Gain Size and Strength Using a Modified Russian Powerlifting Program Question: After reading some of your articles, I’m interested in using a “Russian style” powerlifting program—high volume with sub-maximal effort training—for increasing my powerlifts but also gaining muscle mass. You wrote that the “problem” with Sheiko training was that you had to stop because you were gaining too much muscle without trying to. That’s a “problem” I would like to have. But my question is this: Because of work and other obligations, I have trouble making it to the gym more than 3 days a week. Can I make significant progress in both size and strength by training just 3 days weekly? I noticed that there is a 3-day Sheiko program, for example, and I wondered if you would recommend it or if you have another 3-day program that you think would be good instead? I received the above question a few days ago from a reader. After sending h...
Ditillo the legend in all of his massive and cool glory. Lessons in Muscular Bulk and Power from Anthony Ditillo (With a Little Help from Dezso Ban) Per a request from a reader, the other day I started to do some research on Anthony Ditillo to write the very thing that you’re now reading. I have written about Ditillo’s methods here and there over the years, but have never written an article dedicated solely to the legendary bodybuilding writer/strength and power athlete. It didn’t take long for me to realize that there’s not a whole lot on Ditillo’s personal life. I think the man, to be honest, would have wanted it that way. He dedicated his life to discovering, and then writing about, the best methods on the planet for building massive amounts of both size and strength. He tried out numerous workout routines and programs in an attempt to find the very best of those methods and techniques on the planet, then passed that knowle...