[Adam Bishop]

It depends what you want from it. I tend to agree with JP that excessive, uncontrolled swinging is not the way to go however if you want to use the Rev Hyper as tractioning method for the spine then a super slow eccentric is not needed.

I would employ a squeeze at the top of each rep and allow the lever arm to swing through while maintaining some form of tension

[Adam Bishop]

Events training

On the road this weekend with a couple of seminars/appearances so grabbed an events session with my old training partner Danny.

Focused on speed yoke and sandbag runs with plenty of build up sets.

Big plus was that my knee and hip didn’t give me any issues ??

[Adam Bishop]

Hi Will

Yes you could certainly replace the whole milk with lactose free milk or almond milk. Obviously the macros of the almond or lactose free might be different if the fat content is different so this should be considered.

Eggs should be fine as they don’t contain lactose…

Thanks Adam, going to give it a try from next week.

Eggs still don’t seem to be sitting well, presume equivalent steak / salmon would be ok?

Out of interest what is the reasoning behind the milk, is it simply ease of getting calories in?

Thanks [/quote]
Yeah I don’t see that being a problem from a calorie standpoint.

[Adam Bishop]

My advice would be to film your pressing movements from different angles and see if there are any clear unilateral difference.

Is you shoulder higher on one side? Does your elbow flare more on your left or right? Are you twisted on your set up? Try and correct these positional flaws first and see if it makes a difference.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day for me today. Caught up on sleep, went for my Cryo chamber and massage session then off to walk round Costco to stock up on food.

No major changes to the diet for a while. I dropped some weight (3-4kg) while travelling for competitions so I need to keep the carbs going in

[Adam Bishop]

Wednesday Session 2

Press volume in the gym last night. Hit 3 exercises for chest and delts then did a mechanical drop set to finish

Hammer Strength chest press – 5 sets
Incline DB Fly – cluster set
Push Ups – rest pause to failure

Seated DB Press – 5 sets
DB lateral raise – cluster set
DB Reverse Fly – rest pause to failure

Seated Press to flat press (10 reps per bench setting)

[Adam Bishop]

There’s no reason why you can’t use both in your programme. I would only include the RDL on one of your weekly lower sessions though otherwise you’ll be pulling 3 times a week.

My advice would be to load the conventional deadlift heavy while keeping the RDL in the upper rep ranges to begin with. From here you can establish how your body is recovering between sessions and adjust if needed.

[Adam Bishop]

Hi Will

Yes you could certainly replace the whole milk with lactose free milk or almond milk. Obviously the macros of the almond or lactose free might be different if the fat content is different so this should be considered.

Eggs should be fine as they don’t contain lactose…

[Adam Bishop]

Depends on your training age, strength level etc.

For the vast majority of people I would say conventional deadlifting from the floor once a week is best practice. The deadlift is a heavy and taxing exercise on the body. You’ll need plenty of recovery time between sessions hence why once a week works for most people when the deadlift is pushed load-wise

[Adam Bishop]

Very difficult question to answer without seeing how you press in person. It could be one of a magnitude of reasons:

Muscle imbalance
Technical difference left to right
Scapular position
Dumbbell angle
Neural issues
Previous injury/scar tissue

Does it also happen on bilateral movements like a bench press or incline bench press?

[Adam Bishop]

Yeah it would be good to see your press/chest exercise list first.

Straight away with rotator cuff issues I would be looking at machines rather than free weight but let’s see what you’re doing first…

[Adam Bishop]

Wednesday session 1

Splitting my sessions up again to get the balance between technical work on my strongman events and my strength/hypertrophy work in the gym.

Morning session consisted of multiple singles on the 90kg circus Dumbbell drilling technique before I addressed some of the issues I found on those sets with 3×3 on 68kg.

Followed that up with some dinnie stone handles walk as I need to prepare my thumbs for this event in 10 days. Brutal event carrying two rocks with very thin handles for max distance. I use a hook grip on this so it takes some getting used to.

I’ll rest up and eat before going back into the gym tonight (hopefully when it’s cooler) to do some press volume.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today.

Ended the evening with some cold water immersion before bed. Had to use a ton of ice to get the water down to temperature in this weather!

Double session tomorrow so it’s going to be a big day.

[Adam Bishop]

Assuming you mean the front leg of course…

I tend to go for a soft lockout on the front leg as it feels more comfortable in that position.

[Adam Bishop]

Lowerbody session

Leg Press – 5 sets
GHR – 5 sets
SSB Squat – 3 sets
Good mornings – 3 sets
SL calf Raise – 5 sets

Good to get back to some lowerbody today. Easing back into it so the reps were high as the intensity lowered a bit.

All went well so looking forward to pushing these movements over the next few weeks