Project Superman comes straight from my own twisted imagination. It's a work in progress designed to create the most best all round athletes and help them become faster, stronger and more agile at the same time. It came about when I decided that rather than just being strong, I wanted a body that was perfectly balanced for optimum performance; While I want to be as strong as I can be, I also want to stay fast and flexible. This is why invented 'Project Superman' and what I call the ‘Power Quotient’. I believe it is our responsibility to be the best we can be. I believe this, because I am mental.

I feel that while bodybuilding competitions cater perfectly for size and aesthetic appeal, there isn’t anything for people who want to build high-performance bodies that are fast, strong, agile and smart. Entering into a bodybuilding competition requires you to become slow and dehydrated. Powerlifters likewise only train for certain movements and sacrifice speed. Runners don’t train for power or strength... I want to be the best I can be at all these abilities. I had a good metaphor with a car that I was going to write here, but I really can’t be bothered...

The problem is that there is no way to definitively gauge all-round performance, no way to compare who is a 'better all rounder’. That is why I designed the ‘Power Quotient’, an equation that gives you an overall score for how potent you are. So that overall, you are better or worse physically than someone else. Are you ready?

Here it is:

Strength x Speed x Endurance x Flexibility/Agility x Knowledge/Technique x Intelligence.

It’s a work in progress though so bare with me, it still has a few flaws and the exact units of measurement are still arbitrary at the moment. However, using this, athletes will hopefully be able to compare their scores on the power quotient. A bodybuilder could compare scores with a hurdler (is that what they’re called?) and see is better overall. While one person might focus on strength and loose points on speed another might be faster but weaker – the successful athlete would be he who trained his body in every respect. It’s cross training to the next!

I hope some day to see a competition where athletes are set a series of challenges, weightlifting, sprinting, climbing, jumping... The winner would be decided by who had the best culmulative score. He would have the most perfect physique in terms of performance. Like Martin Luther King, I have a dream, that someday there will be more ‘Power Quotient’ trainers, and that they can be accepted into the Brotherhood of Iron. That’s how I train, see the Pics section to see how I’m doing physique-wise. In my Monkey Stunts section I try to show some of the other abilities I’ve tried to develop.

The training routine for this involves a lot of bodyweight exercises as well as weights work and CV. While I’m building my upper body and stripping away fat, I’m also trying to build the legs of a runner. To see more of my training advice check out the advice section (clever title I know). I want to jump high, run fast and lift heavy while all the time learning and developing my mind. I want to achieve my potential: ‘perfection within an imperfect framework’. I hope that my website inspires you to try the same. I call the quest for physical perfection ‘Project Superman’, because it sounds damn cool.

Not too ambitious then...

Mack LeMouse

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