Adam Bishop
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Physio session this morning followed by a press session in the afternoon. Worked up to a top single on the fixed axle of 150kg then 100kg on the circus DB before putting it together for a medley with the 90kg DB and 130 on the axle.
Felt much better on the clean this week and the medley went a lot smoother.
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Rest day. Headed over to the farm to have a bit of a tidy up. Got some kit wrapped up and stored away that I’m not using at the moment and cleaned the floor up. Still load to be sorted over there after years of avoiding clearing stuff so I’ve got some sessions to do in the near future.
Back home I weighed in the fixed axle (120.7kg empty) and prepped the barn for tomorrow’s press session.
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World’s shortest squat session today (planned) worked up to a single at 295kg and that was it. All volume stripped out especially on my lower session.
Rest day tomorrow with some general stuff planned to stay active.
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Depends on the rest of the movements used in your A & B sessions. For example I personally wouldn’t want to do a barbell squat and a deadlift variation in the same session.
As for which one is better between and RDL and a SLDL it’s personal preference IMO. One is not better than the other. Run one for a while and see how you get on. Depending on how you perform them you may well find that a RDL targets your hamstrings a little more while a SLDL hits your erectors and glutes more or you might find it the other way round.
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Yep agree with the team. The majority of people will handle deadlifts once per week when used for bodybuilding purposes.
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Great day’s training. Started off at the farm for some light yoke and bag toss then back into the gym in the evening for military press and some work on the fixed bar axle cleans. Much more comfortable with them now, look forward to loading them up a bit on Monday with some DB as well. Military press felt very very easy tonight, taper is going well and doing its job.
Yoke 280x2x20m
Bag toss 3x6bags
Military Press 130×6
Axle cleans 5 singles
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Rest day.
Not much to report other than got the basics done today. Ate my meals, moved a bit and had a mid afternoon nap.
Hot tub is playing up (first world problems I know) which is frustrating. Can’t work out why it keeps going into eco mode and dropping to 22 deg. Will try a few more things tomorrow but I fear I might need to call out a hot tub guy.
Farm tomorrow morning for events. Weather looks pretty crappy which isn’t ideal for throwing but at least it will add some urgency.
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Great deadlift session today. All volume dropped out of my sessions now so only essential lifts are in. Happy with where my bodyweight is at so no real need for additional assistance work. Just worked up to my top set of 360 for 6 on the axle deadlift and left it there.
Into my taper now so it’s all about quality of my competition lifts. Icing on the cake and all that. Two more training weeks left
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Rest day.
Got the fixed axle put back together today after a brief period of forgetting where I’d put the bolts for it. I tend to have periodic tidy ups of the gym and reorganise stuff to the point that I forget where I’ve organised it to.
Anyway that went together well and ready for Friday when I’ll go back to using it in place of a circus BB as any bars with brushing or bearing are just not doing the job.
Deadlifts tomorrow.
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Rack pulls are piss poor IMO. Just make noise, inflate egos and bend bars.
Nothing wrong with good old fashioned conventional deadlifts. Show me a strong deadlifter and they will have a big back.
Of course SLDL and RDLs have their place but the vast majority of people would do well to use a simple conventional pull IMO.
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Using medichecks for the past few years. Found a local nurse (friend of a friend) to draw bloods for me so can save time and money on the medichecks blood draw locations
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Sounds like an airway restriction so you’ve done the right thing booking in a sleep study.
Before I got my CPAP I would snore badly, had periods irregular breathing while sleeping and even though I “slept” for 8 hours I would wake up tired. Got the CPAP and everything changed.
It’s amazing what our bodies can put up with so even though you are seemingly progressing in the gym it’s worth sticking with the process to get a sleep study done to know what you’re dealing with.
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Frustrating session today. Trying to get the correct set up to practice this fixed barbell clean but the squat bar just wasn’t working. Still rotating which makes the technique I need to use for the fixed bar extremely hit and miss. We will go with my fixed axle next time as it will be the closed to the barbell on the day. Worked up to a single on that, 100kg DB for a single and then a piss poor medley.
Not the best season but line drawn under it and plans are in place for next time.
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Headed to the farm this morning to get 20 throws total done. Transitions felt smooth and the 4 bag runs were all quick.
Back in the gym in the evening for my lower session. Stripping out a lot of volume on non essential lifts as part of a slow taper so just the single top set on squats with the minimum reps – keeps everything fresh for deadlifts on Wednesday.
Seated Leg Curl 2 sets
Squat 280×3
Leg Press 2×20
Calf Raise 2 sets
Seated DB Curl 2 sets
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Yeah the vast majority of people would struggle to recover from a double weekly dose of SLDL, especially on a balanced programme. It’s a no from me personally