Alright, everybody simmer down and get back on track. I'd like to add something else to the original point.
All too often, people gravitate more toward the image than the message. That's why supplement companies use pros to endorse their products. People don't want to hear than that someone gained 10 pounds of muscle and went from 160 to 170. They want to see massively, ripped freakazoids! But one thing has nothing to do with the other.
On the other end, I get people who want to learn my methods because they like that "fitness model" body look -- which is more what I possess. Well...suprise! I didn't make the progress I did by doing "fitness model" exercises! I got it though hardcore bodybuilding techniques. That's the fastest, most efficient way to put on muscle whether you're 150 pounds or 250 pounds. And it doesn't matter whether your goal is to be 190 or 390. Many of the same principles apply. I think DC will agree with this.
Personally, I didn't want to be any bigger, but I can show someone how to be as big as they want, just as I'm sure DC can get someone into shape who's only desire is to look good on the beach. What works, works.
Over the years I've conducted a lot of interviews with top pros and do you know who I thought was the most knowledgabe of all? Jack LaLanne. That's right -- the guy who geared his careeer toward getting fat housewives in shape. That guy knows more than most of the people on this board, COLLECTIVELY, will ever know. And that's a a man who practices what he preaches.
But hey, some moron can take a gram and a half of gear a week and be bigger than LaLanne ever was, so why should he listen to him? That's the thinking. And that's the problem.
So the bottom line is, it's the information that counts , and the knowledge and the ablity to convey it -- as well as practicing what you preach and having the results to show for it. In that regard, the experts in the field are far and few-between.