Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy

And be that as it may, such training does have an effect on my legs. So if one hasn't tried it, it may be incorrect to knock it down by quoting first principles. One doesn't always arrive at the correct answer by reasoning from first principles. Hence the need for the scientific method. I get the feeling that those who say it can't work are being rather too Aristotelian and forgetting the advances made during and since the Renaissance.