C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

     It is, apparently, the end of an era as I just discovered that Dragon Door has shut down. Dragon Door, if you're not familiar, was the place where Pavel Tsatsouline pretty much got his start. They were the OG kettlebell company, publishing books, DVDs, and selling equipment for the new "functional fitness" craze. They also published a handful of my articles over the years. If I'm not mistaken - you can't access their articles anymore, so I'm not entirely sure - I wrote my first article for them sometime in 2008. So, since they are no more, I thought, over the next several weeks, I would re-post those articles here on my blog.      The most recent article that I wrote for them was The 30-Rep Program. When I have referenced that program in essays here on the blog, I have often inserted a link to that article, and since that link is no longer valid, I thought it would be the best article to start with.      I have long been a fan of ...

...And Watch Your Strength Explode! C.S. pulling over 500 pounds almost 20 years ago. A few weeks ago, in another "Thursday Throwback," I posted an article I wrote for Planet Muscle magazine on "Building a Bigger Bench." Since there was quite a bit of interest in that particular article, I thought I would post another powerlifting article that I wrote on training your deadlift. This is, specifically, on how to train for your body type - that's right, different programs work better for different lifters. This article originally appeared in "Dragon Door" online magazine in 2008. And if you're struggling at all with your deadlift, I promise, this is just what the powerlifting gods ordered... The other day I was reading an article by a well-known strength coach when he mentioned that Olympic weightlifting coach Anatoly Bondarchuk believed there were three different kinds of athletes—those who responded best to volume, those who responded best to in...