correct going into the comp otherwise you’ll still be feeling some fatigue

[Adam Bishop]

Very long day for me today. I was booked for an appearance as part of a truck company’s world record attempt which was very cool but it took a lot longer than originally planned to get the whole rig weighed out for the record etc so getting home a bit later and training in the vending which I’m not used to.

Warming up I felt like shit but we solved the problem with intensity and aggression and I ended up having a great session progressing all my lifts.

Strict log press 95x5x2
Log press 103x5x2+1
Seated DB press 60×8 40×20
DB Lateral Raise 30×9 20×16
SA Lean Away lateral raise 17.5×8 12.5×12
Pressdowns 59×7 40×14
Gym Pin pressdown 22×10 13×17
Tricep triple set – 3×12/12/12
Bicep triple set – 3×12/12/12

Obviously my whole day is pushed back a bit so I’m staying up a bit later to get my final meal in before bed.

[Adam Bishop]

Play around with it and go with one that works for you.

Also take a tape measure and once you have established and angle you like, measure the vertical arm so that you can keep some consistency in following weeks

[Adam Bishop]

145.7kg this morning so things are moving nicely. Energy is good and digestion is holding up to the extra food.

Events session today and felt great.

Sandbag toss – 20/20/25/27 for 2 runs then a double run of 8 throws which was great.

Hummer tyre deadlift – up to 500kg standing on a 1.5inch mat

Arm over arm – 3x15m

All in all a good training day. I’ve got an appearance to do tomorrow during the day so it will be an evening press session for me tomorrow