shred_head

High-Intensity Training....has anyone else heard of this? Notice that this is not the same thing as High-Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T). I read about this a couple months ago when I was looking to get away from my high volume 3-day splits (which tended to last for around 2-4hrs a day). It had apparently been brought to attention my champion bodybuilder Mike Mentzer and then by Dorian Yates. But anyway, it basically stresses short high intensity workouts, often doing just 2 sets per exercise with just 5-8 reps per set and usually doing just 1-2 exercises per muscle group.

I was very skeptical of this workout when I first read about it, as apparently most people were, but I've been doing it for only about 2 months and I think it really works. This <a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/johnprogram.htm">article</a> is what got me into it. I was just curious if anyone else on here as heard of it or tried it and what they think of it.

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Cowman

oops
I thought you said something else

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hannukah harry

i've heard of it, but never tried it. my instincts tell me that it will probalby work, as metzner said he used it, but that you need good nutrition, good form, and good genetics for it to work. it probably works for some and not others.

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rekinom

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shred_head

No rekinom, those articles are referring to HIIT, not HIT, and there is a difference. HIIT applies to aerobic exercises, whereas HIT applies to anaerobic exericise, i.e. weight training.

And hanukkah harry you're probably right in that it takes good nutrition and good form to work. The routine is to make the muscles look better as opposed to be the strongest, it's a bodybuilding routine more than a power lifting routine. But for the good form remark, you won't get anywhere in weight training if you don't use good form, or at least not anywhere near where you could be if you used good form.

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apeman

i'm no expert, but I'm coming to the conclusion that different things work for different people... i'm kind of experimenting with different weight/reps/sets combinations so i'll check the article out ... thanks!

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blahblah454

isnt high intensity for strength traning? because strength training and mass training are completely diferent.
strength is low # of reps with high weight
and mass is large number of reps with mid-lower weight

shred_head

Yes, but with this high intensity workout you don't end up using large weight because of how each rep is done. Each rep of this H.I.T. workout should take between 6-8 seconds, with the negative movement taking 4 seconds and the positive movement taking between 2-4 seconds. Because of this large amount of time needed for each rep it makes it difficult to use large weight.

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