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.