Finished SuperStrength!

[austintwo]

Hey guys, I just finished last workout of Super Strength - nice to have it finished.

My gains were not what they were the first time I did the program in 2003 - a few reasons - one, work-related stress interefered with my concentration/rest, two, didn't max out on my diet to support bigger gains.

The other thing I did wrong was doing all of the optional sets in Phase 4 - today, I skipped those sets and feel very fresh and positive. I may do workout A of Phase 4 one more time, skipping the optional sets, before moving on to the Armstrong Pullup Program.

[Rev]

Nicely done. Can you list your strength gains on the big compound lifts? That would be cool to see gains in squat, bench, pull-up, deads, etc.

[Newlife]

Great Job. Nothing like finshing a program and seeing the improvements.

I assume you would recomment this as you have done it twice.

[gettinhuge]

Excellent!! Good Job!!

[austintwo]

The program is only upper body, so I did one day/week on lower body - at the age of 41, I have discovered my body doesn't react well to 4 day/week programs anymore.

The major strength measurements from Phase 4 would be bench press, seated military press, preacher curls on EZ, and weighted pullups. I didn't measure any maxes before I started, so I can't really list any specific gains. On weighted pullups I did a wave of +30 (4 reps), +35 (3 reps) and +40 (2 reps), an eccentric set of 4 with 60 lbs, and a body-weight set after all that of 10 reps - this is a big deal for me, because I've decided to prioritize pullups, which is why I'm doing the Armstrong next.

I'd definitely recommend the program if you've never done it - I don't think I'll do it again, though. Twice is enough.