C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

Slow and Steady Wins the Hypertrophy Race An “Easy” One-Exercise-Per-Bodypart Muscle-Building Program      Part of effective programming—whether you’re trying to build muscle, gain strength, or a combination of both—is learning how to balance volume, frequency, and intensity.  I often write that you must have two of the factors high —or one high and the other moderate—and the remaining factor must be low.  If you’re going to train with a lot of volume and intensity, then your frequency must be low (the standard method of training these days).  If you’re going to train using a high-frequency program—of which I am admittedly and unabashedly a fan—then you need to keep either your volume or your intensity low.  And so on and so forth.  But you can also do a program where all of the factors are moderate .  The program I want to present here takes this latter approach.      I have actually wanted to write about t...

The VOLUME, FREQUENCY, or INTENSITY Bodybuilder - Which One Are You?! A Vision of INTEGRAL Hypertrophy Training Part One: The VOLUME Bodybuilder This series is dedicated to George Hackenschmidt, the "original" integral bodybuilder. C.S.’s Note: What follows is something that I have been working on—in my mind at least—for quite some time.  It is an attempt at an “integral vision” for hypertrophy training.  It’s not necessarily “complete” in the sense that, as I work with some physique athletes, I may come to make some slight changes to the entire “system” I have intuited, especially when dealing with bodybuilders who respond to different methodologies than myself.  And, I must admit, that I almost didn’t post this even after writing the entire thing because I thought it could be confusing for some readers, especially for new bodybuilders.  This entire series of articles, therefore, is meant for bodybuilders who are at least at an intermediate level.  Having said...