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...

  Heavy/Light/Medium Training Part 7: How to Design a Powerlifting Program Using the H/L/M System      At the beginning of February, I started this series on H/L/M training using the methods of the late, great, and, hell, legendary Bill Starr.   For now, I believe this will be the last in the series, although I will still probably do a few more here and there when there is interest or when I think of a subject.   Also, April 7 th was the 10-year anniversary of his death, and I have the intention of using this series—along with other articles and essays that I’ve done in the past—to publish a book on Starr sometime later this month in honor of him.      Since this is—as the subtitle above indicates—the 7 th part of this series, you might do well to familiarize yourself with the previous installments.   At the very least, read parts 1 through 4, as those cover similar concepts as this article, and it will allow you to se...

       Recently, there has been some renewed interest in my Texas Volume Training program that I wrote a little over a decade ago, based on the amount of views my original post has had of late and based on some emails I have received the last several months.  With that in mind, I thought it was time that I did a new post on this form of training.  What follows in this essay is an amalgam of a couple of my earlier articles on Texas Volume Training, and some insights I’ve garnered from lifters that have used it in the years since I first created it.      First off, TVT is a powerlifting program.  And though this might sound as if it’s hyperbole, and though I might obviously be biased since I came up with it, I think it’s one of the best programs anyone could ever use for powerlifting, but you have to be advanced enough to handle the amount of workload involved.  Also it’s not a program for people who only want so...