My two cents—their first principles sound seasonably sound, but the conclusions they draw from them are sometimes questionable. There were several times reading it that I almost sputtered in disbelief, thinking “dammit, that’s not how it works!” Now, some of these I can accept as simplifying things for the sake of argument, others I cannot. (Sadly, I didn’t keep notes of them. In retrospect I guess I should have.)
At times I felt the authors were somewhat condescending, too, especially when it concerned stretching. I got the impression that strength was the only measure of success they accepted, and any exercise form that contributes to other goals—like stretching to promote limberness—are therefore worthless.
My two cents—their first principles sound seasonably sound, but the conclusions they draw from them are sometimes questionable. There were several times reading it that I almost sputtered in disbelief, thinking “dammit, that’s not how it works!” Now, some of these I can accept as simplifying things for the sake of argument, others I cannot. (Sadly, I didn’t keep notes of them. In retrospect I guess I should have.)
At times I felt the authors were somewhat condescending, too, especially when it concerned stretching. I got the impression that strength was the only measure of success they accepted, and any exercise form that contributes to other goals—like stretching to promote limberness—are therefore worthless.