Welcome to The PowerBuild Program 2.0! This is an intermediate/advanced program that is designed to maximise muscle and strength gains. Each phase will bring you unprecedented levels of intensity and volume, challenging your body to perform across a variety of rep schemes and exercises to take your body to the next level of muscularity and strength.
Phase 1: Weeks 1-4: Supersets
Phase 2: Weeks 5-8: Wave Loading
In the first phase (first 4 weeks), the exercises are performed as a superset. The heavier loads stimulate the high threshold motor units, and the lighter work is aimed at accentuating the training response by generating as much fatigue as possible, as safely as possible. This routine allows you to maintain a very high neural stimulus and trains the skill of lifting heavy weights, whilst still providing a potent stimulus for muscle building.
In the second phase (weeks 5-8) we will start the wave workouts; wave loading is a technique used to improve the efficiency of your nervous system at recruiting more muscle fibers, by introducing the body to progressively heavier resistance in a wave pattern.
While it's typically used for strength purposes, it can also be adjusted to maximise muscle building stimulation. This program is perfect for building both total body strength and muscle mass.
A1
Incline Dumbbell Bench Press Semi-Supinated Grip
A2
DB Bench Press
B1
Chest Supported Row Machine
B2
Incline Trap 3 Raise
C1
Triceps Dips
C2
Dumbbell Incline Curl
A1
Snatch Grip RDL
A2
Barbell Hip Thrust
B1
Lying Leg Curl
B2
Back Extension
C
Leg Press
A1
Parallel Grip Pullup
A2
Neutral Grip Lat Pulldown
B1
Incline Dumbbell Bench Press Semi-Supinated Grip
B2
Dumbbell Side Lateral Raise
C1
Rear Delt Cable Row
C2
Flat Dumbbell Fly Overhand Grip
C3
Poliquin Raise
A1
Front Squat
A2
Leg Press
A3
Goblet Squat
B1
Seated Leg Curl
B2
Dumbbell RDL
C
Bulgarian Split Squat
2 x 20