C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

      Three Power Programs for Building Muscular Might       “You can train long or you can train hard, but you can’t do both.” ~Arthur Jones, inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines      Arthur Jones was correct.  But what he incorrectly assumed is that you should choose hard over long.  I know that there are lifters who would disagree with me—and perhaps a whole cult of “HIT” enthusiasts who would want to crucify me over that statement—but I stand by it.  Twenty years ago, I wrote an article for T-Nation , in fact, that was called “Train Long,” partly to counter the belief that briefer is always better.      In addition, in an article for IronMan some years ago, I wrote this: “Everyone seems to immediately assume that the answer is to train hard.  Not many consider that training long might be the better option.  Bodybuilders from the past, however, understood this well.  It's the reason Bill Pearl always advised taking sets about two reps short of failure.  This allows one t