C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength

     The following article is one that I have already published parts  of on this blog.  Below, however, is the complete article.  Even though the first couple of workout programs you can find elsewhere on this blog (and perhaps you've already tried one or both of them), they are so good—and effective—that they bear repeating.      The last workout program is very  intense.  Make sure that you don't do it until you're ready.  By that same token, however, if you're an advanced lifter don't be afraid to indulge—okay, maybe "indulge" isn't quite the right word—in such torture.      As Nietzsche said: "What does not kill you, makes you stronger."  Sometimes, when it comes to making outrages strength gains, that's pretty good advice. Attack of the Old-Time Strength and Power Routines      As corny as they are, I like those old-time monster movies from the 1950s and ‘60s.   Curiosities like Attack of the 50-ft. Woman, The Blob, and Plan Nin...

     I have a new article out.  It was posted yesterday on Mike Mahler's website.  (Mahler, by the way, is a heck of a strength coach.  If you haven't checked out his website, you need to.  If you like the stuff you see here, you'll definitely like what he has to offer.)      The article focuses on the training methods—powerlifting, mostly—employed by a lot of Russian lifters, and lifters from other countries that were formerly part of the Soviet empire.      Here is how the article begins:      For years, the countries of Russia and others from the former Soviet Republic have dominated international powerlifting and Olympic lifting competitions.   And for years, there has also been an aura of mystique surrounding the methods they use to produce such phenomenal athletes, not to mention a lot of misconceptions about those methods.      In this article, I’m going to clear up those misconceptions by laying out the methods they utilize, plus I’m going to outline a couple of...

I have a new article out in the November issue of Planet Muscle  magazine.  The title of the article is "Radical and New Muscle Building Hypothesis."  It's my first article for PM, and I must give thanks to Everson (the editor) and the magazine for doing a bang-up job with the article.  The layout, photos, and the amount of space it gets in the magazine is great. Check it out.  It's on newsstands now.

     Over the course of 2009, I have received quite a lot of e-mail regarding two of my workouts programs: my "Mass Construction" and my "High-Frequency Focus Training" program.  If you're one of those lifters interested in these programs, then you're in for a treat: the following is the "Mass Construction" program, plus a Q&A section at the end with a few actual e-mails that I received, and my replies.  A lot of the questions I got were along the same vein, and these represent most of those.      And if you haven't read about "Mass Construction" training, then be all means, do so.  Of course, only if you want a lot of muscle growth.  But, I think, that covers a whole heck-of-a lot of folks that read this blog.      Enjoy. Mass Construction State-of-the-Art, Holistic Training for Out-of-This-World Results      After years of heavy power training—years upon years of heavy triples, doubles, and singles performed with supra-max...