C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

  The Two Keys to Mass-Building, Strength-Training Success      The other day, in my essay on the “ 2 principles of strength training ,” I outlined what I believe are the two most important principles for continued results in strength training or muscle-building (or a combination of the two).   In many ways, those two principles revolve around staying consistent and injecting variety into your programs.   So, here, I want to present some thoughts on much the same concept but frame it in a slightly different manner to touch upon varied aspects of proper programming.   I’m going to call these the “two keys to success” and they are: 1.       You must be consistent. 2.       You must inject variety into your program.      Consistency is the key for continued success, make no bones about it.   This is true no matter your goal.   You must train consistently to impro...

  Whether You’re After Strength, Size, or Looking to Get Shredded, You MUST Follow These 6 Keys to Progress      Many lifters become frustrated because they can’t seem to make consistent progress.  It doesn’t matter what their goals may be, either, whether they want to get massive, build incredible strength, or just lose some bodyfat.  In this essay, we will look at what I believe are some of the major keys to ensuring you progress consistently, regardless of your specific goal.      Before we get around to these keys, let me say one thing that sometimes gets missed when pursuing a lifting/bodybuilding goal: gains are rarely, if ever, linear.  The truth is that gains are almost always non-linear.  There do seem to be a small segment of trainees who achieve linearity in their progress, but they are always the exception rather than the rule.  You see this misunderstanding most notably among the general populat...