Well, that’s what’s ridiculous about it Hagar. I have trained my calves a good deal in the past, but now high pulls, jump shrugs, snatches, lunges, and the like are basically the extent of calf-related training for me.
On paper 16 3/4" sounds good…in real life it just doesn’t look impressive. I will say that I don’t have that natural tendency toward veiny, ripped calves, so maybe if I got shredded they’d look better.
On the first page, http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=1874173&pageNo=0 - you can see about 1/3 the way down my calves.
I think they also just tie in fairly high. Oh well…I’ll probably just do donkey calf raises with my GF on my back every day for a month when I get very concerned about them 
As far as Waterbury’s development, etc, etc…I think the physique is not the ne plus ultra indication of a great trainer. Cressey and Robertson aren’t huge and ridiculous, but they are intelligent guys. Cosgrove has been through some rough spots and isn’t in competition shape, but he isn’t any less a trainer for it. Dan John isn’t Mr. Utah, but he is probably my favorite overall writer. Go to that Animal Pak site and look at pics of “writers” and “trainers” there; just because their physiques are ridiculous doesn’t make their programs and supp recommendations good.
I mean, I think we can all agree that
a) effort
b) recovery
and
c) intelligent, individualized training
are what make a trainee progress. Dan John emphasizes a, b, and c. Waterbury and CT and most other writers tend to assume we will provide our own a and b and don’t provide c unless we pay them, so they write programs that should be effective (or admittedly in some cases simply provocative) for a mass audience.
Personally I find Waterbury’s HFT to work…it sounds great on paper, but it also works great for muscle growth. He also came along at a time when people were way too caught up in certain dogmas, and even if they don’t agree with “his” methodology 100%, everyone should be grateful he got a lot of people thinking out of the box.
Even if CW and CT agree about the basics, which I think they do, it’s better–for both of them–to publish articles that cover different subjects. I think you might have a surprisingly similar experience, should you ask both of them for one-on-one advice. As for people CW’s trained, there is a pic of a guy here ( http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1676278 ) with tattoos that Chad trained.
Personally, having experimented with body part splits, training to failure, and other “classic” ways of training BB, 3 times per week total body training with conjugated periodization and some high frequency to bring up weak spots simply works better…for me.
