I feel it is true to some extent. But, I feel that there is that flaw with a Max-OT routine. Max-OT doesn't acknowledge that there is an overlap in muscles worked, even though it's a small one. You could do chest on Monday, then on Thursday do close/reverse grip bench for your triceps, that also works chest.

The problem is that with the whole "one muscle group per day", to me it looks like you grow for 2 days, then maintain the rest of the week.
Example: Mondays are for Chest day. You murder your chest on Monday. Microtrauma happens. For the rest of Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday your muscle adheres to supercompensation->rebuilds, pulls back in nutrients, grows. There even might still be some light DOMS left over. From then on, it looks like Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday you're just trying to maintain the gains you got from Monday (chest). Speaking from experience with Max-OT, my first set on anything never = what I finished with that previous week. Using bench press for example, I always felt like I had the same strength as all the previous workouts because of all that time inbetween. Even though there is an overlap, I always still hit that brick wall after 3-4 weeks IMO. That's why I dumped it because I personally side more with frequency and my gains tell the tale.

So to compensate for this, Brad, just try and keep on adding the weight until you can't anymore. Max-OT will keep your gains coming so long as you continue to progress wo heavier weights. Once you reach the limit, dump the program for something else.

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