[Adam Bishop]

I agree with Rich’s great assessment.

I have put out a how to deadlift YouTube video a while back which might help you if you wanted to assess your form from the floor and stick with it.

Search on YouTube for ADAM BISHOP HOW TO DEADLIFT

[Adam Bishop]

Great lowerbody session today.

Axle Deadlift – working up to a top set of 10
CG Pulldown – cluster set
SA DB Row – drop set

Leg Press – 5 sets
Back extension – 5 sets
Standing Calf Raise – rest pause set

I travel up to Glasgow this weekend for another competition so reduced the total volume of the session but still got some good work done. Pushing the food in again as I make sure I go in heavy and full into this comp.

Also had a session with my Osteo this evening so body is feeling pretty good. Great start to the week.

[Adam Bishop]

Back in the barn tonight for my session. Arm focused session:

Long rope push downs – 5 sets
DB skullcrushers- cluster set
Fat grip straight bar Pressdown – drop set

Alternate DB Curl – 5 sets
Seated DB curl – cluster set
DB Hammer Curl – Drop set

This is kind of sessions I need to do more of as I need to build some more mass in my triceps and biceps to aid me in my pressing and pulling events.

[Adam Bishop]

It depends on what sector you want to work in.

Let’s assume you want to coach people. If you want to coach professional athletes as an S&C coach you would be best getting a sports and exercise science degree or the like. Most positions in the professional sporting world require this. Be warned – the hours will be long and the pay will be lower than you expect!

If you want to help general people in the fitness industry (ie the public) achieve their sporting or physique goals and build your own business then an PT qualification is a good option.

You can obviously do both of you have a thirst for knowledge and a passion for learning.

My final advice: get coaching people straight away in any way you can. While working as an S&C coach I interviewed hundreds of people fresh out of uni with degrees and even masters but many of them had little to no physical coaching experience and did not know how to connect with athletes face to face. The lost art of coaching is a real problem in the industry as things become academic driven and coaching moves online.

[Adam Bishop]

Back home after a couple of seminars on Friday and Saturday.

Great to coach people in person again, I really enjoy seeing people improve their lifts.

Spent a lot of time in the truck so I’m stiff AF – some stretching and hot tub this evening to get me loosened up for tomorrow

[Adam Bishop]

Yeah 5g taken at any point in the day. For ease it might aswell go post workout in your shake with some protein and carbs.

[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