C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

Ditillo the legend in all of his massive and cool glory. Lessons in Muscular Bulk and Power from Anthony Ditillo (With a Little Help from Dezso Ban)      Per a request from a reader, the other day I started to do some research on Anthony Ditillo to write the very thing that you’re now reading.  I have written about Ditillo’s methods here and there over the years, but have never written an article dedicated solely to the legendary bodybuilding writer/strength and power athlete.  It didn’t take long for me to realize that there’s not a whole lot on Ditillo’s personal life.  I think the man, to be honest, would have wanted it that way.  He dedicated his life to discovering, and then writing about, the best methods on the planet for building massive amounts of both size and strength.  He tried out numerous workout routines and programs in an attempt to find the very best of those methods and techniques on the planet, then passed that knowle...

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...