Joe Defranco – Built like a Badass

Table of Contents

• 1 Who Should Use Built Like A Badass?
• 2 What You Should Know
• 3 My First Impressions
• 4 The Use Phase
• 5 Results
• 6 Final Thoughts

Who Should Use Built Like A Badass?

Joe DeFranco created this as a 12-week blueprint to a muscular, athletic physique and it certainly delivers on that promise!

Defranco’s built like a badass program was created for, as he puts it, former athletes, weekend warriors, business executives and average Joe’s that still want to train hard and look athletic.

It’s not a bodybuilding specific program where you put on slabs of muscle but can’t operate outside of the weight room!

Here’s the deal

You will get stronger, burn body fat, and see improvements in physical appearance. This program is about being well-rounded.

If you’re a powerlifter and you only concerned with getting stronger on the Bench, Overhead Press, Squat and Deadlift, then this program is not for you.

If you’re a bodybuilder and your sole interest is a physical appearance at the cost of improved strength and functionality, then this blueprint is not for you.

But

If you’re someone that wants a combination of the two above and more, i.e. the strength, power, muscularity, athleticism and conditioning of a competitive athlete, then Built Like A Badass is a program for you!

You’ll have your “Go!” to add to your “Show!”

The main reason I bought it was to get a taste of Joe Defranco’s training methods! 

His promise through this program is that you’ll be athletic as well as muscular.

I want to look good but not at the expense of performance, not only did I get this training three times a week for 12 weeks, but I also learned a tonne of new drills and exercises.

I discovered lots of great finishers which we’ll talk about in a minute that you can incorporate at the end of any workout to add new life to the routine by giving it that extra kick!

It was a phenomenal experience all round!

What You Should Know

As mentioned previously, the program is 12 weeks long, broken down into three workouts a week, Days 1 and 3 being Upper Body and Day 2 Lower Body.

Each workout is maximum intensity; hence only three training sessions a week and then there are two deload weeks on week 5 and 10.

I wouldn’t call these deload weeks active recovery, but they’re less intense than the other ten weeks for sure!

Each workout has three components. First, the Max-Effort Method next up is the Bodybuilding phase and finally the “Finishers” at the end of each day.

For the Max-Effort section at the beginning, you will be building strength using the big lifts which for Built Like A Badass will consist of the bench-press, then either the squat or deadlift(your choice) and chin-ups.

It would be best if you found your max lift for all of the “Big 3” before starting to get the most from the 12 weeks.

1. Max Effort Strength Training:

Max-Effort was my favourite part because I love lifting heavy and when you’re stronger, you feel better, and the increased neural drive into the muscles keep you going through the other component of the routine that follows!

Also, it makes sense doing it at the beginning for best results when you’ve got a full tank of gas, rather than in the middle or at the end.

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2.Bodybuilding Methods:

My muscles got shocked by the variety of exercises in this section. 

The tension was created with the Max-Effort method and then for hypertrophy in part 2, bodybuilding techniques including supersets, drop-sets, rest-pause, timed set, eccentrics and “total rep goals” were all incorporated!

Reps are high in this section, but if you feel you’re not getting enough of a “Pump” so to speak then lower them slightly (1-2 Reps) and increase resistance.

3.The Finishers:

I ended up really liking the finishers!

They were so much fun and usually changed every 2-4 weeks.

These high-intensity movements at the end were a great way to burn fat, keep things fresh and build muscular endurance.

They weren’t dull either; there was a lot of variations, and Joe designed the blueprint so that each time you would repeat a finisher, it was more intense than the previous one!

You will perform barbell training, bodyweight training, Tabata, one mile runs etc. it’s all in there!

Ok, moving on!

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