I have two of Max Shank's books and have tried his stuff. I'm not close-minded to calisthenics or other ways of doing things, though I found the progressions in SHank's UA to be too frustrating, time-consuming, and lacking in results to continue. YMMV.
I am not dogmatically pro-barbell, though I agree with VonMeister that it's a very efficient tool. I gave him a hard time about DR. FEIGENBAUM, MD because of how dogmatic the egotistical doctor was. People who are too dogmatic have blind spots. I think about your approach to strength and conditioning is pretty dogmatic, just the other way. When you push too hard, it's off-putting, just like DR. FEIGENBAUM, MD's "I FVCKING LOVE SCIENCE!" marketing/narcissism. He is quite punchable.
I posted some stuff from the Red Delta Project I may try next, which is calisthenics-based. For hypertrophy, I tend to do a lot of bodyweight stuff anyways. I'm not trying to get as strong as I was 5 years ago because I got bored of it. That may change.