I bet DLD thinks -MAN I'D BE AT 12" if I had the knowledge I have now when I started- People tend to forget how hard it is for the first one. He made tons of mistakes, and suffered injuries probably one of each kind we all speak about, but yet he still pushed on and look at what he accomplished setting his own standards, exercises, rules, and routine. Now we all get his hardwork handed to us and if we have the same mindset and push DLD had we can make just as amazing of gains as him because we have his experience on our side already. We don't have to guess if this stretch will be worth doing or if this is the right amount of time to do this DLD already figured out what was best and what would be to much so now if we follow his routine and put in the effort he did...hell in 5 years some of us may even surpass his gains! You just have to believe and put in the work.