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CFD · 01-01-2014, 10:18 PM

We're obviously never going to see eye to eye on this, for some reason you idolize the west side gym. There have been many bodybuilders, powerlifters, Olympic champions and others who never stepped foot in the west side gym. They are not the only ones with training methods that work. There are many that could care less about trying to achieve the goals a lot of their members are.

For some reason you also keep referring to the "old way" of training, which by the way is still practiced by many trainers with fantastic results. In fact, many trainers and coaches still use the old way to build a basic foundation of strength to grow on.

I also don't understand the work up and then start over you keep mentioning. I myself have been lifting for only a few years but do not start over, every year I am lifting more and getting stronger, how is this starting over.

You also make it sound like you will keep packing on muscle indefinitely, it won't happen. You are limited to what you can achieve by a bunch of different factors, granted you can keep progressing, for how long I'm not sure yet as far as I go, as I am still progressing but not at a rate you seem to imply and there will be times where you stall or hit a plateau, sometimes because of injury, overtraining, inadequate caloric intake or a host of other factors, you can overcome it, sometimes just by changing up a routine, sometimes by diet some times just by taking a break or de-loading a little to provide some recovery time.

Now, even in the case of those monsters at the westside gym who undoubtedly use steroids and other drugs, they at some point will reach there limits.

People have a choice and should choose a form of training that meets their goals and expectations, your way, my way or the west side way may be right for you, me or them but not necessarily for the next guy.

01-01-2014, 10:18 PM	#1241
CFD Drives: 2SS/RS L99 BLACK Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Franklin , MA Posts: 6,696	We're obviously never going to see eye to eye on this, for some reason you idolize the west side gym. There have been many bodybuilders, powerlifters, Olympic champions and others who never stepped foot in the west side gym. They are not the only ones with training methods that work. There are many that could care less about trying to achieve the goals a lot of their members are. For some reason you also keep referring to the "old way" of training, which by the way is still practiced by many trainers with fantastic results. In fact, many trainers and coaches still use the old way to build a basic foundation of strength to grow on. I also don't understand the work up and then start over you keep mentioning. I myself have been lifting for only a few years but do not start over, every year I am lifting more and getting stronger, how is this starting over. You also make it sound like you will keep packing on muscle indefinitely, it won't happen. You are limited to what you can achieve by a bunch of different factors, granted you can keep progressing, for how long I'm not sure yet as far as I go, as I am still progressing but not at a rate you seem to imply and there will be times where you stall or hit a plateau, sometimes because of injury, overtraining, inadequate caloric intake or a host of other factors, you can overcome it, sometimes just by changing up a routine, sometimes by diet some times just by taking a break or de-loading a little to provide some recovery time. Now, even in the case of those monsters at the westside gym who undoubtedly use steroids and other drugs, they at some point will reach there limits. People have a choice and should choose a form of training that meets their goals and expectations, your way, my way or the west side way may be right for you, me or them but not necessarily for the next guy.