Welcome to my new blog

Welcome to my new blog. I've changed from my older one (web.mac.com/cssloan) because of the ease with which I can update this one, and because I would like to get some more traffic moving to it.

One thing that you might notice which is different is that this blog will focus on strength training, bodybuilding, health and fitness, and martial arts. My last blog - and my other website in general - also included plenty of spiritual stuff (integral spirituality, non-dual mysticism, contemplative Christianity). However, I found that many folks who read my blog for the strength stuff really didn't have much interest in the spiritual side of my life. And vice-versa. (With a few exceptions, of course.)

So... here's where you'll find all things strength, muscle, power, martial arts, and health in general. I am going to start another blog - with the tentative title of "Renegade Mystic" - which will focus on all things spiritual.

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Singles

Some Thoughts on Single-Rep Training for Strength, Power, and Muscle Size “Many dinosaurs do heavy singles. Why? Because they have discovered that for many men, singles build more muscle and strength than sets of multiple repetitions. Yeah, I KNOW that singles are contrary to modern wisdom and conventional training protocols. I KNOW that all of the modern experts say that single reps are dangerous and non-productive. I KNOW that all of the modern ‘champs’ say to train with light weights and concentrate on ‘feeling’ the muscles. I KNOW that everyone at the House of Chrome and Ferns never does a single rep on anything. And I KNOW that we have all kinds of wonderful ‘scientific’ training systems that regard heavy singles as worthless, dangerous, insane, and ridiculously old fashioned. “The experts are WRONG when they say singles don’t work. For many men, singles build muscle and st...

Heavy Singles and Full-Body Workouts

More Training with Heavy Singles Where Heavy Singles Training, Bill Starr, and Full-Body Workout Routines Converge as One Once I wrapped up my last article on training with heavy singles , I realized that there were several different points that I didn’t address, and a few different workouts that I didn’t get around to discussing. I doubt this will end up being a long series, but I do want to write a few follow-up pieces. This one is the first. You can look at my last essay as more of an introduction to training with singles. In this one—and whatever ones that might follow it—I want to focus on a single method of training (pun not intended) using singles. Here, the method will be full-body workouts using a heavy-light-medium system. I am going to give you two workouts here, a “beginning” program and an “advanced” program. The first workout routine really isn’t for beg...

Marvin Eder’s Mass-Building Methods

The Many and Varied Mass-Building Methods of Power Bodybuilding’s G.O.A.T. Eder as he appeared in my article "Full Body Workouts" for IronMan magazine. In many ways, the essay you are now reading is the one that has had the “longest time coming.” I have no clue why it has taken me this long to write an article specifically on Marvin Eder, especially considering the fact that I have long considered him the greatest bodybuilder cum strength athlete of all friggin’ time . In fact, over 20 years ago, I wrote this in the pages of IronMan magazine: In my opinion, the greatest all-around bodybuilder, powerlifter and strength athlete ever to walk the planet, Eder had 19-inch arms at a bodyweight of 198. He could bench 510, squat 550 for 10 reps and do a barbell press with 365. He was reported to have achieved the amazing feat of cranking out 1,000 dips in only 17 minutes. Imagine doing a dip a second for 17 minutes. As Gene Mozee once put ...

C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

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