So you Wanna Look like Superman?

On Superman’s home planet of Krypton, everything was heavy. The gravitational force of Krypton was 16 times that of what we mere mortals are living with here on Earth.   This “heavy” situation, was, in fact, exactly what gave Superman his earthly super-powers. His genetic pre-programming helped him to survive the Kryptonian environment for the short time before he made his escape to Earth.   His bones, his muscles, his cardiovascular and circulatory systems, every part of his body had adapted to allow him to function under what we Earthlings would consider supraphysiologic conditions. If his body had not been able to adapt, he would of course, not have been able to survive the supra-earthly environment of Krypton.
We can learn a lot from our Man of Steel. Although Superman comes from another world, the same principles of strength and muscle building can be applied to our mortal muscles as well. The basic physiologic principles of adaptation and progressive overload, time under tension, and the body’s systemic and localized adaptive responses to increased physical muscular stress, the very things that made Superman super, can also guide us along our own path to building a superhero physique.
Be the superman in your gym. No, I’m not talking about cute, comic book, kid’s stuff. What follows is a hardcore training program, designed to take intermediate to advanced level strength athletes to super human levels, beyond those of the mere mortals around you. If you think you’ve got the drive and the discipline to become your own superhero, then read on, true-believer! It’s time to leave your own Fortress of Solitude – get up of the couch, get to the gym, and get to the business of growing! This program will help make a Man of Steel out of you!
Crank Up Gravity!
Generally speaking, by utilizing any basic progressive resistance training program, you are, in essence, turning up gravity on a specific muscle or group of muscles. By applying ever-increasing levels of resistance to specific muscles (progressive resistance), while allowing for just enough time for sufficient recovery (both between sets and in between workouts of specific body parts), and also providing for sufficient nutrient saturation (especially amino acids) to feed maximum protein synthesis and energy recovery, target muscles will adapt and grow.
Because the body wants to do as little work as possible, adaptation – muscle growth – will provide the added muscle to handle the “turned up gravity” more easily. This adaptive capability is ongoing, and it is how we can progressively build more muscle mass and strength over time.

What follows is an aggressive, systemic total body blitzkrieg, designed to turn up the gravity on the entire muscular system. This program is designed to target the body as a unit, to increase systemic intensity and stimulate a higher degree of adaptation to what becomes, in truth, increased gravitational resistance applied to the entire body – in other words, we “turn up gravity”!   We call it the Superman Super Strength program.

The Superman Super Strength Program
Train like one to be one – a Man of Steel!

The Superman Super Strength Program is an aggressive 3-week intensifying program designed to shock the body into new levels of growth, beyond standard and conventional resistance training techniques and into brave, new worlds of pain and growth! Are you ready to build your own Man of Steel (minus the flowing cape and skin-tight pajamas, of course!)?

The Super Strength Program was designed for trainers with at least 6 months to a year of training experience under their superhero utility belts*. The program is formulated to stimulate maximum strength and growth in minimum time.

*Remember, this program is an intensifying regimen, designed for a temporary bump in workload and volume over time. It is not made for those who are feint of heart or who lack the intestinal fortitude required to become a superhero.

Simply, the body is divided into 2 units. The Superman Super Strength Program is a 6-day regimen that incorporates 2 workouts, workout “A” and workout “B”.

Workout “A”: Biceps, forearms, quads and hamstrings
Workout “B”: Back, shoulders, chest, triceps