I don't get his weird claims some times- other than that the guy has some valuable tips to share.
I remember a t-nation article by Christian Thibidaue(sp?) where he talks about growth spurts whether it comes to strength training or bodybuilding. For example being stuck on bench for a few weeks or a month then adding 10-20 lbs in 2-3 weeks. I wonder if hypertrophic gains are made the same way, i.e. not in a gradual linear fashion but in rapid growth spurts, even if it is not to the degree that Poliquin claims?
Just throwing it out there for discussion.
Bill Starr was a big believer in biorhythms controlling performance, I do put some stock in it the older I get-
http://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2009/03/biorhythms-bill-starr.html .
As for Poliquin, the older stuff is awesome, but now you've really got to pick and chose. Guys that has seen him train his real clients, mention that it is very basic, not like his newest stuff. I think he's at the point that he writes some of this stuff just to remain in the public eye. After all, there's only so mush you can write about getting bigger, faster, stronger, or leaner without repeating yourself. Probably gets a kick out of making people believe this stuff also.
Here's a gem from him-
When you get bit by a brown recluse, you get necrotic fasciaitis, so people who get bit in the nose can lose their nose, people who get bit in the arm can lose their arm, etc, so by doing the super-high dose of Vitamin C—I was getting 180 grams twice a day–by IV, I was able to save my tissue.
However, interestingly, the guy told me that he had to monitor my blood sugar every 20 minutes. He said that such a high dose of Vitamin C has a considerable glycemic response, so I actually had to drink a gallon of grape juice while getting this Vitamin C treatment because my blood sugar levels were just falling,
However, after doing the Vitamin C, and despite ingesting so many carbs, I was actually leaner when I left the clinic!
Then I went on-line and found the research that intravenous Vitamin C changes insulin sensitivity, so I started experimenting on myself. I was at 6% body fat when I started to do 180 grams of Vitamin C twice a week for a month, and I got down to 2.8% body fat without changing anything else. I asked the doctors on my staff to start using the procedure on my athletes and we figured out that in 4 weeks, we could get body composition changes in 4 weeks that we normally get in 10 weeks.
