C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

Arnold doing behind-the-neck presses, a Golden Era favorite Golden Era Training Secrets for Old-School Shoulder Size, Strength, and Symmetry      This is the 2nd part of what will be an on-going series dedicated to the training of old-school bodybuilders, particularly those of the “golden age” of bodybuilding, the ‘70s and ‘80s, though it will also pull upon the “silver era,” as well, if I think some of the training methods used by those bodybuilders is needed for our discussion.  You don’t have to, but I would recommend reading Part One first, just so you will have an “overview” of the training methods that the golden era bodybuilders used.      Initially, I didn’t think about turning this into a series.  After I was about halfway through my previous essay, however, I realized that I had enough ideas rattling around in the ol’ bodybuilding brain that I could easily turn it into a series.  I also realized that a multi-pa...

Learning from the Golden Era Legends of Bodybuilding’s Past      I was sitting in my recliner, laptop where it should be, on my lap, typing away at a transcript for a talk I’m giving this weekend at a writer’s conference when I just decided I needed a break.  I like giving talks, especially if I can help and inspire young or aspiring writers in any way, but writing a talk is not my favorite thing.  Giving the talk, I enjoy.  The process of actually writing the speech, not so much.  Anyway, I decided to take a break and write what I most enjoy, an essay where I just start typing away and see what comes out the other end.  There are times when I plan out an article in a lot of detail.  Sometimes, I do quite a bit of research, especially if I’m writing something such as a historical piece on Japanese Budo, but other times, such as this one, I just come up with a title, or have a basic idea in mind, nothing concrete at all , and then I...