Adam Bishop
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One of my sponsors sent me a new leg extension machine for the gym so I managed to get that put together today ready for when I’m in the boot and able to do open chain quad and hamstring work.
Off to see the surgeon again tomorrow for my follow up appointment. Hopefully he’ll move me into a boot where I can partially weight bear which will make life a lot easier.
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I’ll put my numbers into the excel spreadsheets that I have most of my programmes planned out on.
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148.9kg
Back onto a more structured eating plan starting today. Felt great to be eating on the clock believe it or not. I’ll go through the diet in the next couple of days on here.
Also managed to get some press done but I went with three movements and straight sets to minimise moving about and having to load stuff.
Hammer Strength Press 5×10
Seated DB Press 5×10
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Successful trip to Costco this evening to get all the supplies I need for the coming week. Starting from tomorrow I’m cleaning up the diet and I’ll be eating around maintenance for a couple of weeks till I’m full weight bearing in the boot to allow some extra time for healing. From there on in I’ll be dropping the calories and looking to drop some weight.
First things first is to get back into a rhythm with my eating and get two solid weeks in with no off plan meals. Press session planned tomorrow but I think I’m going to change what I had planned to save me having to load and deload plates. I’ll move to fewer movements and more straight sets. Once I’m in the boot I’ll be more comfortable moving about the gym and loading stuff.
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Morning weight 149.4kg
First session in weeks and weeks. Took it super easy and kept things light and reppy. First thing I’ve noticed is that my body is not used to reps haha.
CG Pulldown 80×10 52×16
Seated cable row 80×10 52×18
WG Cable row 52×10 31×15
Seated DB Upright Row 12.5×10 8×20
Seated DB Curl 12.5×10 8×17
Seated DB Hammer curl 12.5×10 8×13Out for dinner tonight and got cramp in my hamstring getting back home. Not ideal as it shot my injured leg out. Hopefully no damage was done. Plan was to train tomorrow and go out to Costco on the knee scooter to get food ready for my diet phase but I think I’ll have a rest day and train again on Saturday. That way I can rest with my foot up before the Costco trip. Got to take things slowly.
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Got down in the gym today and with some help from my buddy we moved some kit around so it’s all set up to train tomorrow.
Unfortunately my new leg curl was only partially delivered today so hopefully the rest of it turns up tomorrow.
Got some pull planned for tomorrow. Can’t wait
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Booked in for my follow up appointment on Monday with the surgeon. Hopefully I’ll be going into a boot which will allow me to move about a bit more.
Got myself a knee scooter to move around a lot easier – much better than the crutches plus I look super cool haha. It’s got a basket on the front for my snacks
Got a mate coming down tomorrow to help me move things about in the barn to get ready for training starting Thursday. At the moment it’s still set up for strongman with the Viking press and axle taking up way too much room. On a proper count down till I can train again now.
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Where are you pinning the petides, as close as possible?
You any good a chess?No I very much believe that they work systemically so I go subcutaneous wherever I want.
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Made a trip out to have a meal with some of the gym guys for my mates birthday. Felt good to get out the house even for just a couple of hours. Tried to keep my foot as elevated as much as possible to keep the swelling down.
It’s tough to know if I’m managing the swelling as it’s in the cast but I am doing everything I can to keep the inflammation in check. I’m running the naproxen as prescribed by the doctor and I’m running a double dose of the cure coming which I know does a great job at managing inflammation for me.
I’m also running my BPC157 twice daily and running 2mg of tb500 each day to help with the wound healing.
Hopefully when I see the surgeon again and he looks at the wound site he’ll be happy.
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Got some light curls and skullcrushers done today. Avoided sweating too much so nothing serious but it was good to get some blood moving.
Achilles is not painful at all, I’m just getting uncomfortable sitting about all day. Very much looking forward to moving into a boot but that’s a way off yet
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Another day of sitting with my leg up in the air.
Got a nice wedge pillow – that’s as exciting as it got today haha.
Going to add in some light curls and tricep work tomorrow. Nothing exciting as I can’t get down to the gym yet. Just need to do something.
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Into London for my Achilles repair today. Took a while to knock me out as they had to bump up the anaesthetic they gave me – problem with being a big human.
Woke up back in my bed on the ward after a successful surgery. Was pretty groggy post surgery but felt much better once I’d had some food. Surgeon was happy with the end result by had to make a larger incision rather than keyhole as the original sutures weren’t strong enough so he had to pull the tendon together with thicker ones.
In a back slab cast for 2 weeks now and strictly non weight bearing. Got to keep my foot elevated for the vast majority of the day as we look to manage inflammation. Super important that I stick to this as it will save any issues down the line.
I’m in no rush with this as it could be a career ender if I do something stupid with it so im going to follow the surgeon’s recommendations to a tee during the early stages. Key is to avoid inflammation and infection.
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Saw the consultant and had an mri today. Significant tear in the middle of the tendon and it’s hanging on my a thread so surgery is the preferred route if I want to have a chance of competing again.
Very fortunate to be given a surgical slot tomorrow and the surgeon is confident that everything should be straightforward and I should make a full recovery.
It’s a long long recovery process on this one which I’ll go over in the coming days. Once again I would recommend all my UK friends to ensure they have medical cover if they are lifting heavy and at a risk of injury – it really speeds up the process and you get access to the best medical professionals.
Early start for me tomorrow.
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Finally back in the UK after a long journey home hoping through airports and onto planes.
Even with some wheelchair support it was a long old slog getting home and they managed to lose one of my bags.
Off to bed now as I have a train into London tomorrow to see a surgeon about a plan of action for my ankle.
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Thank you Chris. Yeah a lot of positives to take away from how I prepared for this one as it certainly worked. I was in great shape and I have plenty to take forward for when I’m back.
I’ve obviously come away from this disappointed as I know I had a chance of podium this year which is now my ultimate goal. But I need to work on my pressing so this injury gives me a forced lay off to work on that and come back a more rounded athlete