"Part of the success of my work, I believe, has been the result of my willingness to make of myself a human guinea pig, in order to prove on my own body the practicability and truth of the training system and methods of living I advocate.
My special twenty weeks\' training which took place in my thirty-fifth year, culminating in the winning of the professional heavyweight lifting championship.
On several occasions in the past I have trained intensively for a period, to prove one of my theories. "Part of the success of my work, I believe, has been the result of my willingness to make of myself a human guinea pig, in order to prove on my own body the practicability and truth of the training system and methods of living I advocate