Hit....

[Illuminati]

Why do people call it "high intensity?" High intensity is defined as 1 or 2 reps with over 90% of your 1RM. Doing 8 or more reps is low intensity...shit makes no sense to me.

 

[Cynical Simian]

Inaccurate nomenclature is the least of HIT's problems...

 

[silver_shadow]

well... if you've seen the mentzer HIT site and realize how illogical the training is, then you'll understand why it's called high intensity as well. there was a thread about it awhile back http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=482897&page=1&pp=20
somewhere in it, i've posted a link to mentzers site as well as some quotes... good for some laughs

 

[c3bodybuilding]

As other's have put, that's the least of hits problems. It's really ashame, because Mike should have taught what he really did back in the 70's. He started with full body routines with all compound lifts, done 3x a week, and then at his peak was doing a mon/tues-thur/fri split, hitting everything twice. Mike became mentally ill after the 1980 O and was put in an institution more than once. He also used a large amount of speed, crystal meth, etc. His teachings and beliefs from the late 80s until his death are not something I would recommend to anyone. It's not so much that Mike was dumb or lying, he was just far too lost and bitter.

 

[silver_shadow]

As other's have put, that's the least of hits problems. It's really ashame, because Mike should have taught what he really did back in the 70's. He started with full body routines with all compound lifts, done 3x a week, and then at his peak was doing a mon/tues-thur/fri split, hitting everything twice. Mike became mentally ill after the 1980 O and was put in an institution more than once. He also used a large amount of speed, crystal meth, etc. His teachings and beliefs from the late 80s until his death are not something I would recommend to anyone. It's not so much that Mike was dumb or lying, he was just far too lost and bitter.

that is pretty interesting