C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

  The Ageless Bodybuilding System Part 3 The "Base" Full-Body Program The great John Grimek is another "old-time" bodybuilder who was AGELESS.  Grimek trained hard, and looked good on up into his '70s!  He was also a fan of full-body workouts as presented here. Before reading this program, please read PART 1 and PART 2 .  If you want, though it's not necessary, you can also read my more recent post on "Ageless Bodybuilding for the Young," which will give you some ideas for how to use these programs (assuming you would want to) if you are younger than the intended audience. This program also assumes that you have done the "break-in" program that I recommend.  The "break-in" program is essential, especially if you are just starting out as an "older" bodybuilder or if you have been doing split workouts for most of your lifting/'building career.  If that's the case, then the "break-in" program will reall...

Should or COULD younger bodybuilders use my Ageless Bodybuilding System?   This morning, I was sitting at my computer and working on my next installment of my "Ageless Bodybuilding" System, when I received a curious email.  Now, I check my email every day, and try my very best to answer my mail, but it sometimes take a little bit since I'm typically "backed up" in responses. (By the way, if you have emailed me and I haven't  responded, always give it a week or so—I do eventually  get around to a response.)  However, with this particular email, I thought it would be best if I wrote the general gist  of my response to the questioner for the rest of my readers. In a nutshell, this young  man said he was interested in what I had written about my Ageless Bodybuilding System, and wondered if there would be benefits—or drawbacks—to a young person in their 20s doing it.  (He specifically asked about young men, but I'm going to include women here in my res...

  Ageless Bodybuilding Part 2 A Basic “Break-In” Program Don Howorth and Vince Gironda.  Howorth, I believe, was in his 50s when this picture was taken! If you haven’t done so, read Part 1 before continuing to THIS article.  Without the first part, you may not understand just what-the-heck is going on here, and why in the world you are attempting such an “odd” workout-style in the first place!  It will also explain a very basic outline to my entire Ageless Bodybuilding System. Okay, now that you have read Part One , we can move on to THIS workout program. This Break-In program should be used by anyone who starts my Ageless Bodybuilding System.  I write this because I have a feeling IF everyone reading this had my complete Ageless Bodybuilding System at their fingertips—which, of course, will eventually be the case once I have written the entire damn thing on this blog—the majority of you would probably skip this first one because, well, it just seems too “b...

  Jack LaLanne in his bodybuilding days.  LaLanne was the very epitome of Ageless Bodybuilding Ageless Bodybuilding Part One A Basic Outline I have, for quite some time now, wanted to write a series on “ageless bodybuilding.”  The seed was planted a couple of years ago when I was training with some “older” training partners, and we got some great results from following much of the advice I will outline in this series.  The difference is that this series will include some different and very varied workout programs that fall under the Ageless Bodybuilding template. This article is primarily for bodybuilders 50+ who want to still train and make gains , while also preventing injuries, and not only staying healthy but improving their health as time marches continually on.  This article, while geared toward bodybuilders who trained for a number of years before reaching 50, is also for bodybuilders who didn’t even start training until they were well over 50 years ...