Heavy Duty/HIT

[AgainstAllOdds]

I'm getting tired of high volume and I can't work out nearly as long anymore, so I want to give HIT or Heavy Duty a try -- or maybe something else that is highly intense and short.

Heavy Dutry info: http://www.smartbodybuilding.net/training/references/hd_faq.htm

Has anyone tried Heavy Duty?

The diet recommends a lot of carbs; I'm doing a low carb bulk right now, do you guys think I could go low carb while doing this?

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

And how does Arthur Jones' version of HIT differ from Mentzer's? Tried finding info on google, but couldn't find much.

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

Found something about his version of HIT. It's 1-3 sets of 10-15 reps, 27 sets total, full body 3 times weekly. That's all I could find. Couldn't find anything about what TUT he recommended, nothing about failure, negatives, etc.

 

[BIGBANGSingh]

If volume is your problem, you should definitely check out HST:
http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/hst_index.html

 

[IronLion]

I agree with the HST over the HIT....trust me on this one

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

I don't like HST...

If what I found is Arthur Jones version of hit, then it's similar to HST (full body 3x week)...which is the one I'll probably do, but also incorporate isotension, failure, absolute failure, negatives, superslow, and all the other HIT stuff.

 

[BlkWS6]

I second HST, but it sounds like your mind is already made up.

 

[casualbb]

If you're deciding between HD and HIT, definitely pick HIT. But all that uber-failure stuff sounds like a recipe for overtraining.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

HIT is ONE set to failure (not 1-3)...its a good program to establish a base for beginners or if your really tight on training time-- but for advanced lifters- strength gains come from volume & varying intensity.

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

Well there are many different versions of HIT; I'm not interested in Mentzers at all really but HD did sound interesting.. Mainly interested in Arthur Jones' version, but can't find much info on it.

I like the ideas of HIT in general because it's similar to what I'm already doing just lower volume and more failure. I'm not concerned with strength at all -- with HIT you use superslow negatives so I don't see how you think it's a strength program.