C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

  The Look of Power Tips for Developing Mass that “Stands Out” from the Crowd Tim Belknap - seen here on a 1982 cover of IronMan  - definitely had the "look of power."       “When you see an individual who has built his or her muscle mass to an advanced degree, and has done it with basic, heavy exercises, they have a certain look about them.  It is hard to describe in words, yet everyone knows it when they see it.  Extremely developed bodybuilders, however, often lack this ‘look,’ despite having a high level of muscle tissue, and having perhaps very large muscular measurements.  Still, they look, as my younger brother once noted, ‘like a bunch of body parts strewn together.’  One who has predominantly utilized the ‘basics,’ and is capable of using relatively heavy weights for moderately high repetitions, looks powerful and strong.  Again, it is an almost undefinable, yet undeniable truth.”       ...

  Muscle-Building Resolutions:  Part One - Eating for Mass Garrett Sloan takes his muscle-building diet serious, and the results show.      It is, once again, the start of a new year, the time of year—the only time it seems—when the majority of people (at least here in America) make some “serious” resolutions, which usually involves either kicking a habit or getting in better shape.  Typically, “losing weight” is the New Year’s resolutions’ raison d’etre.  But “losing weight” is really no better of a resolution than “gaining weight” if you’re a bodybuilder or strength athlete.  In other words, it’s just too damn vague.      I thought this week and the next, I would post a few “resolutions” articles.  This one, quite obviously, is for those of you with the resolution to get big, or get jacked, or get massive, or, well, you get the point.  This one is all about building mass for the new year, with the emp...

                4 Tips for Serious Lifters Loaded Carries - one of the 4 tips for serious lifters      I have been lifting weights since, I think, 1986 or ‘87, when, for either my 13th or 14th birthday, my father bought me one of those cement-filled, plastic DP weight sets replete with a flimsy bench.  I’ve come a long way since then - in other words, I’ve gotten friggin’ old - but I’ve never stopped lifting, and I’ve seen a LOT of different exercises, workout routines, and training programs (some good, most not) done by a lot of different people.  In other words, in 36 (maybe 37) years of training - and paying attention - I’ve seen damn near anything and everything you can think of in the lifting world.  And so I’m also pretty sure that in another 36 (or 37) years, the following tips will be just as good then as they are now. Consistency Trumps Everything       “It doesn’t matter ho...