The problem I find with HIT is it seems to beat everything else up but my muscles. If im working out so hard that my rep is super slow how is that effective? When you stress any muscle to much the body trys to adapt by straining the wrong things. You can get a hernia!Why curl a dumbell you have to put your lowerback into? Pointless and counterproductive. My muscles love volume. Whatever works I guess. Good job with your video man.
hey, firstly like to congratulate u. prog is gd since 1st vid. loking gd. reg the HIT training if i cud make a suggestion?btw this isnt slaggin u or ur ethic off just some advice from 1 HIT devotee to anther, think of u reps like a spring. takes alot to squeeze 2getha n releases quikly.use explosive push and pause vry brief@contraction n really xaggerate the negative. dnt go all way dwn and then return to top with the xplosiveness. follow this n feeel the burn my friend. gd luk in ur quest bud
is HIT very similar to stuart mcroberts? stuart also recomends only training maximunm 3 times a week, and 2 or 3 sets per body part, in other words very abbreviated.
What i picked up from HIT and Mike's Heavy Duty was that you generally perform a more isolation type move first followed by a more compound move to completely exhaust the muscle - hence warm up followed by a set of flyes to really target the pecs followed by a set of incline bench which allows your triceps and delts to come into play to further exhaust the muscle whereas here you done 2 sets of barbell bench?? Weird, good luck lol
I think you under work the chest a little bit. Maybe its just my point of view im a lot younger than you so i can push it a little harder try using dmbels for incline and turn you hands so it stays off you chest i weight 150 5'9" and can match you for 175 reps. and for emello4you your probably fat as heck.
very fine training, but i would be troubled doing that on my own, you would be safer working inside a power rack, i have recently began hit training and at last seem to be getting some results, ps re above comment about only doing 175, in many gyms doing 6 genuine reps with that weight is very very good
@dylanfran2009 it's down to Genetics. Chest for me has been hard to bring up in size and strength, i coulden't push 40kg one time when i first started ,but im strong in biceps, can curl 55kg14 times, not doing it HIT style obviously, but still good form. also im not intrested in strength but to build the muscle. as long as i progress each week that is all that matters..
good video keep it up ive just started back at powerhouse near me i didnt go for 1 year but now iam gonna stick as i feel alot better even before i attend gym i do a couple of laps around footballfield just to warm up. fight the pain.
Finally people doing h.i.t. nice work. you need to have great concentration doing these kinds of workouts. not having a massive ego and looking at the mirror everytime you work out like some weightlifters.
I could go on about these methods, and the drive and intensity required to faithfully and correctly utilize them effectively, but to be brief, in the last 3 months, I have gained 40 lbs. on my bench as well as my squat without benching or squatting, and have gained about 25 lbs. of bodyweight. I progressed in reps or weight on nearly every exercise at every workout. I performed a total of 17 workouts during these 3 months.
High intensity training as described by Mike Mentzer does, in fact work. I am 29 years old, and after a layoff from training of about 8 years, I began following a high intensity training protocol utilizing the principles identified and espoused by Mike.
I'm a quick gainer upper body 3 days lower body 3 days, one day off. I can maintain with one day a week no gains.Having to do warm up sets these days. Not alot is said about the rush that you get from training to failure.
you got a decent body mate but you need to start blasting abbs it will really enhance your upper body even more try v crunches and plank of a swiss ball also rope crunch of a swiss ball and decline crunch
HIT as Mentzer suggested really isn't that good....I would recommend a much better version of HIT such as MaxOT...yes, rest and recovery is imporant but Mentzer took it way too far...working out only once every 6 or 7 days is just not enough and noone has that bad of recovery , unless maybe if they have been sick or are about 95 years old. Dorian's version of HIT is good too, basically work out 4 days a week and try to only work 1 body part per session, or 2 body parts if one is smaller.
I'm tired of hearing and reading comments to the effect that Mike Mentzer's methods are not effective. It has been my experience that people generally do not train with the intensity Mike called for, or if they do, don't continue because it is too hard.
