93 reviews for The Absolute Athlete
The Absolute Athlete is for those who favor performance above all. Developed by record-holding powerlifter and gymnast Hadyn Wiseman, this functional program combines powerlifting, olympic lifting, and bodyweight exercises to help athletes develop maximal strength, power, speed, agility, balance, and coordination.
This program is perfect for intermediate-level lifters and athletes. The program runs for 6 weeks, with a steady increase in intensity each week and a de-load week at the end. There are 3 sessions per week, which allows dual athletes to also train for another sport. Full guide below.
Chris L.
Man, 223 weeks complete
1 year of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Chest strength benefited a lot, and I’m looking more full in my chest. Bench went from struggling with 225 to handling it pretty easily. I’m not done with the program yet so we’ll see what my new max is soon. The deadlift programing kept my back feeling really fresh. This is definitely the strongest I’ve been on dips. Overall very solid program. I’d like a little more volume overall, but I understand that’s not the intended purpose of this program. In the final weeks due to a time crunch I’m having to condense the program so it’ll be a little less than ideal, but I’m hoping for some good PRs
David_Shakespeare_267655
Man, 393 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Great program, great level of progression. This is a good one to do if you already do sports multiple times a week and have limited time to train strength.
David W.
Man, 573 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
Less than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
The weight/number of reps was a lot lower than what I would normally use under self-instruction. Perhaps good for a deload week, return from injury or novice trainer.
Orian F.
Man, 215 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
Less than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
I felt like I didn’t push myself during the program, I think I needed to add weight to a lot of the exercises I was given
Anonymous
Man5 weeks complete
1 year of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Great programme for upper body strength gains. Gradually and progressively loads and builds you up. Really useful having that structure.
Christopher Muhs
Man5 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Swapped shoulder superset for military press and added bent bb rows. Happy with program. Did it 3x cycles
Presley
Man, 213 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Awesome
Jewel S.
Woman, 225 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Good to break out of the normal push/pull/legs cycle and build a solid base for calistenics
Andrew Pierce
Man, 275 weeks complete
5 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
Less than expected muscle gains
Good program to implement while doing other training. I used this program while I increased more running/cardio workouts.
Man, 26
5 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
Less than expected muscle gains
I would say it’s very efficient strength program I would make some sport specific modifications and swap out some exercises but overall I was able to gain strength whilst bjj training 4-5 times per week.