Some very good points made!

You know lots of people have many good ideas on the surface but fail to execute those ideas well from a programming perspective.

The thing about variety as it applies to typical bb'rs is that the variety is there both for the "sake of variety" meaning variety in itself is some prerequisite for growth OR the variety is there in the interest of 1001 isolation to "target" one little muscle. That would be something Rip would probably criticize and be right on the money in doing so.

That is not the kind of variety I am talking about. I am talking about variety for the sole purpose of either preventing or correcting imbalances...much like Anuj pointed out about Waterbury's programs. It is done from a functional perspective and not from a "bodypart" perspective.

I agree completely that people should be aware of the target audience of the programs they contemplate but it doesn't matter if it's just to get bigger and stronger or for sports if your training is unbalanced in the long run. Unfortunately what we have been taught about balanced programs for the most part is BS. Lots of us think, based on what we know, that what we are doing is balanced, and yet we get lots of injuries and setbacks (on average).

The problem with Waterbury as I see it, btw, is that he is all about the details but doesn't have the big picture. I've said before that is is always better to start from the broader perpective...the general, and from there focus in to the details. NOT the other way around.

Anuj made a very valid point in that regard because he basically looked at the big picture first. How can I progress? And while the details may be facinating they don't help you after your alloted time is up. But this is the way these guys make themselves seem indispensable to those who don't know better. Basically the line is "here is a program for you to do X amount of time and meanwhile stay tuned for the next one".

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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.