C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

The High-Set, Low-Rep Training Manifesto Part 4: How to Grow Massive and Powerful Bis and Tris      After a brief reprieve in order to write on some different subjects, I have finally returned to the 4th part of our series on gaining mass, strength, and power with high-set, low-rep training.  When it comes to building a lot of mass along with an impressive level of strength, I don’t think any other training can compete with this method of lifting, especially for the natural lifter/bodybuilder.      If you haven’t done so, then I would encourage reading the first 3 parts.  Here are the links: Part 1: Legs and Back Part 2: Chest and Lats Part 3: Shoulders      This series has been arranged in this manner because I believe that different lifts should be trained slightly differently; each part represents how those muscle groups should best be trained.  Arms are no exception.     ...

The High-Set, Low-Rep Training Manifesto Part 3: Overhead Press Training       Part 1 - Legs and Back       Part 2 - Chest and Lats      It’s now time to turn our attention toward overhead training.  If you want to get as big, strong, and as jacked as humanly possible, you need to place overhead training in your lifting arsenal.  There are several reasons for its importance.  Before we get into those reasons, and then some different workout programs that are great for overhead work, I want to discuss something slightly tangential, but it also needs to be considered, especially if you’re going to get the results you want out of this series.      Assuming you have read parts 1 and 2—if you haven’t, you may be at a slight loss as to exactly what is being chewed over here, so please do so—you will know, by now, that this training methodology of high-sets (sometimes a lot of ...