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There isn't a cult of Ayn Rand. I have seen interview with this guy on Frontpage Magazine and he did pique my interest but I think I'll pass having read about his ad hominem attack.

No it isn't. I do have grounds. I tried conventional volume training years (3-4 sets per exercise) and years ago and it didn't work. How about gross overtraining? How about high volume, low intensity training? Does that do it? Feelings alone? My training log tells otherwise. Those are the only ones that count as far as I am concerned. Since I gained the square root of sod all when I was volume training, that does indeed make a fair comparison. ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! There have been 'studies' which 'proved' steroids don't work. I've seen plenty of false studies. The only studies that count are those done in the gym on yourself. Indeed it does. RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT FEELINGS. I read the theory for HST and it is just volume training with nobs on. That's you that said that, not me. Scale? It takes weeks to gain weight and that's assuming that weight is gained evenly. My point about the 30 pound gain averaging out to slightly over one ounce a day. And what if I was on the wrong track and didn't know it? With Heavy Duty, I find out straight away. With your system, I'd could waste months spinning my wheels. It's superior to those system's that don't work.

Simply because the intellectuals share the ideas and premises of Lenin and Hitler. National and Soviet Socialism are nearly identical as we all know.

That's good enough for me. That is singularly untrue. Yes and I'm not going to. My workout results are measured accurately and not by feelings. The Pope is catholic. This is both arbitrary and irrational I read the theory for HST. It doesn't fit with what I have found to be true. I don't have access to equipment for measuring my lean mass. Mentzer recommends training for strength and says that size will follow. I did just that and it worked. End of story.

I know that. Kindly stop stating the obvious. I know for a fact that it works. I've tested it on myself. That is certainly true of Heavy Duty. I read the theory of HST and concluded that it was a load of wash. How exactly do you measure the results of this system, from workout to workout, given that a 30 pound gain in muscle averages out to slightly over an ounce a day? How do you measure hypertrophy?

Most of it was muscle. I train on my own so machines come in handy. Breweries make beer. Scotch can only be made in Scotland BTW.

I don't find 'Studies show that.......' statements convincing. My results are convincing enough to the person that counts - me. (I love that emoticon)

I am not even going to try that. I plan to keep the force and the impact nice and low thank you. Training on and off for countless years. I've been on the Mentzer system for 6.5 years. I'm not a very consistent trainer as my work has me travelling a fair amount. so that has hurt my progress. I have a very bad sweet tooth and I'm partial to Scotch which doesn't help me no doubt. I have gone from 210 lbs to 280 lbs and gained 3.5 inches on my biceps. My bench is up 200% to 140 kg (I've never been a good bench presser), My squat is 180 Kg on the smith machine (I'd rather fight Mike Tyson than do free bar squats),I can do dips with 35 kg of weight added when I previously couldn't do 1 at 210lbs. My calf raise is 273kg. None of this is probably impressive but they have been good gains for me as someone who is not naturally athletic in anyway and I make steady progress whenever I can get a run of workouts together. My goal is to add weight and reps to my workouts as often as possible. I'll still pass and, besides, there are no distilleries in New York. (I love that emoticon)

I don't and I never have. Those athletes were recuperative freaks anyway before they used steroids. Why discredit pregressive resistance? Surely any system that works is progressive. It wasn't your gains I was talking about. I wanted you to justify your system INTELLECTUALLY . In the same way that my arteries harden at the thought of a fried Mars Bar (very popular here), my joints and ligaments are screaming at the mere thought of such a workout. I'll stick with Heavy Duty which is nice and safe and efficacious. I live in Scotland, I'll pass. (I love that emoticon)

Numerous studies carried out in my gym on me conclude that this is absolute piffle and that Heavy Duty rules. (I love that emoticon)

Professional bodybuilders are genetic freaks, especially in terms of the recuperative abilities. Mike Mentzer's system will have you in the gym for about an hour or less per week. And it is not just any workout that will give you gains. Most recommended training routines consist of gross overtraining. So what? Very few professional bodybuilders (except for Dorian Yates) use Mike Mentzer's system. And most athletes at the top of their game are genetic freaks. ANd most professional weightlifters are on steroids as well. Why don't you tell us why your recommended system works and what it consists of? Just recommendations aren't good enough for me.

Is that not J.R.R. Tolkien you are thinking of? (I love that emoticon).

Marx's theory of exploitation should be dismissed, out of hand, as an inversion of both reality and the meaning of words. It is also a rationalization. If free trade is 'exploitation' then that allows commies to fantasise about taxing, looting, smashing, raping, pilaging and killing. Pure and simple.

The French? Civilized? And that's before we consider the Arab world.

Heavy Duty rules. (I love that emoticon.)

"Anecdotally, Heavy Duty is obviously and severely flawed. It dismisses the possibility of significant muscular growth arising from anything other than brief, infrequent, maximal exertions. In practice however, most successful bodybuilders develop their physiques doing almost exactly the opposite." And most successful bodybuilders are recuperative and genetic freaks augmented by vast consumption of steroids. I also disagree with the article's definition of intensity. I agree with Mentzer's definition as intensity of effort. The article is decidely concrete bound. Mentzer recommended heavy, basic exercise because they stimulate more muscle groups than isolation exercises. "But Mentzer’s Heavy Duty System explains that while weight is important, you have to use more in the way of drop sets, forced reps, super sets etc as you grow and develop." And the article ignores that Mentzer recommended a decrease in volume and frequency as you progress. That article is dire. BTW it was Casey Viator who regained the 60 lbs of muscles in a month after he recovered from injury.

Ladies and gentlemen, you are being trolled by WorthyLover. Why do so many people here insist on feeding the trolls.

I found this interesting: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadA...le.asp?ID=15499 "We need to engage more directly and more respectfully with Islam, with the state of Islam, with religious leaders, mullahs, imams, clerics, in a way that proves this is not a clash with the British and the Americans and the old forces they remember from the colonial days. " "We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance. As a former law-enforcement person, I know we're never going to end prostitution. We're never going to end illegal gambling. But we're going to reduce it, organized crime, to a level where it isn't on the rise. It isn't threatening people's lives every day, and fundamentally, it's something that you continue to fight, but it's not threatening the fabric of your life." http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadA...le.asp?ID=15504 is a response.

Spring festival April 29th to May 2nd. Long weekend as is the Autumn Festival held on the last weekend in September.

Yes, but you only have to be 18 to drink at all in Scotland so why not come to the May festival in Dufftown (where Glenfiddich is distilled)?

If you train for strength, you will eventually gain muscle and weight. If you can maintain your strength to weight ratio then you will be all right.

Try this link: http://www.nmwl.no for the Norwegian Malt Whisky Society. I'm in a few of the photographs from the Speyside festivals. If you e-mail them, tell them that the guy who carried Ragnhild home recommended you.

Just think, in less than a year's time you'll be able to join your fellow countrymen and women on a pilgrimage to Dufftown to sample the Whisky festival. www.dufftown.co.uk

Thank you very much. (I love that emoticon). It drives me up the wall when someone comes to troll and objectivists insist on point-by-point refutations the length of LOTR.

I'm always suspicious when someone makes a controversial post and doesn't follow it up. Quite a few of the Objectivists here should read J.R.R. Tolkien and learn to spot a troll.