It seems like 95% of the questions in this forum are from people who haven't cracked a book on training.

For those who haven't, why not?

If you want to get faster, the best way to do it is to crack a book. If you are interested, I have many suggestions and would be willing to entertain good questions from people that are willing to put some effort in for themselves.

These forums are more effective as a supplement to info you can get from books and discussions would be more interesting. I know there are lots of controversial opinions that are interesting to debate, etc. and tips and tricks that are great, but not easy to communicate to people who don't have the basics down.

Also, there are a lot of people offering BS advice that is worthless or dangerous so this applies doubly to those who haven't cracked a book and attempt to offer crap advice.