53 reviews for Fullsterkur Strongman Program
Developed by Alex Bromley, a 15 year veteran in strength sports who has competed in over 50 Strongman contests, Fullsterkur is a strongman program that you can do in any commercial gym with just basic barbells, dumbbells, and gym machines.
Fullsterkur program features many compound exercise variations that aim to mimic Strongman competition exercises and equipment use with the goal to develop static strength, work capacity, trunk & upper back thickness, explosiveness, and grip strength.
Why train Strongman?
Strongman training is about developing true functional strength. Not only do you learn to lift heavy objects, you learn to move them through different planes of motion, distances, and time durations. You will develop absolute strength, explosiveness, and conditioning that translate to real life.
Strength competitions have been going on since at least 6000 B.C., which culminated to the modern World's Strongest Man Competition in 1977. Strongman competitions require heavy stones, logs, sleds, sandbags, kegs, etc. This is where Fullsterkur comes in...
Ben B.
Man11 weeks complete
4 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
The worst part of this program is the lack of information. With Bullmastiff, Bromley wrote a description of the program, he has videos on it, a lot of people have run it and discuss it. I think with Fullsterkur, since it's a paid program he's more hush-hush about it, the description is just a biography on Bromley and there's no real info about the program to be found anywhere. I think I'd need to buy his books to find out. Nonetheless, it's a pretty good program. It's not exactly great for 1rm gains, but my 3rm and 5rm went up drastically, and my cardio is way better. I like the inclusion of clean and press, but I skipped back extensions, they just don't feel right to me and I think a different accessory would go better. I'll probably run Bullmastiff shortly after finishing this one (I'm very bored of 5/3/1 lol), I hear that's a great program with a lot more available information about it. Edit: ok actually I started blasting through PRs shortly after writing that. I think the Peak phase needs to be a bit shorter, I'm basically on my 6th week of doing no chest at all, but I'm literally deadlifting 20lbs over my starting 1rm for sets of 2-3 now. My OHP has gone up by like 20lbs, and I'm casually box squatting 20lbs over my all time squat PR for heavy singles. Again, though, very little info and pretty poor guidance from the program itself. The RPEs given are basically useless, I wouldn't recommend this for anyone who doesn't know a good bit about training just because it's so hard to figure out what you should do. I think you should buy the books instead of the program. I can't argue with the results, though, so even though I think the Peak phase should only be 1/3rd instead of 1/2 the program, and that some of the accessories are silly, it definitely did it's job.
Johnathan R.
Man, 243 weeks complete
5 years of prior experience
Less than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
I’m just going with the program. Not actually sure how well I’m doing as far as progress because it doesn’t tell how ouch stronger I should be or what goals I should be shooting for. I don’t feel significantly stronger. Then again I’m only 4/12 weeks in.
Dan D.
Man, 3312 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
I have just completed the programme Must say. I really enjoyed this My 1 rep maxes went up by quite a lot on some my lifts. Only one that didn't go up was my squat. That stayed at what it was before Still. Not complaining fantastic programme. Really good fun Will be doing this again at some point. Going to take a week or so off spend with the family. And rest up. Start the hard work again soon lol. 💪
Beau J.
Man, 315 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
This program is so much fun!
Nickolas The Great
Man, 178 weeks complete
1 year of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Amazing program love Bromley's works After 6 weeks of base phase and 2 wks of the peak phase (couldn't complete the program as I intended to run this program only until my school holidays ended which is around 9wks) my stats: OHP: 45kg x2 -> 60x1 Deadlift: 120kgx3 -> 140kgx3 Those were the only lifts I tested but overall, my back grew thicker and wider and so my tris and delts look bigger as well (I was on a bulk the entire time as well)
Crocodile_Brach
Man, 373 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Great program. Took a week off for an injury (not program related) and was able to jump back in and feeling really strong! Excited to finish the program and take my after pic.
DrewC75
Man3 weeks complete
7 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Pick heavy weight up and push heavy weight over your head. Good stuff.
NoLie
Man, 275 weeks complete
5 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
I think I have already left one review (the previous time I ran this program). This time around I have completed most of the base phase by the time of this review. I have not followed the peak phase because it is not specific to my goals. I follow the three day per week format. That being said, the deadlift portion of this program is INSANELY productive. To the point where despite the absolutely minimal amount of squat volume and load, my squat went up WHILE recovering from a back injury. I think this is due to tremendous overall strength gains from the deadlifts / posterior chain work. My 20 rep deadlift max has gone up by ~50 lbs since the first time I ran the base phase. I then did a peaking block from the Calgary Barbell program, injured myself, and returned to the Fullsterkur base phase. My back injury healed while gains went up. The pressing volume itself is kind of low for my purposes. That doesn’t mean it is bad. The four day version might be better for those who want a more pressing focus.
Dano J.
Man, 4411 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
Less than expected muscle gains
Put 80 pounds in my deadlift and 60 on my squat 45 on my overhead press. Feel like it got me ready to train for a strong man coming up. Definitely recommend
Mitch H.
Man, 347 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Tough volume for advanced athlete going from heavy squats to the deadlift after two days off..have to take nearly 9 days between lifts(example, Monday deadlift—don’t feel ready to deadlift again until Wednesday of the following week.)