[Adam Bishop]

Hill sprints this morning – repeat of Fridays session with 5 reps. Then an afternoon deadlift session in the barn. Pulled on my super stiff IPF spec bar and it’s much tougher. I laugh when I see people say that they are using a stiff bar when it’s a Texas power bar or the like. A 29mm IPF spec bar is another animal. Still working off the low blocks from a height that historically worse for me but the pulls are feeling very strong at the moment especially the lockout. No leg extension in the barn so swapped in for Bulgarian split squats.

Block pulls 287.5×5 305×5 325×8
SLDL 230x5x10
Bulgarian split squats 5×10
SL Calf Raise 5×10
BB curls 5×10

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today.

Got some proper DOMS today which is a good feeling. Had a sort out in the gym and got the kit ready for tomorrow’s deadlifts.

Hills in the morning first

[Adam Bishop]

147.0kg

Another double day. Down at the farm first then in the gym at home this afternoon. Progress across the board and I’m most happy with how my shoulders have been feeling overhead. Turns out squatting on a 7ft bar and really forcing that mobility to get in there has done more than all the other mobility work I’ve been doing. Thinking about it makes a lot of sense to me. A lot of strongmen move to using an 8ft squat bar or SSB and their overhead ROM suffers. I’ll be keeping standard bar squats in long term now and staying away from my comfy 8ft squat bar.

Events at farm:
Yoke 240x4x20m
Sandbag conditioning 3x2x20/20/20m

Press in Barn:
Military Press 97.5×5 102.5×5 110×8
Military press 77.5x5x10
CG Pulldown 5×10
Incline DB Curl 5×10
DB Rear delt fly 5×10

[Adam Bishop]

Double training day. Started will hill sprints starting off with low volume. 5x50m with walk back recovery. I need to refind my former athleticism so brought in the hill sprints instead of the bike. First session in the pissing rain as well.

Then afternoon session in the barn for squats:

Squat 220×5 235×5 250×10
Squat 175x5x10
Seated leg curl 5×10
SL Calf Raise 5×10

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day. Got lots done today including a big food shop and cooking up a load of turkey and beef burgers on the grill.

Another double training day tomorrow.

[Adam Bishop]

Yep don’t wear a belt for atlas stones. Your spine needs to flex and extend and the belt gets in the way.

[Adam Bishop]

Double training day. Started with a couple of basic strongman movements this morning:

Circus DB 67kg for 10 singles

Stone of steel complex (1xpick up, 1xlap and load, 1xone motion)x10

Then back into the barn in the late afternoon for my pressing session:

Incline Bench Press 140×5 160×3 180×3

Incline Bench Press 107.5x5x10

Seated Cable Row 5×10

Single arm tricep extension 5×10

Single arm cable curl 5×10

Felt great to be drilling some strongman lifts again. Really focused on technique and the plan is to slowly increase the weight to bridge the gap between off season and when I start my BSM prep.

[Adam Bishop]

You dont have to get fat to be stronger. It all depends on what you are eating and how hard you are training.

Follow a suitable diet and train for strength and you can still be in shape. Increasing the muscle cross secrional area is just one piece of the puzzle which is strength. Neural adaptaitons and movement coordination are also key factors which with your current training experice are far from maxed out. You can get stronger at a lift without a bodyweight change by focusing on the loft and getting technically more efficient at it.

Couple that with a suitable diet and training programme and you will build muscle at a slow rate while minimising fat gain.

Is getting heavy and fat going to give you faster strength results on some lifts, sure of course it will but its not an essential requirement for being strong. Plenty of crazy strong u80kg strongmen right now.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day. Unfortunately no fish landed. Woken in the night to a sleepy swan swimming through my lines but that was it.

Packed up at lunch and headed home for massage then a chilled afternoon. Back in the gym tomorrow for another double day.

[Adam Bishop]

Solid deadlift day today. Hit all the numbers required and the bar was moving well.

Block pulls (12” bar height) 360×5
SLDL 215x5x10
Leg Extensions 5×10
Calf raises 5×10

In the van straight after training and drove to the lake for a quick overnighter as it’s the only chance I’ll have this week to get out. Longer nights now so hoping for a few in the hours of darkness

[Adam Bishop]

Tips to eat more food:

Salt your food and make it taste good.

Watch tv or YouTube while eating.

Set alarms on your phone for your meal times.

Short walks before or after meals aid in increasing appetite.

Choose easy to digest food sources.

[Adam Bishop]

Well it depends on what you want to get out of them really.

If you want to improve your gut health then oral BPC 157 will be a good option.

If you are wanting to heal up injuries though you’ll want to go for the injectable versions of these peptides.

As for mk677 it’s a horrible product and a recipe for high blood pressure and excessive water retention IMO.

[Adam Bishop]

Sunday update:

Had issues getting on the app last night, will move over to the browser version from now on).

Sunday was a rest day, very chilled. Got some house stuff done in the morning then watched the Ryder Cup for the rest of the afternoon/evening.

Deadlifts/block pulls today.

[Adam Bishop]

Double training day today starting off this morning with a couple of very light events at the farm. Nothing heavy, just looking to reintroduce the strongman stuff.

Yoke 200x4x20m
Sandbag jog/sprint/carry x3

Then back home for a press session in the barn:

Military Press 100×5 110×3 120×4
Military Press 72.5x5x10
CG Pulldowns 5×10
Seated DB Curl 5×10
DB Rev fly 5×10

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Nathan put me on to using a whisk to mix it which is way way better than using a fork. Should get it a little smoother.

I mix mine with Greek yogurt now and I like the texture. Best flavour for yoghurt is lemon meringue IMO or choc orange if I’m mixing in some almond butter.