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Remembering Don Howorth
Some Thoughts and Remembrances on “The Duke of Delts” Don Howorth, His Training Methodology, and His Departure from Earthly Life Even though I spend quite a bit of my time writing articles and...
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Adventures in Squat Training
This is the 2nd part of my new series on Adventures in Muscle-Building. Part One covered arm training, so read that if you haven’t yet and are interested in growing big, massive, and massively...
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Adventures in Muscle-Building, Part One: Arms
The Art of Building Big, Muscular, Powerful Arms Where exactly this new series will go, I’m not entirely sure. I want to discuss and analyze the myriad of workout routines, training techniques,...
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Odd Training Splits and Ideas (That Work)
On the Joy of Creative Training I love training for many reasons. Like a lot of lifters, I’ve always loved training because, more than anything else, I just loved the feel of moving heavy iron. I...
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Big Bench, Big Muscles
How to Gain Upper Body Mass AND Build a Big Bench Press I received an email question a couple days ago that went something like this: “Hey, C.S. I know you’ve probably written some articles about...
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Volume is King
Turn up the Volume for More Size and Strength Okay. Yeah. I know. If you’ve read even a smattering of my articles or essays, you’ve probably seen me say that squatting is king. Well, it is. If...
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Rest-Pause Training for Gaining Size or Strength
Training Ideas and Workout Plans for Power and Mass I think one of the best methods for your workouts, no matter your goals, is rest-pause training. Although when it is used, it’s done so by...
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The Mass Volume/Variation Program
High-Volume Workout Variation for Continuous Hypertrophy Gains The more advanced a bodybuilder gets, the more variation that he needs. The late strength coach Charles Poliquin believed that a...
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Understanding Work Capacity
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...
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Overtrain to Gain
How and Why Planned “Overtraining” is a Key to More Size and Strength At some point, “overtraining” became a bad word in the world of strength training and muscle building. Basically, or so the...
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Mixed Training
Use This Training Concept for Better Athletic Performance and/or New Gains in Size and Strength In my article The Fighter’s Physique, I mentioned the benefit of “weaving” together one’s strength...
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High-Volume, High-Frequency Workouts for the Natural Bodybuilder
Garrett Sloan's High-Volume Training for the Natural Bodybuilder Seeking Aesthetic PerfectionPart One: 3-Way Split Training In April, I posted an article on My Son’s High-Volume, High-Frequency...
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Ordinary Lifting is the Way
On Plain, Simple, but Effective Workouts and Progressive Training Programs Zhazhou asked Nanquan, “What is the Way?” Nanquan said, “Ordinary mind is the Way.” “Just watch children playing....
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To Kensho or Not to Kensho…
That is the QuestionOn the Importance (or Unimportance) of Spiritual “Experiences” such as Kensho and Satori in Budo Zen and Zen-Influenced BudoAre Experiences of Spiritual “Awakening” Important?...
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Bodyweight Training Using the Heavy-Light-Medium System
A Simple 3-Days-Per-Week, H/L/M Bodyweight Regimen I received an email the other day asking me if I was going to write another part of my Bodyweight Training and Beyond series. I wrote Part 3 of...
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Some Odds and Ends
Unique Training Concepts and Ideas for Gaining Size and Strength or Getting in Shape I have a lot of stuff that I’m trying to write. So much that it can get overwhelming—a book I’m trying to...
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Make 10x10 Better
Variations on the 10 Sets of 10 Reps Method for One-Exercise-Per-Bodypart Training Since the ‘90s, I’ve preached the benefits of one-exercise-per-bodypart workouts in articles I wrote for Ironman...
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The Wisdom of Train Long, Not Hard
Simple Methods to Improve Your Workouts and Obtain Better Results Over the years, one of my most popular articles has been my “Train Long, Not Hard” feature that I wrote for Testosterone Nation...
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The Power of Minimal
Minimalistic Programs for Strength and Power, Added Size, or an Aesthetic Physique The other day I was at the grocery store stocking up on meat, veggies, and my other pantry mainstay, dog food and...
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More Thoughts on Grease-the-Groove and High-Frequency Training
In my last article, I presented a few workout routines along with some training ideas for using high-frequency training (HFT) with what is commonly termed “grease-the-groove” workouts. After...
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