From personal experience I can say he's completely right. You may not like the presentation but this is pretty much exactly how I trained prior to people subtly accusing me of juicing.<p>I did 5 exercises: deadlift, squats, bench press, pull/chin ups, shoulder/military press.<p>Do that 2-3 times a week, track your progress with some kind of workout log, do 3 sets of 5-8 reps of each exercise, add weight once you can do more than your target reps. Keep going until you buckle, at least for the last set.<p>This takes like 45 minutes or less once you have a routine going, and it works extremely well. The only supplements worth using are creatine and if you don't get enough protein in your diet you can use protein powder. If you're unsure just have a protein shake after each workout.<p>The way I think about it is this will give you something like 90% of your possible gains, for a relatively low time investment. It may be possible to do slightly better, but you will spend twice or thrice as much time for a tiny improvement.<p>Or, as the article author points out, you may spend twice as much time for less gains. If you're fine with that that's totally fine. Go to the gym to hang out with your friends, as long as you're happy who cares. This is advice for people who go to the gym for results.