Is low-volume training correlated with mental instability?

[Titus Pullo]

I did for a couple months.

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I remember that, though I think they initially promoted partial rep training...Power Factor Training, I believe it was called? 

I was a dumb teenager at the time and I briefly fell for that.  The sudden transition to much heavier weights actually did work for a couple of months and I definitely grew, but there was almost zero carryover to full-range strength, contrary to the bullshit those guys suggested in their book. 

[Titus Pullo]

Me too.  I think I bought them all.  Some had some decent info but most were trash.  They all left out the real secret ingredient (steroids).

Amen.

[Humble Narcissist]

I

I remember that, though I think they initially promoted partial rep training...Power Factor Training, I believe it was called? 

I was a dumb teenager at the time and I briefly fell for that.  The sudden transition to much heavier weights actually did work for a couple of months and I definitely grew, but there was almost zero carryover to full-range strength, contrary to the bullshit those guys suggested in their book. 

Yes, they had both programs.  Power Factor Training morphed into Static Contraction Training.  They had charts and graphs "proving" more strength and muscle was created using their systems.  It was "scientific."  It was also bullshit and who knows how many injuries occurred and muscle lost following them.

[Rmj11]

Peter Sisco and John Little created Static Contraction Training in the 90's where they had you just doing isometric holds for 60 seconds per exercise.  They advocated taking more and more time off as you got stronger.  Eventually you were taking months off between workouts 

BTW, Sisco and Little both looked like total shit while promoting this scam and the "science" behind it.  They even had Tony Robbins promoting this to his customers as the maximum strength training program.

John Little. One of the biggest liars in the industry. Never liked the guy because he is simply full of (s)hit. See what I did there.

Anyhow I had a debate with the Little man and he falsely claimed that Steve Reeves did the one set to failure guff in his later years and gained an additional 30 pounds of muscle. I called him out on his lying BS claims since Reeves had never said anywhere he did the one set to failure scheme and gained more muscle than ever.

[Rmj11]

One of the best low volume advocate. One of the few who did HIT. Classic line, mass and no injuries.

Actually he did high volume. Not hit.

[Humble Narcissist]

John Little. One of the biggest liars in the industry. Never liked the guy because he is simply full of (s)hit. See what I did there.

Anyhow I had a debate with the Little man and he falsely claimed that Steve Reeves did the one set to failure guff in his later years and gained an additional 30 pounds of muscle. I called him out on his lying BS claims since Reeves had never said anywhere he did the one set to failure scheme and gained more muscle than ever.

Sisco and Little probably made millions off their bullshit while one was skinny and the other a fat fuck. No one seemed to ask why they looked like shit when they could have worked out once a month and had great physiques according to their "research."