I used to me a Menzer fan, I also believe in short, intense, workouts, but he, like Atkins, was too dogmatic (actually, Atkins is not as strict as people think). He was an Objectivist, in the Peikoff/Rand style, and while I admired much of what he though, said, and his "rationality", he was probably wrong about some things, and would refuse to look at research data which contradicted his theories. Still one of my early influences.