Adam Bishop
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Never noticed it myself – love a bit of dark chocolate
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Rescheduled press session
Log press – 153×3 113x3x3 (one motion)
Circus DB – 80x10x1
High Incline Bench Press – 140×3 125×3 112.5×3
Dips – 2 work sets
Chest Press/DB Lateral Raise/Pressdowns – 3×12Log press was a little frustrating, got the reps done but they didn’t feel as straightforward as I had hoped. The one motions felt way more natural so I’m going to explore them as an option in the coming weeks.
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So for knee sleeves the SBD powerlifting sleeves will give you the best pop. Make sure you get the right size. If they are a little too thick you can get the SBD weightlifting knee sleeves which are a little thinner and shorter in length.
If you’re looking for warmth for your elbows when squatting then the SBD elbow sleeves are top notch. I also wear them up over my biceps to give me a little compression and protection on bicep heavy strongman events
Are the SBD elbow sleeves good for pressing or something else you recommend?[/quote]
Depends what you want from them. I wear the elbow sleeves for the vast majority of my pressing as they offer warmth and a little support but do not give any real extra “pop”. All my typical “bodybuilding” movements are done with them.If you are after more pop out of the bottom of pressing movements you could always get a smaller sizer knee sleeve for your elbow. This is what I do for events such as circus DB press where I need maximum support so I’ll wear a large knee sleeve on my elbow. Once again the weightlifting knee sleeves are the middle ground.
Be sure to check the sizing guide on the SBD website and if you train alone don’t go for knee sleeves on your elbows as you need someone else there to help pull them on. If you do train alone go for the elbow sleeves as they go on really easy.
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Decided to take the day as a rest day and do my pressing tomorrow. I had physio this morning and we dry needled my TFL so it was feeling a little sore afterwards. The extra sleep with help with settling that down ready for some push presses tomorrow.
Also got some soft tissue work done on my quads, adductors and biceps which were all a little sore after Saturday and Monday’s events sessions.
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So for knee sleeves the SBD powerlifting sleeves will give you the best pop. Make sure you get the right size. If they are a little too thick you can get the SBD weightlifting knee sleeves which are a little thinner and shorter in length.
If you’re looking for warmth for your elbows when squatting then the SBD elbow sleeves are top notch. I also wear them up over my biceps to give me a little compression and protection on bicep heavy strongman events
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Started todays session at the farm with some loading and shield walk before heading back home for deadlifts, stone for reps and assistance exercises.
It’s always tough warming up for loading so I took it easy on the speed and focused on the quality of pickups. Usually loading will be the third event on Saturday sessions but I had to switch things around this week. Deadlifts felt great as did the stone for reps with my stone of steel (chalk only). Really focusing on squeezing the stone hard which will help if I end up in a stone off again this year at WSM.
Loading – anvil, sandbag, keg, tyre and frame for 15m
Shield walk – 167kg 3x30m (turn at 15m)
Deadlift – 372.5×3
Stone for reps – 100x3x6
CG Pulldown, seated row and high incline DB CSR – all 3×12 -
Body was happy to have a rest day today. Hamstrings were especially sore this morning.
Got an hours walk done with the dogs and spent some time in the hot tub this evening.
Heavy session tomorrow with loading, shield walk, deadlift and stone for reps
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Gog old events session today. Kicked off with the fingals finger for some reps which was frustrating at first as I was all over the place but I sorted my shit out for eye final sets. Then onto some conans wheel, bag toss and stones with all felt great. Need to get in there and give the stones a clean as the tacky was getting a bit clogged with some dust and/or dirt.
Fingals finger – lots of singles then 3x3flips
Conans wheel – 3×3 revolutions with more weight than last week
Bag toss – a couple of runs with 20/20/25/27kg over 4.5m barrier
Stones – several one motions with the 150Half to hold myself back on stones as it’s only my second week bad doing them so next week I’ll look to go up to the 180 then a short run with the 100/120/130/150.
Body is ready for a rest day tomorrow
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Managed to get some lower done today. No squats obviously so went with the leg press as my primary movement. Didn’t want to load a lot of plates on it and I needed to deload the deep flexion portion so I went with some band tension and pre fatigued leg extensions beforehand. Worked up with sets of 10 which is not something I would usually do but as I was looking to limit load this week it was applicable to the situation. Worked to a challenging set of 10 then dropped the weight for 3 sets of paused reps and a 20rep set.
Leg extensions – 4×12
Leg press – top set of 10, 3×6 paused and 1×20
45deg back extension – 2 work sets
Prone leg curl – 2 work sets
Calf raise – 2 work setsThat was it. Bulk of the work done on the leg press and a good reintroduction to lower.
Main events tomorrow at the farm
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Second rest day completed. We’re having a new kitchen put in at home and it’s made me realise how much time I spend in there each day haha.
One of the features of the new kitchen is a much bigger fridge freezer so more room for the necessary bulk buy meats.
Tomorrow is lower body but no squats for me. Going to be focusing on the leg press for a while as it will be safer for my TFL. We don’t have a squat at WSM this year so it’s not essential that I train the movement until the start of may.
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Got some rehab work done on my knee today. Daily isometrics and using the game ready are going to have to happen to settle this down I think. TFL still feels sore I’m certain movements which isn’t ideal. Seeing my physio tomorrow though.
I got my supplements order today with a couple of new TBJP products that’s I’m adding to the stack in the build up to WSM. Peak Aminos are going into my intra workout now that the sessions are longer and peak hydration will be added first thing in the morning. Excited to try these new products.
Another rest day tomorrow before a new training week starts for me.
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Much better press session this week. Knee and TFL managed to hold it together for some push press action on the log and Circus DB press. I warmed up for a good 30min before even lifting the empty log. The longer you do strongman for the longer your warm up becomes haha. When I was younger I could just jump right into log press but not now.
Also got to grips with using my left arm for the circus DB press which felt weird but by the 10th set it was working for me.
Log press – 145×4
Circus DB Press 67x10x1
High Incline Bench 135×4 122.5×4 110×4
Dips x7 x14
Chest press 3×12
DB lateral raise 3×12
Pressdowns 3×12
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Proper day’s training today. Started at the farm for bag toss and shield walk then back home for deadlifts, stone over bar and pull accessories:
Bag toss – 5×2 (20kg)
Shield walk – 3x20m w/turn
Deadlift – 357.5×4
Stone over bar – 3×5 (one motions)
CG Pulldown 3×12
Seated row 3×12
High incline DB CSR 3×12Knee and TFL a little bit sore today especially after the shield walk so need to manage them this week to ensure we don’t get any issues.
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Rest day
TFL and patella tendon actually feel better today after yesterday’s events which is a big plus. Hopefully it’s settling down and I’ll be on for a big training week. New movements to re-introduce and some heavier loads to be lifted.
Training earlier tomorrow so it’s a 10am start at the farm for two events before I head back to the gym for the remainder of my session.
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First events session of the WSM prep and it felt like a proper strongman session again. All new movements so nothing heavy today plus my TFL and patella tendon are still healing up so wanted to back off the weights and focus on some volume and technique. I will also usually be doing loading in this session but since I’ve been hitting that event hard for Brits prep I dropped it today.
Conans wheel – 3 sets of 3 revolutions
Fingals fingers – 6 flips plus 5×2 on “finger cleans”
Stone one motions – 120kg for 6 singles