The Final Progression Of the Kinobody Journey: The Superhero Physique
In this post, I explain the concepts behind my Superhero Bulking Program that make it so effective for building a highly muscular and proportioned physique!
What is the Superhero Look?
This development is the final stage in the Kinobody Physique Classes.
It’s for guys that have been training for a few years and have a solid strength foundation in place. You can also think of it as taking your body to the next level after building the Greek God physique.
Think of Chris Evans (Captain American), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), or Henry Cavil (Man of Steel).
These guys are big and lean! They have the highest level of muscle size and still look strong and powerful in/out of clothes or a suit…
But at the same time, they still have the Hollywood look; the slim waist, big shoulders, and solid chest and arm development.
How to Reach Superhero Status
The underlying goal is to reach the highest level of muscle growth and strength as possible, as a natural.
Now here’s the main problem…
As you become more and more advanced in your training, it’s hard to add more muscle and strength.
If you try to add muscle all over your body at once, you’ll just be spinning your wheels.
The solution is to break your training up into different phases and focus on particular muscle groups for a period of time.
The Superhero Bulking Program is broken up into 4 different phases.
Phase 1) Chest and Back Specialization
This is where you’ll focus on adding as much strength and size to your chest and back while maintaining your other muscle groups.
And since these are large muscle groups, you’ll quickly notice a huge change in your physique.
Phase 2) Shoulder Specialization
This is my favorite phase!
Building incredible shoulders is a bit tough. Although, I believe I cracked the code. Well developed shoulders is what makes or breaks your physique.
It allows you to stand out strong from all the guys in the gym who only focus on bench pressing and curls.
3) Arm Specialization
Having a pair of rock solid arms is a trait desired by all.
I made sure to spend a lot of time in this phase when crafting the program because building a set of huge guns at a very lean body fat is tricky.
4) Bonus Phase
Lastly, after adding a ton of muscle and strength to the most important body parts on your physique…
The bonus phase is where we tie everything together while adding more volume to all body parts at the same time.
This is where your physique reaches incredible heights. The bonus phase is also great to use before a photo shoot or even a vacation.
Leg Training
Each of the phases has the perfect amount of leg training.
The goal with our legs is to build them up to being strong and powerful, but also keeping them sleek and slim.
Adding too much lower body mass takes the attention down off of your upper body.
We need to keep the attention up top, where it matters most, while building the perfect proportions.
Each of the 4 Phases in the Superhero Bulking Program lasts 2 months each.
After, you can focus on adding more strength and density. If a particular muscle group needs more attention jump on one of the phases again!
Superhero Tactics for Looking Awesome
This program combines a number of highly effective tactics to reach Superhero Status…
Here are a few:
1) Reverse Pyramid Training
The main goal, no matter what, is to be getting stronger on your key lifts, so you’re constantly adding the dense, hard muscle that’s there to stay!
This is where reverse pyramid comes in. If you need a refresher on reverse pyramid training, check out this video of me explaining it while bench pressing here.
2) Rest Pause Training
Rest pause training is going to allow our bodies to hold more size. Think of this style of training as the icing on top of the cake.
Check out this video here of me hitting rest pause on shoulders.
3) Nutrition
If we don’t have the proper nutrition tactics in place for the lean bulk, we’ll end up gaining too much fat.
The nutrition guide is set up with higher calorie days for the surplus to build muscle and lower calorie days to stay lean.
This actually sets the stage for more muscle growth by
up regulating anabolic receptors and improving insulin sensitivity!
So if you have a few days of lower calories, you’ll be able to gain muscle faster.
Think of someone that is cutting and then goes on a bulk, they begin to fill out really, really fast. And same thing happens if you’re bulking, you’re setting the stage to lose fat faster if you start to cut.
That’s also why you’re going to be doing intermittent fasting with the program as well. Spending the time breaking down body fat (fasting) will set the stage for a fast muscle rebound.
Closing Thoughts
Utilizing these tactics and the many others in the superhero program is finally going to allow you to reach the highest level of muscle development while staying chiseled to the bone.
I don’t want you to just take my word on it either, check out this incredible success story:
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Hey Greg, i`m into your Superhero Bulking Program right now. Maybe i misunderstood something at your RPT-System. E.g. on monday (shoulder and back emphasis) you wright “weighted pull-ups 3 sets- 4-6, 6-8, 8-10 (RPT)”…does it mean i should do 3x (4-6, 6-8, 8-10) or just 1x (4-6, 6-8, 8-10) ?
first set is 4-6 3 mins rest
second set is 6-8 3 mins rest
third set is 8-10 3 mins rest then next exercise
Hey Greg, I’ve recently started intertmittent fasting to get leaner and I’m now starting to lift heavy 4-10 reps to make more muscle gains but I don’t want to sacrifice speed in my muscle movements when I play sports, do you think If I stick to lifting very heavy with less reps I’ll slow down a lot?, I’ve usally lifted in the range of 10-15 reps per set but I’m not sure how much I’ll slow down by going with less reps. Do you think it’ll make much of a difference?
Hey Greg, love your stuff, especially the reverse pyramid training. You also mention rest pause training as a supplemental method in regards to isolation exercises. Curious as to what your thoughts would be on using it on a heavy compound. Say hitting a heavy set of 5-6 then banging out mini sets of 2 every 10-15 seconds.
He goes in so much more detail in the courses. The rest pause component is used towards the end of the programs once you’ve been on it for about 3-6 months. It’s called the MEGA workouts. I’d highly recommend getting either the Greek God or Warrior Shredding Program given the fact that you seem to be already in good stride, but if you’ve been working out well for like 3+ years then get the Superhero program Oh and This is the link to the abs, caridio and mobility course. I’d highly recommend it aha. It’s working wonder for me thus far. This is especially useful for those who want to maintain cardio and or develop INSANE abs on their non lift days. https://my.kinobody.com/?aid=9…
Thanks for those links, I’ll be looking Into them. I’m familiar with mega protocol and have used it to supplement my heavy lifts. I’m curious though, as to what his opinion would be of implementing rest pause with a heavier main lift, as aforementioned. Basically a means of hitting more total reps at a high intensity 80-85% without having reduce poundage. Looking forward to any feedback.
Hey Greg, I am currently on day 3 of AFL and my calorie intake that is recommended is 1,950 but, I am satisfied at 1,500 calories. So my question is should I just force the extra calories into my intake or stick to what satisfies me?
Stick to what satisfies you but try your best majority of the week to finish those calories
If you’re not trying to lose further weight then keep eating at your maintenance level in calories, but if you’re still in the process of cutting/losing weight then you’re good eating that 1,500 calories per day. I’d also suggest doing abs, caridio and mobility course as it’s useful for those who want to maintain cardio and or develop INSANE abs on their non lift days. Just my two cents aha https://my.kinobody.com/?aid=9…