I definitely agree with you in general 0311 and were I to disect the details I wouldn't be disagreeing with every point he makes. But you can agree with the details and not subscribe to the message which is too extreme for my taste. There is no other reason to write articles like this except to drum up newby clients. Anybody who really is doing a ridiculous 4 or 5 day split with way too much is certainly going to benefit I think from his ideas.

If it helps a lot of people at bb.com even if it gives them the wrong message in the long run, I guess that's ok.

I don't know how he is in the ballpark of overtraining with his description of it. His target object may be neophytes but his actual audience is more than that. If anyone believes that overtraining is defined by not recovering then they better be doing HIT! Any program that is optimized enough to allow for the best gains and progression over the short term is going to build up some fatigue and recovery debt. You wait long enough for full recovery to take place and you are very likely to have detrained any neural gains thus making progress very touch and go.

No matter if I agree with him on certain points I don't think it is going to help the majority of trainers to tell them if they stall on a lift they're overtraining! Bottom Line. I don't care about the trees I'm talking about the forest. It's such a hodgpodge of beliefs.

I get sick of hearing the word OVERTRAINING shouted from the mountains all the time. I could be wrong but adapting his philosophy completely could have many chronically under-reaching. For some extreme types they may be better off under-reaching but YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

I do believe most beginners would be better off under-reaching compared to what they do..I certainly won't dispute that! I've sent that message enough myself. But I also believe that this beginner doesn't have to choose between extremes in terms of recovery.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.