[Adam Bishop]

Got my medical ticked off this morning then in the gym in the afternoon for some log press:

Log Press 113x10x1 (EMOM style)
Dips 4×10
DB lateral/rev fly 4×10
Close Grip Push Ups 50 reps total

Evening trip to Costco to get the bulk buys for the month. Double session day tomorrow with deadlifts first then events in the afternoon

[Adam Bishop]

Hey Adam,

Congratulations on placing at wsm and looking forward to seeing you at world’s or rather, watching the spreadsheet and highlights – I hear the TV deal is up this year maybe they can stream next year.

You seemed a bit leaner at Brits than previous comps – was this the case?

Watching the Arnold right now.

Thanks Chris

Yeah I came in to Brits at over 150kg but much leaner than I’ve ever been at that weight.

[Adam Bishop]

148.3kg

Rest day. Saw my physio for a general MOT, everything is looking good, my right Achilles is a little sore from the travel and step count out in Japan but other than that I’m feeling good.

Stayed active today and got some stuff done around the house and garden since it was a sunny day in the UK.

Got my WSM medical to do tomorrow morning so a slight change to the schedule.

[Adam Bishop]

Echoing what Rich said I like stripping the weight back and resetting the movement. Assuming you log your training down you can drop the load and try and beat previously achieved reps with certain weights. I really like this approach with movements like pull ups and dips for example.

[Adam Bishop]

148.0kg

Happy to come back from Japan without losing any bodyweight especially considering the amount of walking and lack of eating I did.
Back to squats and stone to shoulder today starting with my squat session at Physique warehouse this morning:

Squat 300×7
Seated Leg curl 4×10
Standing calf raise 4×10
Truck push 4x25m

Squats felt ok. I’ll add in the suit next week but happy to hit 7 reps with 300 in wraps after travel yesterday.
Evening session was just stone to shoulder did 12 reps today with 100.

[Adam Bishop]

Long long day! Left for the airport at 6am Japan time. Super long flight to dodge the missiles and that and got home at 18:00 uk time.
Straight into the gym to get my pressing session done:
Circus DB Press 90×3
Incline Bench Press 120×5 140×3 160×5
Standing French Press 4×10
Very tired now. Off to sleep ready for squats tomorrow.

[Adam Bishop]

Final day in Tokyo today. Bit of walking about seeing some sights (including a giant Godzilla head ontop of a high rise building) and finished the day with all you can eat sushi.
Really enjoyed my time in Japan, amazing place and people, a place that I would happily relocate to if needed.
Flight home in the morning and back in the barn for some pressing in the evening.

[Adam Bishop]

Going to daily dosing definitely has benefits on paper however my question for you is have you experienced negative side from your current dosing protocol? If the answer is yes then by all means a daily dosing may help.

My point is don’t just change things based off what others are doing. If you’re doing well with less frequent jabs then I see no reason to change things.

Other guys on here may very well have a different opinion but I thought I would share my thoughts.

[Adam Bishop]

Personally I think oils are better IM and water based sub q

If you are getting on ok doing IM then I would stick to that.

I’m also in the camp of doing as few shots as possible especially with longer esters. Fewer shots = less risk of infection or anything going wrong.

[Adam Bishop]

ITPP is very good IMO. I ran it at 250mg per day for 2 weeks in the lead up for a competition and the difference in my recovery between events was drastically improved from normal.

I’ll be running it again in the lead up to the next show and will run the same dose for the first two weeks then drop down to maintenance dose of 250mg three times a week after that.

Thanks for your input Adam, you think be a really good addition to my running then?

Did you use pre workout?

I train 2 x a day, so was thinking something along the lines of 1 cap pre workout for 2/3 weeks , then drop onto a maintenance phase of something like what you suggested.

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I just took it in the morning each day but pre workout could work just as well.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day.

Walked around Tokyo a lot watching the wife run in the marathon today. Crazy crowds but the organisers did an amazing job keeping everyone moving around correctly – best organisation of any marathon major I’ve been to. Underground trains here are very good, puts London to shame.

Got one more day in Tokyo tomorrow before we head back to the uk. I plan to rest again tomorrow then train Tuesday when I get home as I have circus DB and need to do that at home as no strongman kit here in Tokyo.

[Adam Bishop]

Busy day today. Jumped on a train this morning to head over to ONI gym which had powerlifting plates that enabled me to deadlift. Cool gym with a lot of platforms/ racks crammed into it – probably a bit too much really as there was very little space to move round in there. also hot as hell in there, I must have sweated 2 litres minimum in the hour and a bit I was in there – played the role of sweaty white guy very well. Didnt bring the suit with me obviously but my raw pulls on a stiff bar felt super easy – don’t think I’ll use the suit for rep work as I seem better without it.

Deadlift 365×6
Leg Press 4×10
CG Pulldown 4×10
DB Curl 4×10

Headed off in the afternoon to watch the sumo wrestlers train and get an insight into their training regime. Very interesting.

[Adam Bishop]

Final session in Osaka this morning with some log press. Felt really good and the reps all felt smooth:

Log Press 142.5×5
Dips 4×10
DB Lateral/Rear raises 4×10
French Press 3×20

Straight from the gym to get the bullet train to Tokyo and checked into the hotel for the next few nights.

[Adam Bishop]

ITPP is very good IMO. I ran it at 250mg per day for 2 weeks in the lead up for a competition and the difference in my recovery between events was drastically improved from normal.

I’ll be running it again in the lead up to the next show and will run the same dose for the first two weeks then drop down to maintenance dose of 250mg three times a week after that.

[Adam Bishop]

Thursday was a rest day for me but a lot of steps completed as we did a bit of sight seeing around Kyoto and the surrounding area. Last session in Osaka tomorrow morning before we relocate to Tokyo for the remainder of our trip.