C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

How to Improve and Increase Your Work Capacity for Better, More Consistent Gains in Size and Strength      There are several problems that I see in modern-day training and among modern lifters.  I probably rail against them quite a bit in my writings, but that’s only because I want to see lifters get better and achieve their training goals.  One of the major issues in today’s training world is that gym-goers think a workout or training program is “good” if it produces fatigue, makes them tired, or leaves them exhausted at the end of a training session.  That might be good, at times, and is even necessary periodically for increasing one’s work capacity, the very thing that we’re going to discuss here.  Because another major problem is that modern lifters—both strength athletes and bodybuilders—rarely increase their work capacity, or their ability to handle greater and greater workloads in their training.  Without the ability to handle he...

Workload as an Important Factor in the Quest for Size and Strength      What follows is nothing more than some of the thoughts that have been rattling around in my training-filled brain since writing my last couple essays, the first on the “ Old School Way ” and my most recent one entitled “ Train Through the Soreness ,” both of which were also precipitated by my series on “ Tailoring Your Workout Program .”      I think it’s fair to say, or write in this instance, that modern gym-goers believe gains in muscle or strength (or both) comes down to “hard” training coupled with rest, recovery, and eating enough calories and protein.  I think that is true but only partially so.  Since it’s not the entire truth, however, it can hold you back from achieving (potentially) even better results in the gym.      The “whole truth” of muscle growth contains several factors.  If you want to prioritize muscle gr...