Many of you have seen my original FREE Hybrid Athlete Training Program which has received immense positive feedback in the several years since I have released it. Well, today, by request we will be continuing this tradition of highly valuable free programs by analyzing the BATMAN Training Program!

My Batman protocol basically ended up being a Conjugate inspired strength training plan with strong notes of the hybrid athlete concept blended directly into the program. This program is tough as hell, probably not really for beginners, and it will turn you into a highly well-rounded physical badass with insanely brutal strength and muscularity to back it all up.

To create this program I essentially asked myself these questions:

1. How should BATMAN train in order to prepare his body for peak performance during his crimefighting endeavors?

2. What physical qualities should he emphasize and focus on building? 

And with that in mind I wrote the program that I would give to Batman if I was his Strength and Conditioning Coach! You can find the full Free BATMAN Program here!

Bear in mind, the premise here is that I'm Batman's S&C coach. I'm not the skill's coach. I'm not the grappling or fighting coach. I'm the S&C coach. I'm the guy who creates the training plan that makes him bigger, and stronger, and more powerful so that he can then become a more formidable and more powerful fighter. So that he has the potential to dole out more damage with stronger blows, take more damage by being more resilient, evade more damage by quicker and faster, chase bad guys down, run away from danger, or have the capacity to perform any other physical feat that he may be called upon to perform in the moment.

His training program should bolster the physical capacities that support this vast array of requirements and skills, as Batman is an essentially an athlete with a diverse amount of needs and physical qualities that need to be built. So we need to create a program for him that emphasizes his diverse primary needs, fills in the secondary gaps, and keeps him healthy in the process. But this is not a "combat" program. It's not teaching you how to fight. But it is preparing your body to be a badass fighter if you decide to endeavor down that path.

So let's diagnose these physical needs in order of importance.

1. STRENGTH

First and foremost is total body strength, with an emphasis on the legs and hips.

• Batman is going to need strong ass wheels to keep himself grounded and deliver massive blows.

• He's going to need hips and a strong back as his foundation.

• And he's going to need a strong upper body - chest, arms, and shoulders - to overpower opponents in grappling and hand to hand combat type situations.

Strength is his primary need as this is going to provide the foundation for the rest of his physical qualities to build off of, and if Batman is weak? He simply has no chance. So we need to make him strong first and foremost.

2. POWER

Next up is power. Power is force applied rapidly and it's the foundation for most athletic things. Power allows us to jump high, accelerate quickly, run fast, punch hard, kick hard, throw far, etc. We need Batman to build a lot of power so that he can perform athletic maneuvers very well and hit people really fucking hard with insane amounts of accelerative force.

3. SIZE

After that we want to focus on building some muscular size. All else being equal, a larger opponent is a more formidable one. This is why heavyweight wearing boxers don't box against featherweight boxers because the size discrepancy gives them a potentially dangerous advantage. In this case we want Batman to have that potentially dangerous advantage on his side, so we want him to be as big as possible while keeping those first two physical qualities intact. The bigger he is the harder he's going to be to take down, the more resilient and tough his body is going to be, and the more intimidating he's going to be as well.

4. SPEED & QUICKNESS

Then speed and quickness enter the equation. We want him to be fast, at least within reason when balancing so many training variables, simply so that he can chase opponents down and outrun the bad guy.

But probably more important than raw speed is having a super quick first step and being super quick covering short distances up to about 20 yards, while also being very agile as well for the sake of evasiveness. The good news is these latter two qualities (agility and short distance explosiveness) are actually easier to maintain than pure running speed as you gain raw size. So that's a good thing in this case because we want Batman to be freaking jacked, which means we're probably gonna lose some raw speed in the process

5. CARDIO

Then it's cardio, conditioning, stamina, or whatever you want to call it. We need to work on the cardiovascular system to make sure that Batman doesn't gas out halfway through an encounter. Now, we want him to be such a brutal force to be reckoned with that most encounters end well before this even becomes a potential factor, but in spite of that we do still need to make sure we keep this segment up to snuff in case he runs into some Billy Badass who takes a bit longer to subdue.

6. MOBILITY

Finally, we need to do some mobility work as well. Having good overall mobility through the hips, knees, ankles, shoulders, etc., and being very strong and stable at those end range positions is going to ensure that Batman can seamlessly handle any awkward positions that his body might get thrown into during a fight.

Now that we've covered the primary physical qualities that Batman needs to work on to excel in his role as The Dark Knight, let's check out the program that's going to help him get there! 

Anyway, that's the BATMAN Workout Program! Please bear in mind as a caveat that this program is just a thought experiment. It's literally written for motherfucking BATMAN: an advanced physical specimen with years of hardcore training under his belt who watched his parents get murdered right in front of his eyes and as a result has a pretty massive chip on his shoulder.

If you aren't also an advanced physical specimen with years of hardcore training under your belt and a massive chip on your shoulder then this program is probably too advanced for you. But aspiring to build up to this kind of workload and versatility is going to make you a physical badass one day, so I say shoot for the moon. Either way, keep training hard and I will catch you guys next time!