mentzer swore by the biggest piece of dog shit study ever put to paper (the colorado study) in an attempt to get ahead of the "alternative" fitness industry scams and sell arthur jones gym equipment. basically, mentzer sings about the wonders of exercising once in a blue moon. i mean just look how great he and dorian yates look like? he just neglects to mention that you also need to do an ungodly amount of steroids and have the genes of a greek god. > look at me, look at me, i look great, buy arthur jone's shit so i can get a kick back. rest is important. rest is when muscles grow. a lot of novice/intermediate lifters either do not understand this or deny it, but it's the truth. no serious exercise scientist denies this. the professionals may deny it but that's because they're addicted and genetically gifted (also mentzer). for the beginner lifter, the hit philosophy of muscular failure can be useful in that it teaches the lifter how to work hard. however, study after study suggest that more reps promotes more growth. once again, if you do all the steroids, you can do hit and see results too, but for natural lifters, more reps are necessary for optimal growth stimulus.
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