[Adam Bishop]

Pull session today and it was good to do some bilateral pull exercises. Took it steady on the loads to feel where my tricep is at and hit the top of my rep ranges on both sets (10 & 20reps):

CG Pulldown
Seated cable row
SA DB Row
High incline DB CSR
DB Shrugs
Incline DB Curl
DB Hammer Curl
SA Cable curl

It was also a good day food and cardio wise with a 20min bike session this morning followed by a 30min walk with the dogs. Got in the hyperbaric chamber for an hour and a half as well. All boxes ticked today

[Adam Bishop]

Switched the programme around now I’m able to handle more weight on the pull so yesterday I got a pure push session rather than a push pull. Managed to progress all movements and add in some SA French press which is great. Tricep felt good in the lengthened position but there was some pain at lockout but it was manageable.

SA Banded pressdown 4×10
SA DB Tricep Ext (cross body) 4×10
SA DB French Press 4×10
Chest Press 4×6/4×10
Incline DB Fly x10 x20
Incline Swiss bar press x10 x20
DB Lateral Raises x10 x20

[Adam Bishop]

Yep cream of rice, oats and rice make up the majority of my carb sources at the moment. I’ll add some honey to my oats as well to mix up my carb sources.

[Adam Bishop]

Ok – it’s going to be very difficult for us to diagnose your injury if a professional is struggling to diagnose in person.

You could always seek a second opinion, maybe look at finding an osteopath or a sports physio.

Once you have a diagnosis making a plan of action is much easier

With any back injury I always find regular movement helps – regular walks during the day to keep things moving are essential. Multiple short walks seem to be better than a single long walk.

[Adam Bishop]

Any sort of lump being found means it’s time to book in to see your doctor for an assessment IMO.

[Adam Bishop]

Are you spending a lot of time sitting down at home?

Think about your posture while inactive.

You say you saw a chiropractor, surely they must have given you a diagnosis??

[Adam Bishop]

Sorry for the lack of update yesterday – I got home late last night and was totally wiped out after a crazy 3 days at the expo.

It always amazes me how many people want to say hi and get a photo with me – I’m just a guy who lifts things for a living haha. It was great to meet everyone and thank you for waiting in line and taking the time to chat to me.

Proper broken after a weekend on my feet and the plan was to get a pull session in today but I forgot I was having a tooth extracted this morning so spiking my blood pressure lifting after having that tooth out wouldn’t be a good idea. Pushed everything back a bit so now I will do my push tomorrow, pull Wednesday and straight into legs on Thursday.

Took today as a recovery day so for an hour in the hyperbaric this afternoon and I’ll get in the hot tub later

[Adam Bishop]

Day two down at the Arnold’s uk.

That was a long day! A lot of meet and greets and a lot of photos. Pretty tired after that lot but great to meet so many strongman fans!

Finished off the day meeting my fellow TBJP athletes at the pro show meet and great which was awesome.

One more day to go then I can retreat back to being a shut in haha

[Adam Bishop]

Day one at the Arnold’s UK.

On the silverback stand all weekend so plenty of standing about meeting people but great to see everyone again after a long time.

Not super busy today at the expo but tomorrow is looking like it is going to be very busy so going to get an early night and make sure o get plenty of sleep for the morning

[Adam Bishop]

I would say you need to lock in your lats more.

Really try hard to bend the bar and engage your lats this will help with bracing your spine. Some find this easier to do with an RDL where you start from a upright position.

If you’re struggling to get your lats set at the bottom of the RDL, try going off an elevated block for a while until you are getting in a better start position.

I did a video on some tips on start position for the deadlift over on my IG a while ago.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today which I spent on the bank fishing.

Took all my food with me so it works really well for me as a rest day. Got back this evening and jumped in the hyperbaric chamber for just over an hour.

Legs again tomorrow with some added tricep work and then a load of meal prep to be done for the Arnold uk.

[Adam Bishop]

I’m a big fan of choco peanut butter cup. Goes with all the whey isolate I mix it with.

[Adam Bishop]

Another successful upper session today with more small progress on my tricep movements.

Lifts are now at 50% of my non-injured site and progressing well. Started off with my tricep work:

SA Banded Pressdowns 4×10
SA Across body DB Extension 4×10

Then onto my push/pull 4×6 on my left and 4×10 with 50% on my right:

Chest Press
Seated DB Press
CG Pulldown
Seated cable row
Cable curl
Cable pressdown (left only)

Finished with two sets on the wrist roller to failure.

[Adam Bishop]

Some more progress made on my heavy leg day session today.

Nearly managed to miss a business call this morning as I fell asleep in the hyperbaric chamber. Just over an hour in there today along with my usual daily cardio. Here’s how the lower session went:

SSB Squat 240×8 145×20
SSB Goodmornings 145×10
Seated Leg curl 129×12 105×20
Leg Press 500×10 450×20
SSB calf Raise 80×8 (SL) 80×23 (DL)

[Adam Bishop]

No lifting to report today. Got my 45min walking done this morning then spend just over an hour in the hyperbaric chamber again.

Tricep is feeling ok, definitely more soreness around the elbow rather than the muscle belly so activation prior to session will be key this week.

Leg session to look forward to for tomorrow.