[Adam Bishop]

148.2kg

Physio session this morning then trained in the afternoon:

Seated DB Press – 3 sets
DB Lateral Raise – 2 sets
SA Cable Laterals – 1 set
Upright DB Row – 1 set
Pressdowns – 3 sets
Skullcrushers – 2 sets
SA Pressdowns – 1 set
Abs – 2×20

[Adam Bishop]

I count it but the vast majority of my protein comes for sources that previously had a mother and a face. For tracking purposes it’s much easier IMO.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day.

Massage in the morning then spent the afternoon assembling a ski erg and then reorganising the gym to fit it in. Somehow managed to squeeze it in and now the gym is well and truly full. Will be using it for some intervals in the next couple of days as I wanted a form of conditioning that was kinder on my joints (especially my knees).

Shoulders and triceps tomorrow.

[Adam Bishop]

148.4kg

Pull session today in the barn. Giving myself a rest from proper deadlifts for a short phase before I add them back in the form of block pulls when I start my prep for the deadlift champs. Keeping SLDL in the session but moved to the end so that I don’t need to load them as heavy.

CG Pulldowns – 3sets
Bent Over Row – 2 sets
SA DB Row – 1 set
Seated Cable Row – 1 set
Cable reverse fly – 1 set
DB Reverse fly – 1 set
Back extension – 1 set
SLDL – 1 set

[Adam Bishop]

148.7kg

Some chest and bicep focused training today in the barn:

Incline Bench Press – 3 sets
Dips – 2 sets
Incline DB Fly – 2 sets
Standing cable fly – 1 set
Incline DB Curl – 2 sets
EZ Bar Curl – 2 sets
SA Cable Curl – 1 set

Solid session, felt good. Upped my step count back up to 10k target today to help with energy expenditure and general health. Pull session tomorrow

[Adam Bishop]

Nice Saturday spent catching up with family who came to visit and getting the dogs out for a couple of walks.

Back in the gym tomorrow for some pressing.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day.

Got some bits done around the house and garden as well as a food shop. Not much else to report really.

[Adam Bishop]

148.6kg

15mins stairs in the morning then off to Physique warehouse for a legs session.

Leg Extensions- 3 sets
Hack squat – 3 sets
Leg Press – 2 sets
Prone leg curl – 3 sets
Seated leg curl – 2 sets
Standing calf raise – 3 sets
Seated calf raise – 2 sets

[Adam Bishop]

148.6kg

15mins on the stairs to start my day then back in the gym in the afternoon for shoulders and triceps:

Seated DB Press – 3 sets
DB Lateral Raises – 2 sets
SA Cable Lateral Raise – 1set
Pressdowns – 3 sets
Skullcrushers – 2 sets
SA Pressdowns – 1 set
Leg Raises – 2 sets

Dropping out the events for a few weeks to give my joints a break. Focus now on more “bodybuilding” movements which feel so good after trashing my body for a while with comp preps. Legs tomorrow.

[Adam Bishop]

Exceptionally long day yesterday/today. Short flight to Atlanta then 5 hours stop over before boarding my overnight flight back to London.

Some issues on the plane meant that I only got power for my CPAP after a few hours so only got around 4 hours sleep at best.

Back home now and enjoyed a chilled day with the dogs. Back to business tomorrow with the start of a new phase of gym work. Will be looking to drop down to around 145kg before I start to push back up for the deadlift champs in. September

[Adam Bishop]

Haha that’s amazing I didn’t realise people were tuning in to the Myrtle beach cameras

[Adam Bishop]

What do you want out of it? Are you planning on doing steady state cardio or high intensity intervals or both? How much space do you have available and what’s your budget?

[Adam Bishop]

Thanks Chris.

Yeah a lot of unanswered questions regarding next year. TV contract negotiations are ongoing but I very much doubt we will be getting a live stream anytime soon as there is just not enough money in it. The Arnold puts out a free livestream (subsidised by the expo itself) and still doesn’t bring in anywhere near the viewing figures channel 5 gets in the UK.

Possibly could end up on a streaming platform which might televise it live but we will see.

I really do think WSM gets a lot of unjustified negativity. It’s the largest prize pot in the sport, the largest filming operation, the largest athlete field which costs a lot in terms of flights and hotels etc. I mean I can’t even imagine how much they spent on water, Gatorade and soft drinks for the athletes and crew.

It’s very different putting on a two day show with 10 athletes vs 25 athletes over a week.

[Adam Bishop]

WSM all done and dusted for another year. Very entertaining final day of competition today and all the guys did a great job considering how brutal the process was this year.

I fly back home tomorrow evening so spent some time tonight repacking my bags to make sure they are under the weight limit for my flights. Looking forward to getting home now

[Adam Bishop]

Day one of the finals didn’t disappoint, some great performances from the guys and looking forward to watching the final two events tomorrow.

Final full day in the US tomorrow before I head home on Monday evening.