Most posts on this have been by very experienced trainees with reason to question these “limits”, and concerns about the effect on newbie motivation from reading this. I’ve only been training for a year. I liked the article. I look at it as a convenient description of the physiques of the best Golden Age bodybuilders, which is a look I would be happy to achieve.
I’m not comfortable asking muscular men at the gym how much they weigh, so I can only guess how much more muscle I’ll need to gain to get a particular visual effect. This data fit is helpful in that regard, and just generally interesting. I think the experienced guys already have a good feel for this, but I don’t. It’s a little surprising how low my predicted “maximum” weight is, and I certainly wouldn’t stop short at that weight if I hit it. Maybe I’m fatter than caliper measurements say.
In any case, I find it to be positive motivation - maybe I’m not so many pounds of muscle away from a standout physique as I’d thought. I think the criticisms by Sentoguy and others are valid, but I still think it’s a useful article.
- MarkT
