Skip to main content

Change is Coming!

If you read this blog regularly, then you know that I haven't posted anything in quite some time.

There are a few reasons for this.  I've been extremely busy with work, training, and writing some totally non-strength related material.  The lack of material here, however, is about to change.

First, you'll notice that the blog has a new "look"—assuming enough readers like the new look, we'll keep it as is.

I'm also proud to say that I've hooked up with a couple of people who are very important to me—my dear friend Jared Smith and my oldest son Matthew Sloan—who are going to do some regularly contributing to the blog.  Hopefully it will be enough so that, between the three of us, we can have two to three posts each week.

Jared Smith

Jared is a former workout partner of mine, and a man who I'm proud to have called my friend for the past decade or so.  He's also one incredibly massive S.O.B.  But don't take my word for it.  Here's a pic:



Jared is currently embarking on the daunting task of completing Nick Horton's "Squat Nemesis Program."  He's planning to journal his results here, in addition to writing other material.

Jared's main emphasis—heck, his only emphasis—is on getting as massively big as possible.  His training is pure hypertrophy bodybuilding taken to the nth degree.  His writing, hence, will focus on massive muscle-building.

He's gonna be cool because his methods are different from mine, although they overlap somewhat—we both favor high-frequency training, for instance.  He, however, is much more "into" intensity techniques that really "thrash" the muscle groups.  His writings will reflect this.

Matthew Sloan


Matthew is, quite obviously, my son.


At 16, his main concern is getting as "ripped" and "shredded" as possible, while maintaining muscle mass, and all while doing this in a healthy manner.  (He doesn't take any "stimulants", for instance—I wouldn't want him to.)

Also—and this is an important note—he's not one of those kids who can just eat whatever-the-hell they want and get in great shape.  He's had to really work for it.

His writing will focus on the nutritional aspects for getting in awesome shape, while including some high-volume and bodyweight training articles.

Comments

  1. Looking forward to the new content.

    I guess Brooks Kubik would have a problem with all the chrome in the background ... .

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ha! Yes, I imagine he would. If I would have used the weights I actually train with, however, the page wouldn't be so shiny!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Glad you back...Love your training articles

    ReplyDelete
  4. Glad to see you back Sloan-- Hope all is well!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Feel free to leave us some feedback on the article or any topics you would like us to cover in the future! Much Appreciated!

Popular posts from this blog

The Pure Power Program

 Before we get started here, sorry for the delay in posts.  I have had some "personal issues" that have kept me away from writing and was on vacation all of last week.  However, I hope the following article - which I have been working on for the last few days - will more than make up for it.  Also, please look for regular posts the remainder of the month (and the year).  With that out of the way... An East-Meets-West Powerlifting Program for Out-of-this-World Strength Gains Here I am pulling over 500 pounds over twenty years ago. My Uncle Kirk - who can still deadlift 400 pounds at 74 years young - is in the red singlet in the background shouting me on.       The following program is one that I have been experimenting with for a few weeks.  So far, the results have been quite good—good enough that I decided it was time to write an article about it.  Typically I don’t write about a powerlifting program until I’ve had longer to ...

Muscle-Building Made Easy (No, Really!)

  Some Simple Methods and Workouts for Easy Mass Gains My son Garrett displays the kind of NATURAL physique that can be built using the methods in this article.      Modern lifters can often be quite confused about what makes for an effective, result-producing workout.  They think that if their training is “hard” or if it fatigues their whole body or if their muscles “burn” during a tough set or if their workouts made them sweat profusely—I could go on and on—then, surely, that must mean that their training is effective.  But this simply isn’t true.  Now, don’t get me wrong, it could very well be that a “good” workout program does contain some of the above “symptoms” but not necessarily.  Let me explain.      When lifters train under my personal direction—and this is especially true for any bodybuilders that I’ve worked with—they are often doubtful that what I have them doing will be effective.  Sometim...

Get Big Quick

       If you have been involved in the iron game for even a little while, you probably know most of the “get big advice.”   Stuff such as “eat a lot of protein and calories,” “train heavy on the big lifts,” “get plenty of rest and recovery,” and other such “basic” advice can be found in any number of articles, YouTube videos, or Facebook posts.   And most of it is pretty good and fairly sound—I’ve written plenty of such articles covering similar material here on the blog and I will continue to do so.   But in this essay, I want to do something just a little bit different.   Here, I want to look at some various tips, training ideas, and nutritional hacks that are not your run-of-the-mill suggestions.   Most of these are not to be used long-term, but they can be quite useful when utilized over a short period of time, such as one training cycle or even over the course of only a few weeks.      Before we get starte...