You cant shape a muscle or increase a peak by doing any given exercise - its an all or non contraction rule and thats it. the only thing you can do is a muscle bigger and then hope for your genetics to allow it to shape into a perfect form - so basially all erase all the weider bullshit and HIT HARD! - MR
i was thinking the same thing when i played it back but, felt i was ok during the sets....its hard when you want perfect form and also to be as strong as you can both at the same time.
im exercise science major and a huge advocate of HIT because of its pratical use.... go slower on your eccentric (negative) for better strength gains, you should go 2 seconds on concentric (positive) and atleast 4 seconds on eccentric (negative) and hold 2 seconds on the static (contracted) phase. this will recruit the most amount of stimulus to create change within the muscle fiber, i currently HIT once a week, you should do full body one time a week, you may need to take more days off
The intro is rN a by CIM then the first track when I start training is SHIFT also by CIM, then its Zip Left, Zip Right by ISAN then finishing with thaem nue by arovon.
thankyou, keep up the excellent work and keep uploading good music because you will find more people thanking you for you awesome post. peace and much thanks.
this isn't really hit workouts. True HIT workouts cannot be done without a spotter. Otherwise, you will not really be going to 'momentary muscular failure' as thats whats hit training is about.
I may be being dumb here! but are you saying you work each major muscle group to failure just once a week!? Seems too good to be true. Just 2 workout days a week??
Dont let the '2 workouts a week' (or less) stories you hear about HIT fool you, these workouts are ball breakingly hard and anything but enjoyable like less intense workouts can be.
Bro this is not HIT training. I learned it from Mike's audios and books. Please get the books and or tapes if you can. You are overtraining. Trust me on this one.
Yes dude totally..i was waiting for someone to say something!!! as I said at the start of the video this Is my own personal routine thats working for me at the moment other ppl may over train ive experimented with the extreme abbreviated routines and prefer to do a little more.have you read the brawn beyond brawn further brawn books by stuart mcrobert?
I haven't been involved in the bodybuilding field for some time now. I hope to be going back this month at 42 now and continue with HIT training. I still have my old log books and it works. Imagine a guy natural at 5' 7" and 180 lbs. leg pressing 900 lbs. for reps and deadlifting close to 500. I had to make special pins for some of the machines because they didn't have enough weight on them. Remember one thing, more is not allways better.
hey thanks!!...ill give them a shot..and yeah its hard for motivation at home somtimes but I still almost always get what I want to on the weights....i just know i have to or whats the point....
Ive trained at many different gyms with many different people, but for now home is best for me, with work and all, its just time I can get done here real fast. i still go to the gym now and then.
The problem I find with HIT is it seems to beat everything else up but my muscles. If im working out so hard that my rep is super slow how is that effective? When you stress any muscle to much the body trys to adapt by straining the wrong things. You can get a hernia!Why curl a dumbell you have to put your lowerback into? Pointless and counterproductive. My muscles love volume. Whatever works I guess. Good job with your video man.
sz42781 1 month ago
hey, firstly like to congratulate u. prog is gd since 1st vid. loking gd. reg the HIT training if i cud make a suggestion?btw this isnt slaggin u or ur ethic off just some advice from 1 HIT devotee to anther, think of u reps like a spring. takes alot to squeeze 2getha n releases quikly.use explosive push and pause vry brief@contraction n really xaggerate the negative. dnt go all way dwn and then return to top with the xplosiveness. follow this n feeel the burn my friend. gd luk in ur quest bud
TheNaturalfreak1986 9 months ago
is HIT very similar to stuart mcroberts? stuart also recomends only training maximunm 3 times a week, and 2 or 3 sets per body part, in other words very abbreviated.
pvsg1990 10 months ago
What i picked up from HIT and Mike's Heavy Duty was that you generally perform a more isolation type move first followed by a more compound move to completely exhaust the muscle - hence warm up followed by a set of flyes to really target the pecs followed by a set of incline bench which allows your triceps and delts to come into play to further exhaust the muscle whereas here you done 2 sets of barbell bench?? Weird, good luck lol
Pwickface 1 year ago
@Pwickface yehh, i found what worked better for me was like this, i dont like the pre exhaust method. i use DC training now
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 1 year ago
I think you under work the chest a little bit. Maybe its just my point of view im a lot younger than you so i can push it a little harder try using dmbels for incline and turn you hands so it stays off you chest i weight 150 5'9" and can match you for 175 reps. and for emello4you your probably fat as heck.
chickenstick321 1 year ago
very fine training, but i would be troubled doing that on my own, you would be safer working inside a power rack, i have recently began hit training and at last seem to be getting some results, ps re above comment about only doing 175, in many gyms doing 6 genuine reps with that weight is very very good
thatwilldonicely 1 year ago
why do u look so big but can only do 175 pounds 6 times? u look bigger than me but i can shred that...weird
dylanfran2009 1 year ago
@dylanfran2009 it's down to Genetics. Chest for me has been hard to bring up in size and strength, i coulden't push 40kg one time when i first started ,but im strong in biceps, can curl 55kg14 times, not doing it HIT style obviously, but still good form. also im not intrested in strength but to build the muscle. as long as i progress each week that is all that matters..
