C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

Another Anthony Ditillo Inspired Training Program for Massive Size and Strength      This is now the 3rd of my recent articles inspired by the workouts and training programs of the great bodybuilding writer Anthony Ditillo.  If you’re interested, and you haven’t read them, check out my Anthony Ditillo and the Development of Muscular Bulk and Power for an overview of Ditillo’s methods along with Ditillo’s Big Three for Bulk and Power , which outlines some workouts using Ditillo’s “big 3”, the full squat, the weighted dip, and the weighted chin.      One of Ditillo’s favorite methods was to use workouts involving multiple sets of heavy singles.  Most bodybuilding writers of his day—nothing has changed since then—thought that heavy singles were good for strength but not so much for size.  Ditillo believed that multiple singles didn’t just build strength—though it might be the best method for pure strength alone—but also bu...