C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

     This is the 2nd part of my new series on Adventures in Muscle-Building.  Part One covered arm training, so read that if you haven’t yet and are interested in growing big, massive, and massively strong arms.  Unlike other series that I have, this one doesn’t require that you read the previous articles in it.  That’s one thing that I like about this series.  Even if I end up writing something like 50 separate essays, you will be able to read any of them without having knowledge of the others.  The only thing that “holds” this series together is that each one will be about the methods, techniques, and various training programs and workout routines that lifters have used throughout the history of lifting for that particular lift, muscle group, or even competitive sport.  For instance, I might do an “adventures in track and field training” or something even more specific such as “adventures in throwing” where I discuss the workouts...

High-Volume Workout Variation for Continuous Hypertrophy Gains      The more advanced a bodybuilder gets, the more variation that he needs.  The late strength coach Charles Poliquin believed that a bodybuilder should make a change to his training at every 4th workout.  He thought that 3 workouts was about the limit for doing the exact same session.  This doesn’t mean to overhaul your training completely at every 4th workout.  It means making a couple to a few changes, while keeping the workout template the same.  I think this is pretty good advice.  Some highly advanced bodybuilders might need to make a minor change at every workout session and some bodybuilders, even advanced ones, might do well with a slightly less frequent change.  Overall, however, I think the advice is fairly sound.      One mistake that I think some modern bodybuilders make is doing too much variety in a single session.  Fo...