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 1 year ago
@dylanfran2009 Yeah that is strange because I'm 5'10 185 and can do 175 17 times.
emello4you 1 year ago
nice man :)
Kidacekfull 1 year ago
i found that works better for me doing explosive in the con and slow and controled in the ecc
don't ask me why but it does
i never go slow in the concentric part and im having good results this way
PAKETEMON 1 year ago
Do you have any updated vid. of you working out.
Naturalhit 1 year ago
Doesn't HIT require a 4 second negative and 3 second positive?
GoodLifeGodLike 1 year ago
good video keep it up ive just started back at powerhouse near me i didnt go for 1 year but now iam gonna stick as i feel alot better even before i attend gym i do a couple of laps around footballfield just to warm up. fight the pain.
07853421024 1 year ago
the idea of high intensity workouts was mainly introduced by arthur jones
comandojd 1 year ago
where's the right positive and negative periodo..4-2-4..?mike ahs been cleared to right executive of the HIT..
albertocostagraphic 2 years ago
Finally people doing h.i.t. nice work. you need to have great concentration doing these kinds of workouts. not having a massive ego and looking at the mirror everytime you work out like some weightlifters.
ballsacjr 2 years ago
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supermanbp09 2 years ago
I could go on about these methods, and the drive and intensity required to faithfully and correctly utilize them effectively, but to be brief, in the last 3 months, I have gained 40 lbs. on my bench as well as my squat without benching or squatting, and have gained about 25 lbs. of bodyweight. I progressed in reps or weight on nearly every exercise at every workout. I performed a total of 17 workouts during these 3 months.
supermanbp09 2 years ago
High intensity training as described by Mike Mentzer does, in fact work. I am 29 years old, and after a layoff from training of about 8 years, I began following a high intensity training protocol utilizing the principles identified and espoused by Mike.
supermanbp09 2 years ago
I'm a quick gainer upper body 3 days lower body 3 days, one day off. I can maintain with one day a week no gains.Having to do warm up sets these days. Not alot is said about the rush that you get from training to failure.
undiscoveredment 2 years ago
you got a decent body mate but you need to start blasting abbs it will really enhance your upper body even more try v crunches and plank of a swiss ball also rope crunch of a swiss ball and decline crunch
scousejimmy1 2 years ago
Mentzer's HIT version is not that good, try a better updated HIT such as MaxOT
moorigs 2 years ago
LOL to that one - MR
mrhighintensity 2 years ago
HIT as Mentzer suggested really isn't that good....I would recommend a much better version of HIT such as MaxOT...yes, rest and recovery is imporant but Mentzer took it way too far...working out only once every 6 or 7 days is just not enough and noone has that bad of recovery , unless maybe if they have been sick or are about 95 years old. Dorian's version of HIT is good too, basically work out 4 days a week and try to only work 1 body part per session, or 2 body parts if one is smaller.
moorigs 2 years ago
I'm tired of hearing and reading comments to the effect that Mike Mentzer's methods are not effective. It has been my experience that people generally do not train with the intensity Mike called for, or if they do, don't continue because it is too hard.
supermanbp09 2 years ago
NM, it is - i didnt watch it far enough. Forget my last comment
LumpyUK 2 years ago
lose them gloves , you're stopping ur foreamrs from developing ...
IndependentALEX 2 years ago
if i can suggest a thing
build more the short face of your bicep (the peak) and do also tricep extension with the machine(rope grip)
youll get bigger looking biceps, and more triceps to show off !
Good job though !
silorm1 2 years ago
You cant shape a muscle or increase a peak by doing any given exercise - its an all or non contraction rule and thats it. the only thing you can do is a muscle bigger and then hope for your genetics to allow it to shape into a perfect form - so basially all erase all the weider bullshit and HIT HARD! - MR
mrhighintensity 2 years ago
idmweights can u please do a vid on ur part2 workout
hurryingj 2 years ago 4
yes i will at some point, busy at the moment i had put some stuff together but came out shit.
