104 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.
laurens
Man, 335 weeks complete
6 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Beginner program. Good progressive overload. I added accessories exercises to increase overal load.
Brennan Bialt
Man, 368 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Please fix the links to the warmup and cool down videos. They are broken!!
VeePee P.
Man, 553 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
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Stefan H.
Man3 weeks complete
5 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Great program, firat cycle felt incredibly light coming off a Bram cycle, but second time around it's just right for during a moderate cut while making proper strength gains.
Kiefer C.
Man, 345 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
I enjoyed this program!
Ross McMenamin
Man, 353 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Solid athlete program. Love it. Well rounded, even managed to get partner involved as it's not just weights.
Andrew B.
Man, 263 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
I am enjoying this program
Anonymous
Man3 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
I would like more ohp and front squats
Nour
Man7 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
I really loved this program - it was fun to go through and mixed in heavy lifting with hypertrophy work. I also train BJJ 3x per week and it didn’t interfere with recovery but actually helped. I gained a fair bit of size more than expected although I made some mods. Main thoughts: 1. I really liked the heavy single lift followed by the supplementary lifts 2. There was a lot of emphasis on chest and quads so I subbed in things like nordics, incline press, and rows instead of box jumps/inchworms/etc 3. It requires the full 90mins, so you can superset the supplementary work to save time 4. I used a training max (from 531 structure) at 90%. Helped with recovery and I would skip the test week and just go back into another cycle Will be using this template again for sure!
Adrian Maupa
Man, 273 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Base training is awesome but for me it was too light and short. So i add some exercises to every training especially bicep and tricep because there is none for it. I also do it 4 times a week and do additional cardio and abs to every workout. I was training without any plan for years and now i use this as a base and it works just fine.