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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Bulking is Basic

“Bulking is basic. Remember that. If you try to do too much or get too clever… you’re not going to make the kind of progress that I’ve typically seen.” ~Dan John I was reading Pavel and John’s book Easy Strength when I came upon that quote above. That first sentence is so true that I don’t know why I never came up with it myself. But, like a lot of the ideas for articles that I’ve written over the years, I figured that I’d use it for an essay of my own. Which you’re now staring at on your computer screen or tablet or phone or, well, whatever-the-hell it is that you use to read my blog. By the way, and before we get into the gist of this article outright, if you want to know about a lot of the ideas that I’ve stolen over the years—that’s correct; I’ve stolen a lot of good stuff—then check out an essay I wrote last year aptly entitled “Stealing Good Ideas.” Any...

Q&A: 3-Day Easy Strength? - Building Mass without Squats - Rest Periods for Strength

Here is a random selection of questions that I received via email the last several weeks. I figured these might be of interest to some readers. Question: Is it possible to do an easy strength program only 3 days each week and get good results? Answer: Maybe. It depends. (This might annoy some of my readers, but, to be honest, the answer to a lot of questions is it depends .) Now, first off, if you don’t know what “easy strength” is, the standard recommendations for an easy strength program goes something like this: 1. Train with full-body workouts using a limited number of basic barbell, dumbbell, or kettlebell lifts such as squats, bench presses, overhead presses, chins, dips, curls, cleans, snatches, or deadlifts. 2. Lift 5 to 6 days per week. 3. On average, keep your reps per set in the 1-5 range. Doubles and triples are probably the p...

Power/Pump Alternates

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 ...

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