Adam Bishop
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That’s an interesting one.
Obviously with out a physical assessment the best I and the other forum guys contributing can do is offer up possible reasons for your issues.
So before I give you what I think could be happening a couple more questions:
1. Do you get an even pump across all three heads of the tricep when training them?
2. Are there any movements where the triceps burn out faster than others?
3. In isolated single arm movements is your left tricep the same strength as right?
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Hi Chris,
Did you ever have an MRI on the affected area?
For me swelling is usually a sign of trauma. Was this a slow onset swelling or can you think of a certain time or event that brought on these symptoms?
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Still not 100% but at least I managed to eat all my meals and keep them down today.
Slept a full 10.5 hours last night as my body was fighting the illness.
Hopefully one more sleep and I’ll be good to train tomorrow
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Unfortunately I picked up a stomach bug last night which has proper knocked me out today.
Spent the day trying to get some food and fluids down.
Hoping I’ll be feeling better tomorrow and I’m luckily that it’s a rest day today and tomorrow
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No physio today as my physio is on holiday so got down to the barn early to make sure my pre hab work was spot on for my press session. Progressed all my lifts and my lockout is feeling much much stronger. The one on going issue is my overhead position which is limited by my shoulder mobility so something to work on in the coming weeks. Only seems to be an issue on log press so it looks like the issue lies in shoulder flexion in a neutral hand grip.
Log Strict Press – 140×2 120x3x3
Pin Press w/ chains – 3×8
DB lateral Raise – 3×10
Dips – 3×10
Pressdowns – 2 sets
DB Skullcrushers – 3 sets
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Monday pull session.
Woke up feeling a little beat up from the driving and Christmas duties over the past few days. Warm up was ok not great but luckily I got my head on and ended up having a great session. The ladder work is feeling spot on at the moment. One more week with this set up then I’ll be doing a full event run through using 5 barbells.
Deadlift – 360×1
Deadlift ladder – 280/300/320/340/360
CG Pulldown – 2 sets
Seated row – 2 sets
WG Seated Row – 2 sets
BB Curl – 3 sets
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Yes any food source can give individuals digestion issues.
Rice tends to work for most people but some are intolerant to it.
If you don’t have issues with potatoes and are happy to stick to them I would do that.
Also if you wanted to investigate this further then a food intolerance test would be a good idea. A client of mine had one done and found out he had issues with a large number of food sources.
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Merry Christmas everyone.
We drove back home last last night so I just climbed into bed and slept 10 hours.
No training yesterday just sitting around and eating nice food.
Back home now and ready for today’s pull session.
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Some really good points here from the guys so no need for me to echo them.
I will add that you may need to focus more on your recovery between sessions, potentially run a longer split with a few more rest days and choose exercises that are more sparing on your joints especially if you’ve been in the iron game a long time.
Really important to listen to your body more and not rush the response phase of the Stimulus-response-adaptation cycle.
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Still in the midlands on Christmas family visiting duties but luckily I got my events session done at Serious Strength Gym in Loughborough. Awesome session and everything felt light and fast. Things are really coming together now and my body is feeling good. Hit comp weight on the Viking press for 3 easy reps, ran with a 420kg yoke then felt quick on the loading. Very happy strongman here.
Viking press – up to 150×3 (in the hands) then a drop set performed strict for 17 reps
Yoke – up to 420 for 15m
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Friday Squats
Heading back to powerbase gym at Loughborough university for my squat session yesterday. Even though the gym has gone through 3 or 4 refits since my days training there at the uni it still has the same feeling of high performance. Loved being back in the place where my strongman journey started.
Didn’t manage to catch up with Big Rich but thanks for sorting me the session buddy.
Squat – 290×3
Paused Squat – 232.5x3x3
Squat – 175×8
Prone leg curl – 2 sets
Back Ext – 3 sets
Calf raises – 3 sets
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Physique warehouse in West Moseley near Walton on Thames is another option for you.
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Tuesday – log press
Log lockout ISOs – 3×3/10s
Log strict press – 135×3
Standing Swiss bar lockouts – 3 sets
DB Lateral Raises – 2 sets
Pressdowns – 2 sets
DB Skullcrushers – 3 sets
SA Pressdowns – 3 setsHad a good physio session in the morning treating my tricep and patella tendon. Session went great with all lifts progressing. Finished up with some soft tissue massage.
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We are back! A couple of sessions to update you on and they were some proper bangers!
Monday – Deadlifts
Deadlift – 370×3
Deadlift ladder – 260/280/300/320/340
CG Pulldown – 2 sets
Seated cable row – 2 sets
WG Seated Row – 2 sets
BB curls – 3 sets
DB Curls – 3 setsI had my first hit of the Do No F***ing Miss pre workout and wow that is some good shit. Only had a half serving and it proper put me in the zone. Deadlifts were flying up and my ladder in particular was 4 seconds faster than last time even with the heavier weight.
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Sunday was a rest day for me and I really needed it!
Body was feeling beat up and my patella tendinitis was flaring up.
I rested as much as possible, used a game ready I have on loan to ice and compress my knee and elbow and then got an early night – so early in fact I forgot to update my log so apologies for the delayed Sunday update.
Woke up this morning feeling much better and ready to get a good pull session done in a couple of hours.