yungfaceb3, I like the way you take up for Arnie. He's defintely the greatest!

IMO Arnold did not grow because of the super high volume, he grew in spite of it! In the same article that Arnold admits they over-trained he also said he does not think he woud have been any bigger if he had done less. Notice he says he doesn't "think" he would have. If that be true, then over-training does not hamper gains!

I am of the belief that over-training does hamper strength gains but I also believe some are so paranoid about over-training they will never max out their potential.