C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

A High-Frequency, Mass-from-the-Past Training Program for Stupendous Size and Peak Conditioning Ross as he appeared in a Weider publication in the '50s      Clarence “Clancy” Ross was one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time yet has been almost forgotten in our day-and-age.  You hear or read more about some of his fellow “Silver Age” bodybuilders, such as Bill Pearl , Steve Reeves, or Marvin Eder, than you do Ross—heck, I’ve written more about his fellow world-renowned lifters.  But back in the early-1950s, Muscle Power and Your Physique magazines, a couple of early Weider publications, dubbed him “King of the Bodybuilders.”  That’s right.  King.  He ruled over those other guys.  He received the moniker because he had won the Mr. America, Mr. USA, Mr. North America, and Pro Mr. America, along with virtually any other title in existence.  Keep in mind that the Mr. Olympia didn’t come along until 1965, and at that time it ...

  A Unique Heavy/Light Training Approach for Bodybuilders Seeking Size and Power      I first discovered alternates a little over 30 years ago.  At the time, my primary interest (training wise) was bodybuilding.  I had just started writing for some of the popular bodybuilding magazines and it would be a few years before I discovered my real love—which, by the way, would be powerlifting and other strength sports.  However, even then, I loved being strong.  I couldn’t understand—and, I suppose, I still don’t, though I’m perhaps a little more sympathetic—bodybuilders who only trained for looks without the strength to go with it.  Even though I considered myself a bodybuilder at the time, I was definitely a power bodybuilder.  I wanted to be at least as strong as I looked.  I was actually stronger than I looked.  If I had known then what I know now, I would have known that I was “made” for powerlifting and strength ...