Hello,
@North Coast Miller
I tried the Sandow's light dumbbell routine for a while. It is actually quite hard to accurately control all the muscle (for instance, max relaxation of the triceps, full contraction of the biceps, during a curl). However, progression is fast. It tranfers very well to daily life. For instance, when you lift something or punch or whatever, it teaches you how to get maximal result with the very minimal amount of energy expenditure.
David Bolton in his book "The Lost Secret to a Great Body" deeply got into this routine and get impressive physique (very lean, very muscular, but not "bodybuilding") and also got nice physical performance.
Maxick and MonteSaldo training (muscle control only) is supposed to give similar results. However, it almost turns into "internal martial arts". This is very interesting to learn how our body works though:
Philosophy, Science and Practice of MAXALDING
I guess they still perform a few heavy lifts "here and there" though. However, if they trained like that for real, this is impressive...
Kind regards,
Pet'