Heavy weight-low rep vs medium weight-higher rep?

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Arguing over training systems what works, what doesn't, what's a beginner / advanced program, gets silly after a while. Bottom line, you must train in a means that accomplishes your goals and within a system that "speaks" to you. It's hard to argue with people like Shaw and Dan John who are incredibly accomplished in this field and they all have some similar yet different approaches. Mix in other's like Charles Poliquin, Louis Simmons, John Meadows and you'll find many varied approaches.

It comes down to understanding one's goals, being aware of what training systems are available that show positive results towards such a goal, or work with an intelligent fitness professional. Once you get to that point, just use what appeals to you most.

When it comes to myself I'm not very objective and I overthink my own training plan, so I actually use existing plans. It's quite sad that I'm not more objective with myself, but it is what it is. Wendler's Maximal Training method (Beyond) was good to me for a long time, even before I went to school, and then I messed around on my own and had some good results, tried JTS 2.0 and it was up and down, found myself coming back to Wendler's system. Sometimes it takes time to find what truly works for you but when you do you'll know it.