[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today but had a really good sport psych call this morning with a new practitioner.

Focused on comp day thoughts and feelings for me and I made some big realisations on how I’m treating different events in terms of my mental preparation. Looking forward to putting into practice what I learnt today and seeing how it goes before our next session in two weeks

[Adam Bishop]

Kicked off today with my weekly physio session treating the usual areas. Then back to the Barn for my squat session:

Squat – 215x5x5
Seated leg curl – 135x5x5
Back ext w/ atlas stone 100x5x5

Then finished up with some open hand grip work. Got my pwo shake down my neck then straight off for massage. Busy day but feeling really strong again and the injuries seem to be behaving.

[Adam Bishop]

Kicked off the final week of this phase with a press session.

Military press – 120x5x5
Incline DB Press – 65x5x5
Pressdowns – 30x5x5
Overhead extensions – 3×15

Very good session with the military press feeling super easy. Lockouts were also feeling strong. I then finished the session with some grip work which I’ll be adding to every session moving forward.

[Adam Bishop]

Really good deadlift session today. Pulls felt effortless and all the sets looked identical which is a sign that my strength is in the right place. I have one more week on this phase before we move to contest prep and reintroduce the fun stuff – strongman events.

Stiff bar Deadlifts – 265x5x10
CG Pulldowns – 133x5x10
Seated DB Curl – 25x5x10

[Adam Bishop]

Back in the gym today with a visit to physique warehouse. Got my pressing session done but took it easy on incline bench as I rehab this little injury. Seated DB felt really strong today.

Incline Bench Press 100x5x10
Seated DB Press 50x5x10
Pressdowns 30x5x10

[Adam Bishop]

Back from a session on the bank fishing so limited internet access.

Had Wednesday and Thursday off as per usual. They operate as my “weekend” and give my body and mind a break from the strongman scene.

Got all my meals in as per usual but didn’t get much sleep last night as it was a successful fishing trip and I had three fish in the night. Got home and had a nap to catch up on sleep.

Onto pressing tomorrow

[Adam Bishop]

Kicked off the day with some physio treatment. So it turns out that the sensation in my pec/bicep is a super hot Coracobrachialis which is probably a bit over loaded due to the previous pec tear. Proper bizarre one and the first time I’ve even had to give this muscle a second thought haha. Anyway we smashed it today and it feels a little better. Couple of prep exercises pre pressing and it will be fine.

Then the afternoon squat session:

Squat 175x5x10
Seated leg curl 112x5x10
Back ext w/ atlas stone 3×10

Progressed the stone weight up from last week’s 5s for sets of 10. Really enjoying this movement even if the set up is sketchy AF.

[Adam Bishop]

Bicep or pec tendon has been really stiff the last couple of days so I took it easy today and modified my session a bit. I have physio tomorrow so I’ll know more then.

Military press 97.5x5x10
Incline DB Press 25x5x10
Pressdowns 5×10
Overhead rope ext x15,12,9
SA Axle Holds 40x3x3/5”

[Adam Bishop]

Rest day today. Had a lazy morning and caught up on some sleep.

Got out in the afternoon for a long walk with the dogs then prepped some meals for tomorrow.

Bodyweight is sitting at 149kg in the mornings but has stabilised so it’s time to up the food a bit to keep it progressing. This is the best I’ve felt at this weight training and conditioning wise so it bodes well for Brits in January

[Adam Bishop]

Hello everybody please help me I make pr sumo deadlift and my hip cracked and I have pain when I’m walking at femural head and greater trochanter, what will help me ? Mobility stretching I must avoid training legs ? Thank you

Time to see a professional to get an in person diagnosis via some manual testing.

[Adam Bishop]

Back home after my trip up north to catch up with people and do some training.

Got my deadlift session done today:

Deadlift 310x5x5
CG Pulldowns 150x5x5
Chest supported DB Row 35x5x5

Deads moved really well today. Looking forward to pushing a rep set in the next phase. All in all a successful trip, rest day tomorrow

[Adam Bishop]

Up north for my press session today. Solid enough. Only had Dumbbells up to 50kg so as I was supposed to be doing 52.5s today I added an extra rep on the seated presses. They also felt super easy so did some more reps on my final set.

Incline bench press 145x5x5
Seated DB Press 50x4x6 then 50×16
Pressdowns 30x5x5
Overhead rope extensions 3×12-15

[Adam Bishop]

Long old day today on the road.

Up in the midlands for an IVECO awards evening. Doing an appearance and handing out some awards. A lot of fun but a long evening so I’m off to bed now before I head up north for some proper training tomorrow and Saturday

[Adam Bishop]

No training today but it was hardly a rest day.

Internet dropped so had the technician round to fix that, various trips to the post office to get certain items posted and 13 big boxes of wedding presents all turned up at once. First world problems I know but I struggle with stuff that is out of my normal routine and not pre planned.

Travelling up to the midlands for an awards ceremony tomorrow so food needs to be prepped in the morning.

[Adam Bishop]

Yep a slow process of elimination will be the best way here.

Strip out the usual suspects first and go from there.

Failing that the more expensive but faster route would be a good allergy/intolerance blood test.