100 inch biceps? Supposedely it is true!!

Imagine that.  I was reading through some of my old magazines, and came across an article that made me laugh.  Laugh, because I used to believe this garbage.  Add two inches to your biceps in just 8 weeks was the article. Then all the weird and wacky, supposedely technical things on how to do it.  Nowhere does it mention that if you are a beginner this may (I stress, may) be true.  It has you believe that this routine has limitless results.  Let's think for a minute, and do the math.
8 weeks = 2 inches
52 weeks (in one year), a bit more than 12 inches right?
Make a commitment to using this routine for just two years, and your biceps (with no triceps, of course), would be about 25 inches. 
So if you started with a 16 inch upper arm, now you would have an extra 25 inches of biceps on that 16 inch upper arm.  Keep going, and you will get to 100, and more.
Do you get it?  Doesn't happen folks.


Then the creatine stories.  Does it help for that 5-30 second exertion?  Does it allow you a little bit more ATP regeneration? I believe yes.  Will you gain a possible 3-7 pounds in 4 weeks?  I believe yes.  I have even seen one of my students gain 20 pounds in 4 weeks. 
But the fact of the matter is, you eventually lose all that weight.
I would always hear my members with the standard response, "you keep about 70% of what you put on".
Here we go again.
70% of 7 pounds is 4.9, or lets say 5 pounds.
5 pounds in 4 weeks is what you supposedely retain right?
That is 60 pounds in one year that you will then gain.
You will gain 180 pounds of solid muscle in 3 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT BAD EH?


When I was in high school, I used to run to the post office probably twice a month, to get my order of supplements that I had been convinced were sure to work. I suppose I could have been buying harmful things instead, so I don't feel too bad.  Fact is, when all is said and done, save your money, use your given brain, and don't fall for gimmicks.  If it were all true, think of the size that everyone would be. 
The only thing that works is knowledge, enthusiasm, open mindedness, and rock-solid commitment.
Please don't be fooled like I used to be.