Sorry for Delay in Posts. New Posts Coming Next Week!!

I have had a few emails lately wondering why in the world I haven't published in almost 2 weeks. Due to some personal issues outside of my control, I have been unable to get around to writing anything, but this morning I started working on part 3 of my Ageless Bodybuilding System.

New posts should be up starting in a couple days, and then every few days after that.

Apologies for the delay!

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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 ...

Back-Off Sets and Extra Work for the Strength Athlete

Some Thoughts on How/When to Use Back-Off Sets, Add Extra Work, and Increase the Total Workload of Your Training The other day, I received an email from a reader who wanted to know my advice on back-off sets and how to use them. His question was based on the fact that he was having a hard time increasing the weight on his “top-end” sets using a standard 5x5 training model. This essay is partly an answer to that question but, in addition to that, I want to use it to discuss how (and when) you should not only do back-off sets but also when a lifter should add extra work, whether that additional training is at the end of a workout or in another workout altogether. The goal of all of this being, of course, greater strength on the core lifts, whatever those core lifts might be, whether you’re a powerlifter attempting to increase the three powerlifts, an Olympic lifter looking to increase your quick lifts, or just an “all-around” strength...

Tommy Kono’s Insights

Strength-Building and Mind-Power Secrets from the 20th Century’s Greatest Weightlifter/Bodybuilder I love old-school bodybuilders. If you’ve scoured this site, or have been a long-time reader, you’re probably aware of that. My most popular articles at Integral Strength are almost all “classic bodybuilding” pieces. Old-school bodybuilders—especially before the ‘70s—were a different breed. Like bodybuilders today, they trained for aesthetics and to have a pleasing physique, but they also trained for strength and power, for flexibility, on various “odd” lifts, and for all-around athleticism. They were, essentially, one part bodybuilder, one part weightlifter, and one part gymnast. But a few stood out above all others. One of those was, without a doubt, the great Tommy Kono. Superlatives such as “great” are heaped upon a lot of old-time lifters, but with Kono it’s no hyperbole....

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