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The Elements of Building Strength, Power, and Mass - C.S. Sloan
http://cssloanstrength.blogspot.com/ Let's take a look at what makes up all successful regimens designed to increase strength, power, and mass, whether you are trying to increase one or all three of...
View ArticleSleep -- Bill Starr (2007)
"Sleep and His Half-Brother Death"John William Waterhouse, 1874. Little Brother of DeathThis article deals with the importance of sleep for anyone wanting to gain size and strength. Sleep is often...
View ArticleArnold's Brooklyn Bodybuilding Clinic - Dean Camenares (1980)
From This Issue, June 1980.Ever wish you could be face to face with your favorite bodybuilder and ask him just about everything you could think of concerning your physical development? Well, on...
View ArticleThe Gullibility of the Powerlifter -- Rickey Dale Crain
A wise old powerlifter once said, "If Eskimos won't buy ice why will powerlifters buy Rhinoceros Powder or Pitt Bull Optimizer in a Barrel?" It's New! It's the greatest weight gain/mass-building...
View ArticlePressing Engagements -- John McKean (1998)
The author in the starting position for a reverse-grip press. Physique contests during the early sixties were always a special treat. Held after every major weightlifting event, sometimes in the wee...
View ArticleBill March - John Terpak (1964)
Article Courtesy of Liam TweedBill March, in four moves, demonstrates how to do the snatch. Upper left, he uses great strength and most powerful muscles.Below, March uses momentum for boost. "Do not...
View ArticleThe Eating Journey -- Ken Leistner (2002)
As expected, if one is involved with weight training for over forty years, a lot of territory will have been covered. Despite the number of articles already included in this series, it will remain...
View ArticleRoger Estep Q & A, Part One (1983)
COURTESY OF BOB WILDESThanks, Bob! Q: I've been powerlifting and bodybuilding for several years. I really enjoy going to both powerlifting and bodybuilding contests. I have only seen you lift three...
View ArticleRoger Estep Q & A - Part Two (1984)
Thank You to Robert Wildes.Thanks, Bob! Q: What is the best diet for me to drop a weight class and still maintain most of my strength? A: I would assume that you are talking about dropping 10-12...
View ArticleRoger Estep Q & A - Part Three (1985)
Thank You to Robert Wildes. Thanks, Bob! Q: I have been stuck a while at 270 in the press behind neck. I dumbbell press on Mondays and also bench press on that day. I press on Saturday, working up to...
View ArticleBill March - Rebecca March
My Daddy died on Sunday. While there really are no words to describe the grief and sorrow that we feel from his passing from this world, there are words, and here are some of them. Bill March, the...
View ArticleRoger Estep Q & A, Part Four (1985)
Thank You to Robert Wildes. Thanks, Bob! Q: I have lifted weights for about four years. I work out six days a week, three days on my upper body and three days on the lower part. I have these...
View ArticleRoger Estep Q & A, Part Five (1986)
Q: I am having trouble with my benches. I have tried using pyramiding, sets of 5, and am now doing single reps working up to a max single each workout, benching only when fully recovered. Notihng...
View ArticleMy First Half-Century of Training - Serge Nubret - T.C. Luoma (1992)
Seeing as it's September 22nd, our first Say What You Will Day on the blog here, I will add a few comments and asides with this one . . . Hey, we're gettin' two, count 'em TWO generations of lying...
View ArticlePower Techniqjue -- Mike Lambert
A photo sequence analysis of championship powerlifting technique by PLUSA editor Mike Lambert. Here: https://www.sqbpdl.com/2020/11/blog-post.htmlor Here:https://www.sqbpdl.com/Enjoy Your Lifting!
View ArticleQuest for Simplicity in the 21st Century -- Ron Fernando (2010)
Perhaps one of the best cars I have ever driven was my old 1980 V-8 305cc Camaro Berlinetta. I remember when I first bought it, I told the salesman that all I really wanted was a car that looked good...
View ArticleThe Shrug for Power and Development -- Bill Starr (1986)
Dezso BanMaurice JonesAnthony DitilloAs I sat on the bench to pull on my shoes and socks, I looked out the windows of the gym and saw huge, dark clouds lingering over the tops of the mountains in Ioa...
View ArticleBulking: How to Do It Properly -- Jerry O'Melveny (1986)
I used to flip on by articles on bulking up while reading my weightlifting magazines, for fear that I'd follow the advice therein and consequently get fat. Yes, believe it or not, there are many body...
View ArticleBench Routine -- Norman Zale (1981)
Pat Casey Well, I finally up and started going through my die-in, er, walk-in closet in search of bloggy substance to reincarnate for a while. The two dead wives' stuff gots to be gone now I guess,...
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