Adam Bishop
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Bumper walking session with the dogs today as we’re up in North Yorkshire for a couple of days and some event training for me.
Walked for an hour and a half today – the hill nearly killed me haha. Lovely morning to be out there.
Tomorrow I head across to train on the kit for Britain’s Strongest Man.
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Pressing session in the barn today:
Started out with some log lockouts with an iso hold at lockout – trying to get more comfortable in a fully locked out position overhead. Did 4 sets of 15sec holds with 80kg. Then after that I moved onto the rest of my session:
Log Strict Press – 125×3
Swiss bar lockouts (w/chains) 3×8
Standing DB Press 3×8
DB lateral Raise – 2 work sets
Cable Pressdowns – 2 work sets
DB Skullcrushers – 2 work sets
SA Cable Pressdowns – 4 work setsSession turned out ok, I progressed on all my lifts but my log press felt off today – probably because I didn’t have my physio session before my weights session this week.
I’ve got a couple of events sessions to do now to finish the week so got to make sure I’m ready for those.
The carbs have pushed up to 800g and my bodyweight is back up to 147kg
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Yep I agree with Sas here.
I drop the load of my main lift but still focus on quality of movement and the bar speed. Then I’ll reduce the total session volume by around 50%.
I don’t tend to deload very often (I’ll usually taper towards a comp where the intensity stays high and the volume drops drastically) but when I do it’s the above approach.
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Deadlift day for me today and I worked up to a heavy set on the deadlift bar before working back down to a ladder set using a pair of modified lifting straps to speed up the change over between reps. It worked really well with all the pills being super fast.
Deadlift 365×4
Deadlift Ladder 240-260-280-300-320
CG Pulldown – 2 work sets
Seated cable row – 2 work sets
WG Seated Row – 2 work sets
High incline DB CSR – 2 work sets
BB curls – 4 work setsThe ladder loads are 80% of what they will be on the day but the focus today was the speed In between the reps which is where the event is won and lost. At WSM I placed 2nd in this event as I wasn’t fast enough with my straps so I’m ensuring that doesn’t happen again!
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Completed my light pressing session I usually do on Saturday evening this morning with some solid work in the barn.
Banded Pec Dec – 3×15
Hammer Strength chest press – top set then 2 drop sets
Banded decline Press – 3×15
Pressdowns- top set then 2 drop sets
Bent over Pressdowns – top set then 2 drop sets
SA Cable Pressdowns – 3×12Got some food prepped for the rest of the day then took the dogs out for an hours walk around the lake.
Time for an early night ready for some pulls tomorrow
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Proper banging events session today. Motivation was sky high and the session didn’t disappoint.
Viking press – 127 (in the hands) x3 then a two back off sets of 10.
Yoke run – up to 360x20m in 7.14sec
Loading – 3 implements in 21sec (2 sets)
Power stairs – 12 steps totalFeeling fast and strong on all the events today. The Viking press both improved in weight and the quality of the lockouts so I’m a happy man. Yoke runs were the fastest I’ve done. Felt like Ricky Bobby out there.
Moved my evening session to tomorrow morning as I promised to help with Christmas decorations and other Christmas stuff and that.
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Did an overnight fishing session on Wednesday night so limited phone signal unfortunately.
Got down to physique warehouse afterwards and showered BEFORE I trained haha. Leg session looked like this:
Squat 275×4
Pause Squat 225×3
Squat 165×8
Leg Extensions (drop sets)
Back Extension (drop sets)
Lying leg curl (drop sets)
Calf raise series – 3 sets
Solid session and we saw some improvement in the squats. Keeping the volume low as I have a big events session tomorrow. The assistance work was all a top set to failure followed by 2 drop sets.
Feeling ready for a big events session tomorrow – time to get ready for Britain’s Strongest Man.
Overnight fishing sounds so wholesome I want to come next time hahaha
Do you have to throw them back or can you keep them?
Absolutely zero bodybuilding related info in my questions I know 😂[/quote]
Catch and release mate – fishing for big old carp.I used fly fish for trout a long time ago and a couple of them would end up on the bbq but carp fishing is different.
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Did an overnight fishing session on Wednesday night so limited phone signal unfortunately.
Got down to physique warehouse afterwards and showered BEFORE I trained haha. Leg session looked like this:
Squat 275×4
Pause Squat 225×3
Squat 165×8
Leg Extensions (drop sets)
Back Extension (drop sets)
Lying leg curl (drop sets)
Calf raise series – 3 setsSolid session and we saw some improvement in the squats. Keeping the volume low as I have a big events session tomorrow. The assistance work was all a top set to failure followed by 2 drop sets.
Feeling ready for a big events session tomorrow – time to get ready for Britain’s Strongest Man.
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Also SBD offer a thinner (5mm I believe) weightlifting sleeve which is also shorter (to allow the weightlifters to get ass to grass in cleans and snatches) Are you able to purchase these in your country?
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Yeah a 7mm sleeve is fine. It all comes down to the size you choose to deliver the support or just warmth required.
For example I’ll wear a 2xl 7mm SBD knee sleeve for squatting which is tighter and offers more support but a 3xl SBD 7mm knee sleeve for my strongman moving events where I need more movement.
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Recovery work on the menu today – no training.
Took the dogs for a walk in the morning then it was food prep time as I’m away fishing tomorrow.
Finished the evening with an hour in the hyperbaric chamber.
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Another good tricep related day with some solid progress.
9am physio session working on the tricep and on my patella tendinitis then back home for this pressing session:
Strict log press – 120×4
Seated pin press w/bands – 3×3
Standing DB Press – 3×8
DB Lateral Raise – 2 work sets
Pressdowns – 2 work sets
DB Skullcrushers – 2 work sets
Bent over Pressdowns – 2 work setsGrabbed my PWO shake and off the my soft tissue massage session for an hour before getting some food supplies from Costco.
Really positive today, tricep had improved on all movements and is feeling much more normal now. The endurance is still needing some improvement but we are moving in the right direction
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Back in the gym today for some deadlift prep work and some pull movements.
My body is definitely not recovered from the 360×4 on the axle on Saturday night so the plan was to play around with different lifting straps in preparation for the deadlift ladder for BSM. Cut up a few different figure of 8 straps so that now I have a quick release version that will save me time on this event. Various sets of 5 on just 70kg finding the right strap for the job before double checking the chosen pairs strength of grip on the bar with some 400kg rack pulls (very high).
After that I got the following done (2 work sets on everything):
CG Pulldown
Seated row
WG seated row
Seated DB Curl
Hammer curlFelt way better after this session especially after including the heavy SL Iso on the leg press to help mitigate my patella tendinitis.
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Apologies for the delayed post guys – I forgot how much a giants live competition takes out of you!
Completed my first competition back after injury yesterday and it felt great. The team comp format meant that I didn’t have to do the pressing event which was awesome so it was just farmers walk, deadlift, tug of war and a little sprint on the powerstairs for me last night.
Everything get as it should and I’m feeling faster at this lighter bodyweight. It was a huge mental win for me getting back out on the competition floor and I really enjoyed it.
Body is very sore today but I’ll get some breakfast in me, get home and start the prep for Britain’s Strongest Man – 8 weeks to go.
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Not much to report today.
Morning cardio and hyperbaric chamber ticked off then just chilled out most the day.
Packed my kit bag ready for the team uk vs team USA comp this weekend. First time competing for me since the tricep injury. I travel up to Liverpool tomorrow