the program will probably work well for you at first, as i said just about any program will, but dont use the first few months results as "proof" that it is a sound method of training. if that were the case then pretty much ALL methods of training would be considered sound. myself, HIThopper and Jeffo all stuck with it way longer than we should have and paid the price with a lot of wasted time.

btw, when you say "volume training" you are being incredibly vague! what were you doing? 6 days a week 20 sets per bodypart or 4 days a week 20 sets per entire session? Despite what most HIT and HD advocates spout off, the term "volume training" is NOT an all-encompassing statement describing every other method of training outside of the HIT-HD bubble. Mentzer himself used the term "blind-non-theoretical volume training" many many times to describe all other training methods except HIT and HD. i often wonder if the only other method of training Mentzer even knew about was the junk espoused in the Weider mags!

i say go ahead and give it a try, you may make some very good gains at first! after you've eeked all you can from it, move onto something better.

__________________