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Originally Posted by Iguana  I believe if we ever want to look at PE from a scientific/medical stand point, we have to do more than just formulate ideas. I know others have formed "test groups" and have had little success with it. I think probably due to lack of consistency across the board and keeping participants involved. It would be nice to be able to take a theory or idea and put it out there to "prove" or "disprove." Take heat for example. We are 99% sure heat aids in stretching. We know this from the results of other non-PE related studies. But, there are guys out there who have gained without it, so we know that is possible. But, wouldn't it be nice to be able to tell newbies, "we tested 20 volunteers with the exact same routine, 10 used heat to warm up, 10 did not. After 6 weeks, the 10 using heat had 25% greater gains than those who did not use heat." |
I know exactly what you mean. Especially with the LOT theory. The last thing a new guy needs to worry about is his LOT. The first thing he needs to worry about is not going overboard. I put a lot of thought into the LOT theory, and you can check it out at Thunder's in Modesto's thread - we had quite a battle going for a few weeks (it ended in agreement).
Anyway, studies are absolutely necessary. There's no if's and's or but's about it - we need to do some studies, even if they're only via the Internet. My current plan, this thread aside, is to get my book out (I've had this bad boy sitting on my desk for way to long), as I feel it will help a lot of guys who simply don't have the time to search every piece of information.
Sometime after that, get the second PE survey going. There's a lot of unanswered questions that I'm hoping another survey can shed some light on.
Then - and this will only be able to happen with the help of others - do some studies in one form or another.