Adam Bishop
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Brilliant pressing session today in and out of the barn. Once again total volume was low but intensity was certainly high!
BTN Jerk – 220×1
Log press – 155×5 140×5The jerks felt really snappy – I’m confident on this event at WSM. Managed to train the log press outside again to replicate WSM conditions and all the reps felt really solid today.
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My body was a total wreck yesterday. After a full day filming and heavy deadlifts on Monday, combined with a long drive in the car, it left me proper fucked on the TBJP scale ?
Had some massage, spent some time in the sauna and pool and got an early night and I’m feeling way better today.
BTN Jerks and log press this afternoon and things are getting serious!
Been following you a while now mate your overhead is flying 210 behind neck jerk in training looked snappy. Any events in the heats your worries about? [/quote]
Thanks buddy. Nothing massive to worry about but it’s all about who you get in your group! A good set of events can turn into a nightmare with the wrong people taking points off you in the group stages. WSM is brutal like that! -
My body was a total wreck yesterday. After a full day filming and heavy deadlifts on Monday, combined with a long drive in the car, it left me proper fucked on the TBJP scale ?
Had some massage, spent some time in the sauna and pool and got an early night and I’m feeling way better today.
BTN Jerks and log press this afternoon and things are getting serious!
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Is your diet still the same as when you first started this log adam? You seem like you’ve put on abit of new timber. Your traps are starting to look like janashia now ?
Haha Janashia’s traps are the most bizarre thing in strongman! I will take it as a compliment though.
Yep the diet has remained the same for a while now – only thing has changed is that I’ve upped my carbs very slowly so for example I started on 60g of whey and 150g of COR post workout and I’m now on 60g of whey and 200g of COR.
Body is feeling good at the moment so I’ve stayed away from the scales for a bit as I build towards WSM as I tend to get a bit obsessed with my bodyweight.
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Down at Mirafit HQ all day today for a media day consisting of product photos, videos and interviews.
Also tied in my deadlift session into it which was very short as I begin the taper towards WSM.
Pulling on the deadlift bar and worked up to a smooth 420kg single raw – moved well as expected.
Recovery day and some grip work tomorrow which I didn’t get done today
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Sunday update.
Nothing much to report today. Had the day totally off as I have a heavy raw deadlift planned for tomorrow while at a media day for one of my sponsors.
Went out for a lovely lunch with the Mrs then drove to see my parents as their house is on the way to my destination tomorrow.
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Yep I agree with Rich – I went through a phase of taping small plates to my DBs when I wanted to bridge between DB weights or when I needed to up the weight on the DBs I had at the time.
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Hi Adam. If you were solely training for a deadlift only meet how would you structure your weekly training to cater for that? As in Would you train squats and deads together or split them up and use a certain squat variation? Many thanks
This is a good question. It’s a balancing act between ensuring you can focus on the deadlift and avoiding a large level of detraining on your other lifts.
Obviously strength and experience level will determine training frequency and volume but assuming we’re looking at an accomplished lifter I would do the following:
Drop all other training down to the minimum effective dose to maintain strength and recuse fatigue
Have deadlift on a stand-alone training day
Reduce total weekly sessions down (probability going to a M/W/F split of deadlift, pressing, squat)
I’d back off the squat training and prioritise paused squat variations front or back to give greater carryover to the deadlift.
The above is all assuming that the lifter is strong and requires 7 days to recover between deadlift sessions of course but I am a believer of heavy deadlifts once per week (or even bi-weekly if the athlete is really strong).
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Events today and I felt great. Everything felt and moving as it should:
Yoke 360kg for two runs both sun 6seconds
Loading race – 4 implements
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Body is feeling much better after this week’s deload – I’m feeling ready to push the events session tomorrow.
Got my morning cardio done and a sauna session today. It’s all about stringing perfect days together now for the final 3 weeks
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Yep totally agree with Meg here in regards to getting into good habits with your pre bed routine.
Also check that the room is dark and the right temperature for yourself and avoid the blue light from your phone in the build up to going to sleep. All the standard stuff.
I do have a serving of Halcyon with my dream sleep each night 20-30mins before going to bed and that combo has done wonders for my sleep quality.
If you are doing everything correctly and still struggling you could look to have a sleep study done. The cost of these has dropped in recent years, can be done from home and will give you a better answer to why you’re waking up so much.
I’ve done all of these things including a sleep study and still have very disruptive sleep. Is there anything else you think I should try?[/quote]
Yeah I would be interested in knowing what the company that provided the sleep study suggested the root problem was?If they literally went “yep you have very disruptive sleep” I would say they are not a good company.
When I did my sleep study and they discovered my sleep apnea they first suggested a gumshield which opened my airway. When that didn’t work we went for the CPAP machine which was the best decision ever.
Before the CPAP I would have around 18-23 disturbances a night and never had more than 20min deep sleep. Now I have the CPAP I have 3-7 disturbances (sleeping through the night most nights) and my deep sleep is in the hours.
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Yes absolutely. Strength is only measured by the the loads lifted in the exercises we perform and the only two factors that change when on a cut would be the slight change in mechanical advantage in certain lifts through the drop of bodyfat and energy levels.
Focusing your carbohydrate levels around your sessions will sort your energy levels.
Remember the main factors of increasing strength (neural adaptations, muscle cross sectional area and lift/muscle coordination) are unaffected by a cut when performed correctly.
Ultimately it comes down to your mental approach to it. If your training changes when you cut then you will have problems but there should be no reason to change your approach and you should still be able to strive for lift progression.
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Yep totally agree with Meg here in regards to getting into good habits with your pre bed routine.
Also check that the room is dark and the right temperature for yourself and avoid the blue light from your phone in the build up to going to sleep. All the standard stuff.
I do have a serving of Halcyon with my dream sleep each night 20-30mins before going to bed and that combo has done wonders for my sleep quality.
If you are doing everything correctly and still struggling you could look to have a sleep study done. The cost of these has dropped in recent years, can be done from home and will give you a better answer to why you’re waking up so much.
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Quality recovery day for me today, nothing is hurting that much thanks to the deload doing it’s job so far.
Morning cardio followed by massage and sauna session. Also had a good sports psychology session where we started to build my mental game plan for WSM. Prepping for 12 events is tough enough but factor in that you are having to plan for the unknown in terms of the finer details and it can be stressful. Finished the call with a clear path through the group stages and we will be planning the final next time.
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I’m on a deload week this week as the signs of wear and tear are starting to show. This week will be lighter then I’ll have the final 3 weeks loading up to WSM.
Yesterday was my pull day which was a speed pull focus. Back on the deadlift bar which felt great.
Speed Pulls 270x8x2
Paused Leg Press 400x4x5
Seated Leg Curl 4×8-12