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 2 years ago
oh God! you are quite a big man but weak as a child!
jakubek89 2 years ago
well done man but you need slower reps and a spotter to work those negatives. keep working hard!
johnsuekid 2 years ago
love how you have transformed, get some more back muscle :)
Dustin389 2 years ago 2
i think ur form is ok. its about a 2/2 candence
hurryingj 2 years ago
you go tp quick on ur reps slow down ur all over the show lower ur weights and perfect and you will get far better n bigger results but ur doin good
pureiron4242 3 years ago
i was thinking the same thing when i played it back but, felt i was ok during the sets....its hard when you want perfect form and also to be as strong as you can both at the same time.
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 3 years ago
XHOTX lol
and great to see you workout at last !!
missmoss89 3 years ago 5
im exercise science major and a huge advocate of HIT because of its pratical use.... go slower on your eccentric (negative) for better strength gains, you should go 2 seconds on concentric (positive) and atleast 4 seconds on eccentric (negative) and hold 2 seconds on the static (contracted) phase. this will recruit the most amount of stimulus to create change within the muscle fiber, i currently HIT once a week, you should do full body one time a week, you may need to take more days off
fight4themoney 3 years ago
what idm songs are those in this vid? please let me know, i love those tunes.
eluded1 3 years ago
The intro is rN a by CIM then the first track when I start training is SHIFT also by CIM, then its Zip Left, Zip Right by ISAN then finishing with thaem nue by arovon.
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 3 years ago
thankyou, keep up the excellent work and keep uploading good music because you will find more people thanking you for you awesome post. peace and much thanks.
eluded1 3 years ago
nice training on those triceps and chest
Bngkillerxxx 3 years ago
this isn't really hit workouts. True HIT workouts cannot be done without a spotter. Otherwise, you will not really be going to 'momentary muscular failure' as thats whats hit training is about.
gunn63 3 years ago
you see i have spotter catchers on the bench and watch flat bench.
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 3 years ago
I may be being dumb here! but are you saying you work each major muscle group to failure just once a week!? Seems too good to be true. Just 2 workout days a week??
911928944 3 years ago
your assumption is correct yes.
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 3 years ago
Cool!
911928944 3 years ago
Dont let the '2 workouts a week' (or less) stories you hear about HIT fool you, these workouts are ball breakingly hard and anything but enjoyable like less intense workouts can be.
HITpadawan 3 years ago
Regardless, this is still a very brief and intense workout. I can see you making more progress.
The only thing I recommend is to slow down your positive lifts by a bit so you don't use momentum. Other than that, GOOD JOB.
Naturalhit 3 years ago 6
Bro this is not HIT training. I learned it from Mike's audios and books. Please get the books and or tapes if you can. You are overtraining. Trust me on this one.
Hopefl1 3 years ago
Yes dude totally..i was waiting for someone to say something!!! as I said at the start of the video this Is my own personal routine thats working for me at the moment other ppl may over train ive experimented with the extreme abbreviated routines and prefer to do a little more.have you read the brawn beyond brawn further brawn books by stuart mcrobert?
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 3 years ago
I haven't been involved in the bodybuilding field for some time now. I hope to be going back this month at 42 now and continue with HIT training. I still have my old log books and it works. Imagine a guy natural at 5' 7" and 180 lbs. leg pressing 900 lbs. for reps and deadlifting close to 500. I had to make special pins for some of the machines because they didn't have enough weight on them. Remember one thing, more is not allways better.
Hopefl1 3 years ago
So yeah, I work out with IDM alot, mate!
It's actually helpful.
And TBH, I lost almost 20LBS in two months and gained 6 in muscle! I WAS SO INTENSE!
Rsimon859 3 years ago 2
Good Job, Man. Way to get the negative in there!
KarmaU28 3 years ago
I workout alone, cool workout and home is the best place to workout at!
EPWNation 3 years ago 2
Good vid, but are you REALLY training to failure? If that was me, I'd be straining more.
CoolasIce2 3 years ago
Hes alone! Looked good to me!
KarmaU28 3 years ago 2
hey thanks!!...ill give them a shot..and yeah its hard for motivation at home somtimes but I still almost always get what I want to on the weights....i just know i have to or whats the point....
Ive trained at many different gyms with many different people, but for now home is best for me, with work and all, its just time I can get done here real fast. i still go to the gym now and then.
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 3 years ago