Cybergenics – a total bodybuilding system
We mention this “method” separately, though it is hard to consider this impact system promoted by the company of the same name as a “fully fit” method of building muscle strength. It might be better classified as a variant of the bodybuilding method, but this probably would not be right. It is a “multifaceted” activity to improve the body shape of persons using special diet and workout, applied with the aim of reducing fat and gaining greater body “distinction”. The complex interactions used in “cybergenics” include: training based on a set of Weider principles, diet with special pharmacological supplements and relaxation. All the conditions are quite precisely set and compliance with them is to bring success – a lean, distinct and often actually changed “beyond recognition” body. The achieved results are emphasised by pictures taken by professional photographers, showing the person before and after the training cycle.
The workout itself is done in order to completely exhaust the energy reserves in the muscle. Each series is performed “to refusal”, with the application of “weight lowering principle”. In addition, superseries, combined series, isometrics, forced and false movements are used. The pace of exercises is slow, with particular emphasis on the negative movements (omissions). The workout is done in some variants even two times a day, at preset hours, in the morning on an empty stomach. The precisely defined rhythm of the day is interspersed with pharmacological supplementation, strict dietary regimen that involves drinks diluted with still water. Consumption of a number of food products is prohibited, e.g. milk, animal fat, salt, sugar. Already after 6 weeks of treatment with this regime, the effects are clearly noticeable and sometimes downright stunning, while after 18 20 weeks some of such persons could successfully participate in bodybuilding competitions.
This brief description of activities that need to be undertaken to obtain the promised results gives an incomplete picture of the “cybergenics system”, but you can learn more from leaflets and advertising films. These are becoming less and less available due to a partial bankruptcy of the company, but quoting them would exceed the scope of this publication.