Adam Bishop
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Surgery went well. Able to locate the tendon very quickly, being a taller chappy Surgeons had plenty of area available for them to re-attach the tendon. Into the clavicle was still all in-tact. Training wise just getting 10k steps in, very light hack squats, leg ext, ham curls, calf – work and abs.
I’m in a sling for 6 weeks, stitches in my shoulder are healing nicely.
Jimmy mentioned GH/peptides. I’m in my mid 40s so supplementing my declining GH levels is an interesting factor. Peptides I’ve heard a lot of good things but I know zip zero about peptides. I could do with a coach for a month or so to point me in the right direction but concerned I would be the worlds most boring client right now LOL! ?
Glad the surgery went well.
From a training point of view you can still train the other side. There has been some research indicating a cross training effect with contra lateral training and maintaining muscle mass after injury.
As long as it’s safe to do so feel free to add in some single arm work on your non-injured side. When I’ve used this in the past with myself and my athletes we kept reps low and performed machine based exercises for 4 sets of 6-8 reps. I did find this effective in maintaining muscle mass on the non-injured side without building up too much of an imbalance.
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Yeah as above we need to know what you’re doing now, training age, lifting proficiency etc before suggesting frequency or leg training or splitting quads and hamstrings training.
Give us some more info and we can help
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Awesome final pressing session today. Minimal volume and maximum intensity. I’m still training for a max log press in a a couple of weeks time so even though I don’t have log press at my next show, I’m still working hard at it.
Log press – 180×3 PB.
That’s all the training done before the World Open this weekend. Just rest and recovery work to ensure I’m operating at 100%
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Very chilled rest day today.
Usual morning walk followed by some soft tissue work.
Body is feeling great at the moment which is a combination of my training taper and my sleep quality being much improved – mainly down to a combination of the addition of Dream Sleep pre bed and it being a bit cooler at night at the moment.
Final press session tomorrow before rest and recovery for the weekend
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Obviously this is very dependant on diet, how much bodyfat you’re carrying and gear use etc but you could look to supplement with Boron and/or proviron which might help a bit.
To be honest though I’ve found diet and activity level to have the biggest impact on visual water retention.
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I would get rid of lifting straps where possible to get additional grip work in.
Add to this high volume wrist rollers and you should see some good results. I usually include them as part of my grip work using a plate or kettlebell attached to a barbell via a green band.
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HEAVY LOWER BODY
Total session volume way down now as I taper towards the show. Just some squats and leg press today, no deadlifts.
Squat – up to a top set of 255×10
Leg press – 3×20
I’ve pushed my carbs up to 1000g for the rest of the week as I look to get a bloat on for some added strength. It will be interesting to see where my bodyweight goes to, I’m currently sitting at 341lbs right now.
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A much needed rest day for me today. Went out for my usual daily walk with the dogs then just a couple of odd jobs around the house and garden.
Carbs are going up a bit more next week as we look to prepare for the competition on Saturday.
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It’s very similar to how I used to eat while at work.
Much easier to have a high calorie shake on the go than sit down with a knife and fork.
As long as your digestive system deals with it ok and your other “solid” meals are balanced I don’t see a problem
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Thanks for all the replies, really appreciated.
Had the MRI scan, the tendon will need to be re-attached if I want to go anywhere near a gym again.
Currently sat in hospital waiting for surgery. Initially it will be a stitch going through my humerus bone, I will need to be super careful while the tendon grafts back onto the bone.
High chance of the pec being completely asymmetrical – may whack a tattoo on it?
Got private medical, so I will go for lots of Re-hab and go with all their advice regarding getting back to training.
It’s good that you are in for surgery so quickly.
Keep us updated with how surgery went.
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Rest day for me tomorrow. After 8hours of driving in the car and the training I’m expecting some horrible levels of muscle stiffness tomorrow.
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EVENTS AND UPPER VOLUME
Good session up north today training on a couple of pieces of kit for the World Open next weekend.
Viking Press – worked up to an easy set of 8 after several sets of 3 to feel out the kit. Weighed in at 158kg in the hands. Goal is 12 on the day.
Farmers walk – 3x20m at 160kg. Thin handles so getting my hands in the right position is really important on this one.
Finished with two work sets on the following:
Machine chest press
Pec Dec flys
Decline cable press
Lateral raise
Reverse fly
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What kind or rep range are you hitting when maxing out the machine?
Bands are cheap and easy to get hold off but you also have a few other options if you are repping out easily on said machines:
1) change the tempo of the lift, maybe slow down the eccentric portion.
2) move the exercise later in the session to add fatigue
3) like you said – use that machine as a higher rep set
Finally a bit more extreme…
4) either buy yourself or have the gym buy some slim metal powerlifting plates.
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Friday is usually an events session for me but I’m travelling north tomorrow to train on the competition kit ready for next week so a slight change of schedule this week.
In reality I think it’s needed as I am still feeling Monday’s deadlift session – probably as it’s the first time I’ve pulled over 400kg in a year. Even though this is planned it still kicks you in the nuts a bit.
Anyway it will all be worth it – 1000lb deadlift in coming….
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HEAVY PRESS (from Wednesday)
Still feeling the effects of the heavy deadlift session on Monday but after a nice slow extended warm up the session turned out to be a good one.
Log press – up to 170×3 (Pb)
Seated DB Press
Incline DB Press
Cable PressdownsAll for the usual 2 working sets. I’m into my taper now ready for the Deadlift championships next weekend so the total workload of the sessions will be dropping