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Jeezus.
Is anyone on this board actually dumb enough to give this guy the benefit of the doubt on such obvious BULLSHIT?
Let's see.........
155 pounds in 6 months=25.83lbs per month=1.16lbs per day, roughly of supposed solid bodyweight. If even 50% of that was lean muscle mass that would still be 77.5lbs in 6 MONTHS, let alone 155lbs! Um, sorry, I don't think so, even on massive doses of roids and GH and whatever else.
I recall a guy gaining approximately 63lbs of lean muscle mass in under a month. Oh ya, that guy was CAsey Viator. Also, he was regaining muscle mass to previous levels, not building entirely new muscle mass. AND, he was probably on anabolics. In fact, I'd guess that's kind of a duh, even though he has awesome genetics and denies it, BUT COME ON. The so called style of hit he performed was much different then what this guy suposedly does. He did 3 fullbody workouts per week. This guy would probably call that gross overtraining.
I love these HIT Jedi's!
I used to be one back in the day, but I saw the light.
There is NO best way!
There are good ways, ok ways, and bad ways and many more shades of gray ways.
No one program is gonna be best for anyone.
1 set to true momentary muscular failure with a hard static and negative on that last impossible rep for even 4-5 exercises=CNS debilitation for at least a week for me. Very little muscle gain. Good strength gain, but not necessarily better than what can be done with other methods. And I feel like crap afterwards for several days and my strength is nill.
But, I can do 10x3 on bench and 1-2 sets of 3-4 exercises after that just shy of failure for one bodypart, and train 4 days a week doing a different bodypart each day(2 on 1 day) and gain muscle mass and strength at a very fast rate, without once ever having gone to failure. Plus I feel great from it.
These hit Jedi's have 3 MAJOR and fundamental flaws with their beliefs.
1. We are all different. What works for you, MAY not work for me, or not as well or even better than it works for you. There's no guarantee's. You have to learn how to train yourself for optimal results from lots of experimentation. Experiment all the time.
2. You have taken the concept of intensity and taken it from a scientific fact(% of 1RM equals actual intensity level, where your 1RM max is 100% and every thing less is a lower % or intensity level because lets face it, if you can't lift it, you can't lift it) to some psuedo-scientific theory that frankly just isn't true, and a healthy dose of common sense and training experience proves it.
3. Everyone has different muscle shapes, attachments, tendons and attachments and ratios and distributions of fiber types. Waht HIT fails to realize is that the CNS is just as important in the total muscle building equation. If you're pounding your CNS either TOO hard, TOO much, TOO long, or TOO often, then good luck trying to gain strength or muscle. Keep it up and have fun being overtrained and losing muscle and strength. Oh, but you forgot to add an extra rest day each time you can't lift a new poundage. What a load of crap. Doing it the Mentzer way would have most guys just doing 1 set per exercise once every 2-3 weeks eventually! Now muscle may not atrophy in 1 week, but it's seem pretty damn likely it will to some extent in 2-3 weeks, and even if it doesn't, training that infrequently isn't exactly the best way to build up strength or muscle mass, or your CNS for that matter. That's a MEGA DUH!
If I hit failure on an exercise which is fairly rare, it's because I didn't quite get the cutoff point right, which is a rep shy of failure ie., the last rep in good form you can actually complete, or if I'm feeling lazy or real strong and get all my required reps, leave a rep in the tank.
It's better to finish a workout feeling strong and worked, rather then wasted, exhausted, drained or utterly spent. Where else in life do you do this? Probably can't think of 1. Even when you're boning your girlfriend you cut yourself off at some point. You don't go until you're dried up like some prune, and if you do, well that can't be healthy for Mr. Willy and his marbles. You leave just a little left in you because you know if you don't you'll be exhausted.
Now I'm not saying HIT is a bad thing. But, to call it the best way, or the only way is dumb. Find what works for you. If HIT fits the bill and floats your boat, then roll with it, if not like me, try something else.
IMO, and this is just my opinion, HIT SUCKS.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it HIT zealots.
