C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

  Old School Lifting, Training, and Eating are Still the Most Optimal Methods and Don’t Listen to Anyone Who Tells You Otherwise! Marvin Eder, my favorite old school bodybuilder/strength athlete.      I like “old school” things.      I train at a dojo in the town that I live in that is the only old school dojo I could find.  The others around aren’t really dojos but are what are commonly called “McDojos”—they cater to the masses, and are a great after-school activity for your kid, or for your Grandma who wants to “get in shape.”  The dojo that I practice at often has to mop the blood off the floor after class, and is run by a 70-year old, 5’4” black man who can still whip men twice his size and half his age.  He runs it like a dictatorship, as any good dojo must be run.  So, yeah, it’s old school , and I like old school things.      I go to a Slavic-style Orthodox Church.  It’s as ...

  Training During the Coldest Months of the Year My garage gym, where I train no matter the weather.      Okay, so a couple of mornings ago, when I started writing this, I was going to write—or, at the very least, I had every intention to—the 3rd part of my current “New Year Resolution” series, the latest being on fat loss (or at least it will be when I get around to writing it).  But, with the weather being 12 degrees outside as I sat down to my keyboard and started writing, and with much of the country that cold—or even colder—I have instead opted to write a piece on training in the winter .  Which is what you are now staring at, so I hope you find it informative, or, at the very least, somewhat interesting if not entertaining.      A few months ago in early October, about two or three weeks after the start of the Fall season, I wrote an essay on training in the fall.  So, with winter most definitely upon us, I t...

  Muscle-Building Resolutions:  Part Two - Training for Mass Old-time strongman Sieg Klein, who used methods similar to what are recommended in this essay.      If your New Year’s resolutions involve getting as massive as possible, and you are interested in how to eat for muscle mass gain, make sure you read Part One first.  If it’s training ideas that you are most in need of for reaching your 2024 goals, however, this is your article.  But realize, no matter what training program you get on, you will still need to make sure you are eating big to get big.  With that out of the way, on with the training…      Here are a few tips to help you build as much muscle as possible in the shortest amount of time.  While genetics play a large role in determining just how much muscle you can gain, the following tips will ensure that you reach your genetic potential this year. Tip #1: Try a High-Frequency Training Progr...