[Adam Bishop]

Session at physique warehouse working on some pressing today.

Dropping the volume continues and I worked up to an easy triple with 163 on axle overhead. Press is feeling really good right now.

Axle press – 163×3
Seated DB Press – 65×10
Incline DB Press – 65×10
Cable fly triple – 1 set
Tricep triple – 1 set

Finished the session and on the road up to the north to train on some of the kit we’re using at Brits. That session will be tomorrow after some media bits in the morning

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today. Mainly spent on my laptop sorting admin and invoices and the like – tax returns are a pain in the arse.

Feeling much better today. Shit is starting to shift off my lungs which is good. I’ll be ready to press heavy on Friday for sure.

[Adam Bishop]

I tend to shoot for 500mg of sodium before I train so for me that’s around 1g of Himalayan pink salt.

I’d be tempted to add the same to your intraworkout maltodextrin.

[Adam Bishop]

So the cause of cramp is not always a hydration and/or electrolyte imbalance but it’s worth addressing that first to see if it makes a difference. Do you salt your meals? It’s worth salting your pre workout meal for sure. Does your carb source you drink as intra contain electrolytes as well? A product like sustain is spot on here.

Now onto another cause of cramp – muscle fatigue. If cramp was all to do with electrolytes and hydration then stretching wouldn’t do anything to elevate it. Have you increased your volume recently? I would put it to you that your muscles are struggling with the workload you are putting them under and you might need to adjust your volume back a bit in order to steadily progress it again.

In that list of exercises above you are doubling up on leg curl and leg extension exercises with the SL ones first. Why do you do this? I don’t think it’s a surprise that you are cramping on isolation exercises that you are repeating again in the session. Plus I would say you need a hip hinge hamstring exercise such as a RDL variation in but that’s another topic.

Bottom line I think your cramping is fatigue based so drop your volume a little before slowly building back up. By all means salt your food and utilise electrolytes throughout your session via Sustain but my gut feeling is that you’re throwing more at your body than it’s currently ready for.

[Adam Bishop]

Woke up feeling proper rough with this cold after a shit nights sleep. Focused on the essentials for my session which was the deadlift so that’s all I did.

Deadlift – 380×5

Actually felt ok in the end. Dosed myself up on caffeine in the form of DNFM and got after it. Deadlift is in a great place ready for the 400 for reps at Brits.

Also had my usual Tuesday physio and massage sessions. No alarm set for tomorrow so I can catch up on sleep.

[Adam Bishop]

Axle Clean and Press – 163×1 150×3
Seated Pin press w/bands – 120×2 (plus 66kg of band tension)
Overhead cable extension – 3 sets

Great axle press session today even with the cold I’ve managed to pick up. Not feeling great but the strength is there. Lockout on the axle felt spot on especially on the 163 set which is very slightly above comp weight.

Deadlifts tomorrow

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day and my birthday today so no training to report.

Went out for a long dog walk then stopped off in a pub for a full Sunday roast. Glorious.

Heavy week of training ahead of me. Last heavy training week before I taper towards Brits.

[Adam Bishop]

Down at the farm for my events session today. Cranking up the pressure on the events so naves to doing a one and done all out set. Felt really good today. Bags were flying, arm over arm felt well coordinated and stones were working for me.

Bag toss – 20/20/20/22.5/25/25 over 4.75m
Arm over arm – 360 plus sled for 10m
Stones – 100/120/140/160/180 run then some speed singles on the 180.

[Adam Bishop]

Great press session at physique warehouse today. Pressing strength is on point and where I need it to be. Close to comp now so I’ve dropped the band tension out in order to get a feel for straight weight.

Axle push press 163kg 3×1
Seated DB Press – up to 65×11
Incline DB Press – up to 75×8
Cable fly triple – 2 sets
Pressdown triple – 2 sets

[Adam Bishop]

Not something I’ve ever heard of tbh.

Wrist wraps are usually used to reduce movement in the wrist and add stability.

Maybe give it a few weeks and see if you get used to them.

[Adam Bishop]

Successful fishing session last night. Managed a decent fish at around midnight then had a couple of smaller fish through the night. Not much sleep unfortunately so got home and had a nap before I prepped my food for the next couple of days.

Press session tomorrow and we drop the bands out and go straight weight on the axle press out the rack.

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today.

Currently tucked up in a sleeping bag next to a lake. Managed to get out for a 24hour session in an attempt to net a winter carp.

Body is feeling ok. No major soreness just a little bit beat up generally. Everything is on track.

[Adam Bishop]

Hi mate,

Just to offer a different way of thinking.

Why do you think you need to change anything overnight? Ask yourself if what you are doing now is giving you progress (and by progress I mean you’re uninjured, enjoying training your mood is in good place).

If you feel you are picking up injuries or not able to train to your full potential in the gym then yes you may need to switch things up and what Kuba and Rich have suggested is spot on.

[Adam Bishop]

Morning physio session went well. Managed to free up my shoulder and hips before my squat/deadlift session.

Squat – up to 250
Deadlift – up to 360×6
Then finished up with my hip rehab work.

Pulls felt super easy. I had 2-4 reps in the tank which is exactly where I need to be at the moment.

Finished up the day with soft tissue work on my pecs, lats and IT bands.

[Adam Bishop]

I’ve had issues with concentrates in the past and now I only use TBJP IsoPro. No issues for me using this and to be double sure I have a digest pro tab with my post workout shake.