C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

       There really is nothing new under the bodybuilding, strength-gaining sun.  One of the proofs of that is John McCallum’s Definition Diet , which he wrote about in 1968 (at least, that’s where the information for this article comes from).  Actually, John McCallum himself is proof.  All you have to do is read his “The Complete Keys to Progress,” a compilation of his articles from Strength and Health that he wrote throughout the ‘60s, and discover that McCallum wrote about every single training theory, technique, program, or bodybuilding diet more than 50 years ago.  Randall J. Strossen—of “Super Squats” fame and the founder of IronMind Enterprises—said that if you were to only read one book, ever , on how to train, that book would be it.  I think he wrote that in the ‘90s, but I seriously doubt that he’s changed his opinion in 2024.      When I started bodybuilding in the ‘80s, I think it’s safe to say ...

  A.K.A - How to Really Eat and Train for Size, Strength, and  Fat Loss Classical bodybuilders such as Bill Pearl knew that one of the secrets was to train a lot AND eat a lot. For the sake of keeping it simple in this essay, we can say that there are four methods that people use with regard to training and eating: 1. They eat a lot and train a lot. 2. They eat a little and train a little. 3. They eat a little and train a lot. 4. They eat a lot and train a little. The other night, for instance, my girlfriend, her daughter, and I went out to eat at a local steakhouse, and, based on the waist size of almost every man in that place, and the hip size of every woman, most people—especially here in the Deep South—eat a lot and train absolutely none!  But we'll leave aside lazy people that don't care (apparently) how young that they kill over from a heart attack or that don't care if they acquire type-2 diabetes by the time they're 40 years old.  The above 4 categories make...