C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

  Discover the Secrets to Developing Serious Strength Using Infrequent Workouts      I have long been a fan of high-frequency training (HFT), and I will continue to sing its praises, as I think it might be the best form of training—when done correctly—for natural bodybuilders and lifters who want to gain as much strength and muscle mass in the shortest time possible.   If you have read even a few articles and essays here on my blog, then you probably know this already.   What you might not know is that I also believe you can build a tremendous amount of strength and power utilizing low-frequency, high-volume workouts when, once again, they are done correctly.   So, read on and discover my tips for making this kind of training work for you .      This article was precipitated by an email I received—as are, probably, 1/3 of my essays—from a reader who had a particular question.   I’ll leave out all of the odd little de...

  Minimum Training Time?  No Problem.  Follow this 2-Days-Per-Week Program for Maximal Mass and Strength A young Ken Leistner.  This program—with its basic, brief, but hard  tenets—would have probably made the late Dr. Ken proud.      My sons came to visit me this past weekend.  When they do this, they sometimes train with me in my garage gym, and sometimes they go to the commercial gym they train at instead.  So this past weekend, we somehow got on the subject of "what people know" at a commercial gym.  Keep in mind that I haven't trained at a commercial gym in a long  time.  I think the last time that I had a gym membership of any sort was in 2009, when I was going through a divorce, and had to move all of my weights—a quite extensive garage gym—to a storage facility.  Until I could find a new garage for my weights, I trained at a commercial gym for about six months.  But that wasn't your "average" gym, since i...