HIT Training...

[Blood&Iron]

PDA makes incremental plates. If I remember correctly, they go down to 1/4 of a lb. I think they also make mini magnetic ones that you can stick to dumbbells.

 

[DaCypher]

PDA makes incremental plates. If I remember correctly, they go down to 1/4 of a lb. I think they also make mini magnetic ones that you can stick to dumbbells.

Thats cool, do they have a website?

 

[Blood&Iron]

PDA is located at:

http://www.fractionalplates.com

 

[MonStar1023]

The training that I am doing now is the closest thing to HIT Training I have ever done- around 8 total sets for large bodyparts and 4-6 for smaller bodyparts.. seems to be working well...

 

[Glootz]

I have utilized HIT for over a year now, and I have seen gains in mass. Every other week, it's time for "GLOOTZ HOUSE OF PAIN"

 

[TAGMAN]

Hey Glootz,

When you said "every other week", is that how often you workout? With HIT, it is important to get the proper rest between workouts. I train every 7 days.

 

[Guinness]

Tagman,

Yeah, if you find that study, I'd be interested in a copy too....I'm always interested in seeing hard science when it comes to training, instead of always relying on anecdotal evidence.

I read HIT and started doing it several months ago, but lately I've moved back towards more volume. I think I'm going to go back to HIT and give my bod a rest and see if I grow a little better with less volume. I still incorporate some of the premises of HIT like 2-4 rep cadence, strict form and sets to failure, but I'm doing way more volume than strict HIT would recommend. I'm also doing more specialized, isolation movements than most of the HIT stuff I've seen talks about. Most of the HIT stuff I've seen tells you to focus on compound movements, and to leave the isolation stuff alone, because you hit muscles like bi's and tri's well enough with the compound movements like pullups and bench (etc).

What kind of routine are you HIT-ers doing these days? Post 'em for comparison...

 

[calvesodeath]

Doing HIT for about a year now and have seen great gains in terms of size and strength

 

[the nature boy]

quick qestion on HIT.

How can you train your body with only 2 or 3 training days per week?

Thanks

 

[Guinness]

Nature Boy,

I'll probably screw this up a bit, because I'm a bit fuzzy on what I read a while ago about HIT (so correct me if I'm wrong HIT-ers), but essentially, HIT believes you should do each body part once a week, maybe twice if you do something like 2 workouts a week, full body each time.....You get in there, you completely blast yourself (failure on all sets) in a short amount of time, keeping the volume low, but the intensity super high and then you get the hell outta the gym and eat and recover. HIT believes that traditionally bodybuilders over train entirely too much, and they basically discount periodization and high volume approaches. They aren't saying that people can't have success on these types of systems...obviously, thousands of people have developed massive physiques on higher volume approaches, but they argue that high volume isn't the most efficient way of doing things. In fact, they say that you could achieve the same results with less time in the gym if you followed HIT principles and allowed your body to recover fully before going back in and blasting your muscles again.

I probably missed a lot and over-generalized, but I think that's pretty much the krux of what HIT says.

Anyone else care to add?