High Intensity Training

[HURRICANE]

Just wondering if there are any other HITTers on the board who might want to discuss their training methods.  It seems most people here train conventionally..just wondering if I was the only one who trains with High Intensity-type training.  I've found it works best for me.

I adhere to these general guidelines

Reps are very strict w/ an explosive but smooth positive, peak contraction for a second, and a slooow negative.

Example set: I'll train to positive failure then have my partner assist me with a couple forced reps then I Rest-Pause for approximately twenty seconds and again go to failure with assisted forced reps then 1-3 negatives holding the bar as long as I can (by then you're absolutely fried.)  This is just an example, I'll go by instinct and maybe instead do a drop-set, partials, etc.

Depending on the bodypart, I usually choose 4-5 exercises and do only one, on occasion two sets per bodypart. I make sure every exercise I choose hits the muscle at all possible angles to induce optimal development.

Any body do anything like this?  If not do you do any other sort of unconventional training? please elaborate..thanks

[benchthis]

my training is similar but diffrent
I.E. Markus Ruhl

one easy feel set, one heavy balls out set, and finally a lesser weight final pump finishing set

similar to H.I.T. but not as technique oriented, trying to move weight,  stimulation of all the fibers

[pumpster]

my training is similar but diffrent
I.E. Markus Ruhl

one easy feel set, one heavy balls out set, and finally a lesser weight final pump finishing set

similar to H.I.T. but not as technique oriented, trying to move weight,  stimulation of all the fibers

It does sound like HIT. What do you mean that it's not as technique oriented?

True HIT requires a training partner in order to keep the post-failure training intensity at the highest possible levels. Only a handfull of people have the mentality to maintain this over a period of time.

If anyone here is willing i'm sure many would be interested in seeing this type of training on youtube; you don't have to show anyone's faces. IMO there aren't great representations of true HIT on there. The ones by Mentzer and Yates are disappointing and fall short.

[benchthis]

It does sound like HIT. What do you mean that it's not as technique oriented?

True HIT requires a training partner in order to keep the post-failure training intensity at the highest possible levels. Only a handfull of people have the mentality to maintain this over a period of time.

If anyone here is willing i'm sure many would be interested in seeing this type of training on youtube; you don't have to show anyone's faces. IMO there aren't great representations of true HIT on there. The ones by Mentzer and Yates are disappointing and fall short.

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by technique oriented i dont stress the 2 sec down rule 1 second up.. i dont stress the peak contraction... i just try to move the weight whatever way possible.... on the "pump" set is where i stress more eccentric and static contraction...

[buffdnet]

did hit for 5 years, dc type now + 15 years of I wish I never heard of multi set training.

[pumpster]

did hit for 5 years, dc type now + 15 years of I wish I never heard of multi set training.

Please elaborate with your experiences.

[FREAKgeek]

I always try to outdo what I had done previously  (extra rep, little more weight, or in less time). 

[benchthis]

I always try to outdo what I had done previously  (extra rep, little more weight, or in less time). 

do you write everything down or go by "memory"

[buffdnet]

I have all the needed qualities to win the open swimmer class.
short muscle bellies, long insertions, terrible recovery abilities.
multi set training just grinds me into the ground. plus my weights
didn't move forever. never get a log either. that's the second dumbest
thing Ive done in bodybuilding.

I read mentors stuff and tried variations of it. it's hard not to be in
the gym at least 3-4 days a week so Ive always setup my routine
around that. 1-2 movements per bodypart, 1 top set. body split 4 ways
working weight goes up very fast doing this.

after doing various routines I read dogcrapp stuff and have implemented
some of that. doing a log. 3 movements per major bodypart. 1 rest pause
set to 15, second movement for 20 reps. last movement is a stretch position
timed hold. train every other or mwf. coast and change movements when the
weight stalls out. warmups are by feel. just feeling the weight moving in the groove.

I also think alot of the typical drug users have my genetics and they max out at 200
compete at 185. still look like swimmers

I don't have training partners. would be worth 20 lbs on most major movements

[FREAKgeek]

do you write everything down or go by "memory"

I keep it in a nerdy spreadsheet, helps me try to learn what works and what doesn't (i.e recovery time).

[Viking11]

I keep it in a nerdy spreadsheet, helps me try to learn what works and what doesn't (i.e recovery time).

  That's a very smart thing to do!  Its not nerdy, I used to have a computer that I made a DOS program on, that would graph my progress. It made analyzing things much easier.