Is anyone on this board actually dumb enough to give this guy the benefit of the doubt on such obvious BULLSHIT?
Let's see.........
155 pounds in 6 months=25.83lbs per month=1.16lbs per day, roughly of supposed solid bodyweight. If even 50% of that was lean muscle mass that would still be 77.5lbs in 6 MONTHS, let alone 155lbs! Um, sorry, I don't think so, even on massive doses of roids and GH and whatever else.
I recall a guy gaining approximately 63lbs of lean muscle mass in under a month. Oh ya, that guy was CAsey Viator. Also, he was regaining muscle mass to previous levels, not building entirely new muscle mass. AND, he was probably on anabolics. In fact, I'd guess that's kind of a duh, even though he has awesome genetics and denies it, BUT COME ON. The so called style of hit he performed was much different then what this guy suposedly does. He did 3 fullbody workouts per week. This guy would probably call that gross overtraining.
I love these HIT Jedi's!
I used to be one back in the day, but I saw the light.
There is NO best way!
There are good ways, ok ways, and bad ways and many more shades of gray ways.
No one program is gonna be best for anyone.
1 set to true momentary muscular failure with a hard static and negative on that last impossible rep for even 4-5 exercises=CNS debilitation for at least a week for me. Very little muscle gain. Good strength gain, but not necessarily better than what can be done with other methods. And I feel like crap afterwards for several days and my strength is nill.
But, I can do 10x3 on bench and 1-2 sets of 3-4 exercises after that just shy of failure for one bodypart, and train 4 days a week doing a different bodypart each day(2 on 1 day) and gain muscle mass and strength at a very fast rate, without once ever having gone to failure. Plus I feel great from it.
These hit Jedi's have 3 MAJOR and fundamental flaws with their beliefs.
1. We are all different. What works for you, MAY not work for me, or not as well or even better than it works for you. There's no guarantee's. You have to learn how to train yourself for optimal results from lots of experimentation. Experiment all the time.
2. You have taken the concept of intensity and taken it from a scientific fact(% of 1RM equals actual intensity level, where your 1RM max is 100% and every thing less is a lower % or intensity level because lets face it, if you can't lift it, you can't lift it) to some psuedo-scientific theory that frankly just isn't true, and a healthy dose of common sense and training experience proves it.
3. Everyone has different muscle shapes, attachments, tendons and attachments and ratios and distributions of fiber types. Waht HIT fails to realize is that the CNS is just as important in the total muscle building equation. If you're pounding your CNS either TOO hard, TOO much, TOO long, or TOO often, then good luck trying to gain strength or muscle. Keep it up and have fun being overtrained and losing muscle and strength. Oh, but you forgot to add an extra rest day each time you can't lift a new poundage. What a load of crap. Doing it the Mentzer way would have most guys just doing 1 set per exercise once every 2-3 weeks eventually! Now muscle may not atrophy in 1 week, but it's seem pretty damn likely it will to some extent in 2-3 weeks, and even if it doesn't, training that infrequently isn't exactly the best way to build up strength or muscle mass, or your CNS for that matter. That's a MEGA DUH!
If I hit failure on an exercise which is fairly rare, it's because I didn't quite get the cutoff point right, which is a rep shy of failure ie., the last rep in good form you can actually complete, or if I'm feeling lazy or real strong and get all my required reps, leave a rep in the tank.
It's better to finish a workout feeling strong and worked, rather then wasted, exhausted, drained or utterly spent. Where else in life do you do this? Probably can't think of 1. Even when you're boning your girlfriend you cut yourself off at some point. You don't go until you're dried up like some prune, and if you do, well that can't be healthy for Mr. Willy and his marbles. You leave just a little left in you because you know if you don't you'll be exhausted.
Now I'm not saying HIT is a bad thing. But, to call it the best way, or the only way is dumb. Find what works for you. If HIT fits the bill and floats your boat, then roll with it, if not like me, try something else.
IMO, and this is just my opinion, HIT SUCKS.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it HIT zealots.
