Originally Posted by JJ_Sungirl

Dane, I appreciate your curiosity. I am a certified personal trainer, fitness instructor and I go to school for Sports Medicine. I think that our education on fitness, although similiar is not going to bring us to agreement on this point. All I can say for my "rationale" is that I know what sort of periodized training works best for my body and I have been lifting weights for years. I vary my training frequently to maintain the muscle size I have been able to accumulate over the years, regardless of how many calories I am taking in.