HERCULES - ZERO TO HERO

Program Description

An upperbody-focused program for intermediate lifters wanting to go from pencil neck to greek Demi-god. In greek mythology, Hercules is the son of Zeus and a mortal. He was already born with the strength of a god. However, in the disney movie he is protrayed as a pencil neck freak. He eventually trains under the tutelage of Philoctetes and after years of hard work, he finally looks like he lifts. However, for purposes of this program, jumping over sharks and flaming circles, and rescuing damsels are not required. I'm sure that if you have reached this point in your lifting endeavor, you've gotten stronger and you might have put on a little size. But now, you see a greek statue and think to yourself, "Wow! I wanna look like I lift." Say no more! We're all about leaning into the classical era idea of a great physique, where there is heavy emphasis on the upper body. Be honest, how many greek statues have you seen and thought, "Wow, those are some huge horse legs!" and you're not looking at a sculpture of a centaur? Don't worry about legs, there is enough intensity and variety to see some gains but we're not here to get horsecock legs. There are three upper body days and two lower body days. Despite what the introduction says, DON'T SKIP LEGS. The aim to achieve a physique that lean more towards the upper body and not to look like you only wear sweat pants to the gym to hide your legs. The number of sets are my minimum recommendations. You can add more sets, if so desired and you can recover from it. Always go to failure or near failure. There is not a lot of volume so intensity should be your best friend. A bit of warning... This program assumes you are an intermediate lifter who has gotten used to doing supersets and have a fair level of conditioning. There will be lots of them. Have fun!

Program Overview