[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

[Adam Bishop]

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.

[Adam Bishop]

148.2kg

Couldn’t get on the app via my phone last night buts here’s yesterdays training update:

Double training day with morning bike session (30mins of intervals) followed by a physio session then squats at the physique warehouse. Weights all felt super easy as they should. I’ll finish this final week of this first phase before I really start pushing the top set to an AMRAP.

Squat 220×5 250×3 275×5
Squat 170x5x10
Prone Leg curl 5×10
SL Calf Raise 5×10

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today. Got plenty of jobs done around the house, walked the dogs and prepped my first two meals for the morning as I have a lot to get in tomorrow.

Morning bike session, physio and squat session all due for the morning.

[Adam Bishop]

Press session in the barn this afternoon:

Incline Bench 150×3 160×3 170×5
Incline Bench 105x5x10
Seated Row 5×10
Pressdowns 5×10
Rear delt cable fly 5×10

[Adam Bishop]

Apologies for the delayed updates – the app wouldn’t let me in the last couple of days. Seems to be working this morning.

On Monday we had our last day in Spain so headed over to M13 gym for my deadlift session. No blocks there so I pulled off a single bumper plate on the floor. Was meant to pull 340kg but it ended up being 347 using the 45lb plates out there. Felt super easy at this weight, could have repped this for a lot more:

Block pulls 347×6
SLDL 205x5x10
SL Leg Extension 5×10
Standing calf raise 5×10

Flew home late Monday night so took a rest day yesterday and moved my press session to today instead. Not a problem as I usually have two rest days back to back so switching one round has made zero impact for the rest of the week. I will update you all on how it goes later.

[Adam Bishop]

Yep you can get an at home sleep study done then get to your doctor who will help get a CPAP or just buy your own once you know it’s sleep apnea