best split for maximum recoverey while using H.I.T.

[hardrock]

Please post the best split for recoverey. And I don't need any "H.I.T sucks" comments either.

 

[hardrock]

Here's what I had in mind.


day 1: chest/front delts/tris

Day 2: off

Day 3: legs/calves/medial delts

Day 4: off

Day 5: back/bi's/traps/forearms

Day 6: off

Day 7: off if necessary or repeat cycle.


Any opinions? Improvements?

 

[hardrock]

bump!

 

[Lift Chief]

That is a modified HIT routine- not how mentzer planned it out. That should work fine though assuming you do only one set to failure per muscle group. Typical HIT split as i understand it is taking 4-12 days off in between workout days. And doing half of the body at one time.

 

[hardrock]

I know it's modified. I wanted to hit entire body once a week. I am doing 2 warm up sets for each bodypart, and 2-3 working sets after.

 

[Shark01]

I follow the method outlined in Yates' Blood & Guts during the time he made his best gains:

Chest/Shoulders/Triceps

Back/Biceps/Legs

Train 3 times a week, you get in 2 workouts for each body part in 9-10 days.......works great with 5 sets per major bodypart and 3 for arms (since they already get indirect work from major bodyparts).

 

[Lift Chief]

2 or 3 warmup sets and 1 working set to total concentric muscle failure is how i would do it- but i'm sure your way will work fine as well if you have good recovery abilities.

 

[Shinobi]

Here's what I had in mind.


day 1: chest/front delts/tris

Day 2: off

Day 3: legs/calves/medial delts

Day 4: off

Day 5: back/bi's/traps/forearms

Day 6: off

Day 7: off if necessary or repeat cycle.


Any opinions? Improvements?

hardrock I used to train ECXACTLY like you!!! Although I enjoyed I wasnt noticing progress...I read once that to see progress during HIT you must be on steroids...maybe thats true...I also think its impossible to get cut using HIT. I only did cause my best friend in Portugal went to US and he got a certficate to be a HIT or SuperSlow trainer and we used to train together. During that time I was working from 5AM till 7PM and I was training at 9PM but my workout would last between 28-35minutes. I also read that HIT is more of a mental thing and sure it is cause you have only 1/2 chances to give your best on an exercise so if u give it up too early you dont have another set. I would like to know if someone from here used steroids while on HIT

 

[hardrock]

I know this is not H.I.T.. It's more of a low volume high intensity workout.

anyone else?

 

[musketeer]

Surely Dorian made his best gains from:

1/ Chest, Back Shoulders

2/ off

3/ Legs & Arms

4/ off

5/ repeat (right???)

anyhow heres my HIT split:

Mon-- Chest

Tues-- Back

Wed-- Off

Thurs-- Shoulders, Tris

Fri-- Biceps, Calves, Abs, Forearms

Sat-- Quads & Hams

Sun-- Off

 

[Shinobi]

I thought that the HIT routine was divided in exercises that pushs and exercises that pull. Monday(push)Wednesday(pull)Firday(push)

 

[hardrock]

I thought that the HIT routine was divided in exercises that pushs and exercises that pull. Monday(push)Wednesday(pull)Firday(push)

Like I said this is not a standard H.I.T. program. It's more of a lower(than regular) volume, high intensity workout.

 

[Shark01]

Surely Dorian made his best gains from:

1/ Chest, Back Shoulders

2/ off

3/ Legs & Arms

4/ off

5/ repeat (right???)

Thats not what he said in the book......

 

[Tim_Bass]

Rest times depends on you, and how much you actually exhaust yourself. It will take some fine tuning to figure out how much rest you need.

I train:

1: Chest/tris/abs

2: Quads/calves/abs

3: Back/bis

4: Hamstrings/shoulders

5-7 off (cardio if on cycle)

This is what my trainer gave me, anyways. It works pretty well, I'm not sure how it stacks against more traditional HIT routines.