mike mentzer's H I T

[jimmy04]

was thinking of giving this style a few months tryal. each rep is 4 secs up 4 secs down with a 2 sec pause at eather end. has ne1 ever used this styl of training and what did u think of it. N E 1 have thoughts on this and a little more info as im not 2sure on sets and reps?


thanx

 

[jimmy04]

n e 1?

 

[Sigbjørn]

Most people here consider HIT to be complete shit, if I remember right.

 

[Sculelos]

Most people here consider HIT to be complete shit, if I remember right.

Yep pretty much, I tried it awhile ago but didn't see any results after several weeks so I stopped.

The Rippletoe workout has been doing me much much better so naturally I am going to stick with that.

 

[jimmy04]

The Rippletoe?

 

[Powerbuilder333]

Heavy Duty training works for short periods of time ONLY! Say a 3 week cycle followed by a more traditional aproach to training. My 2cc.

 

[jimmy04]

ok so iv just had a week off training, so i go back and start a 3 week H I T cycle then back to normal (interms of speed) training. or would every 1 just leave it alone?

 

[Bretmj1]

Rippletoe, hah - yea, H I T is a good temporary work out, i think it's more for the physical 'look'. Try out starr and riptoe 5x5, it's a great program, and depending on how you eat you can get great gains in both strength and size!

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Nothing has worked better for me than the basic linear and dual factor 5x5 for overall strength and size.

 

[coreyb]

Rippletoe is obviously the only way to train.

 

[heavy_duty]

HIT has worked for me since 1999.
I hired a HIT expert trainer to train me and my martial arts students.
I wanted to learn HIT the proper way.
For all of us our strength went through the roof.
BUT I'm talking about people who were previously only dabbling in weight training at the time.

The only 2 people who had a problem with it - for some reason - was 2 guys - one was 6' 7" tall and the other was 6' 4" tall, they both had problems dead-lifting.

I remember in 1999 we all started off with deadlift, squat, dip, close grip pulldowns...stuff like that.

Our movements were slow, controlled, specific and detailed.
Every set was timed (TUT/TUL)
Everything was recorded from week to week, small changes were made often as the trainer learned about each persons strengths, weakness and what we could tolerate.

We trained to failure (which was not hard for us as being dedicated martial artist we were able to dig down deep)

We trained once every 7 days (yah I know you guys cant do that LOL)

Many other people came to this trainer saying they knew how to train to failure and knew how to do HIT...but they could not get through the fisrt session and quit.

What can I say? I only know it does work for us but MOST people say it is shit LOL
after this many years and this many people I know it is not shit but then again we train for strength and function we DO NOT train for pump.

How good you look has much more to do with what you eat but you guys all know that.

HIT is for the patient intellectual trainee - it AINT for everybody.
A lot of bro's read 1 Mentzer article then say "yah yah I know what HIT is"

you're probably better off just sticking with high volume high frequency training if you really love going to the gym 5 nights a week.

training ONCE a week to positive/negative and static failure worked for us because it left us the other nights to train our art.

ALSO - to do it properly you need REALLY good (expensive) equipment for some of the movements where you do not use free weight-

see --> http://medxonline.com/exercise.php

 

[Skinnyarms]

only once a week eh? seems like a waste of a gym membership considering some people pay 100 bucks for one month, if I know my math that makes..............25 bucks per session, where do I find out more about High Intensity Training?

 

[heavy_duty]

only once a week eh? seems like a waste of a gym membership considering some people pay 100 bucks for one month, if I know my math that makes..............25 bucks per session, where do I find out more about High Intensity Training?

http://www.i-a-r-t.com/

 

[Skinnyarms]

Gracias Amigo!, how long have you been with the force?

 

[BigboyAl]

you need volume.. HIT might be a good 3 weeks break between heavy volume routines but in general it sucks..

 

[layinback]

mentzer made some strong contributions to bb. he was arrogant and abrasive at times and i think that turned a lot of folks off. personally i was put off by the fact that he subcribed to ayn rands philosophy of objectivism. total bullshit. i have implemented some of the basic tenants of HIT in my training routines and it has served me well. ultimately we are all lookin for results but gettin there is half the fun. i say experiment take what works for YOU and disregard the rest. mentzer's HIT works and you can not argue results but as heavy duty said "it aint for everybody."