any idiot that thinks under 5 mins can get results just has to look a the horrible physiques on the guys in the video and clearly you will see this is a load of crap, other wise all my olymias, fitness models, and athletes would use this, but OPE, they ALL train the same, hours of weights and cardio a week, even with great nutrition and drugs. Look at greg plitt, jenny lynn,monica brant, clark bartram, mike ohearn, dexter jackson, etc, etc. Same basic premise, all amazing bodies.
@bodizone1 look up Mike Mentzers routines. They have worked as well as many other HIT programs... It all depends what works for their bodies. Arnold trained 4 hours, Yates trained 25 minutes, if it works, it works
@bodizone1 First off, judging the efficacy of a program based on comparing physiques is flawed heuristic thinking. Genetics plays a huge part in whether a program will work for a given individual. Saying that an athlete is strong, fast or agile totally because he is training in a certain way, is akin to saying that playing basketball makes people tall. It's the activity that chooses the athletic genotype, not the other way around. Also I would hardly call the trainers physique "horrible."
@bodizone1 The guy being trained is clearly in the MIDDLE of his transformation. The video says that he's losing tons of weight!! He's not an athlete or a fitness model, he's a regular dude that got kind of fat and is now losing it.
@bodizone1 You obviously don't know anything about anatomy or physiology. The point of this workout is utter shock to produce maximum growth and maximize recovery time. The weights employed are in perfect form, cadence, and with no rest. The intensity (the key to muscle growth PERIOD) is stratospheric. The GH and testosterone released from this kind of punishment is the reason Mark can train for so short a period, lose fat, gain muscle, and yet eat MORE. This is a muscle producing w/o
@sphinxofthenewage Thanks for your concern. It hasn't happened so far. Makes you wonder how anyone gets an injury in the gym doesn't it with all the warming up going on? How about keep up the poor lifting technique and expect an injury.
@PureHIT2008 u do the movement in full control, and full range, perhaps that lowers the possibility of an injury , but regardless at least pump some blood in there, i usually only 1 warm up set (not to falure) for each muscle group.
Stop using the machines and you will start getting the results you want. Weight machines are for women and highschoolers. Less training with weights is actually more. At least people are starting to get it.
Why do the HIT people always use machines? I noticed that in the videos of Mike Mentzer here on youtube aswell... the one where he trains Markus Rheinhardt, they barely use free weights.... How come they are not doing bench press, squats and chin ups?!
PureHIT2008, you're a TRUE inspiration man!!! Been using the guidelines from your videos and seeing great progress as well. By the way, what percentage is your protein, carbs, and fats in your diet?
Also, do you have a certain rep speed you go for on each exercise?
Awesome effort! Lat pull down and rowing exercises are limited to the grip strength of the subject due to no Lat pre-exhaustion from Pullover. However, if spotter applies added resistance to the elbows on the negatives, starting from rep #1, those two exercises become much more productive. Less weight is needed (obviously) and because of the variance of the spotter's pressure each rep, an accurate record of weight and reps is not obtainable. So what! The benefits FAR outweigh accurate records.
I do believe most people are wasting their time with cardio for fat loss, or at best taking the long road to where they wanna be.
Lifting like this creates such a huge metabolic demand that just can't be matched by cardio. Unless you run 100 mile marathons...but who wants to do that lol?
Hello gentlemen - any chance on getting an update video soon? It's been a couple of months, & I'd love to see the progress Mark has made in that timespan.
I am concerned that Mark seems to turn his head to the left a lot during the presses, perhaps not as much in this vid but still noticable. An old injury perhaps, but the trainer should encourage Mark to keep looking square ahead to reduce risk of strain injury under such loads. Mark also appears to breath hold quite a bit, this can push up BP to dangerous levels. Have a look at the Body by Science vids for a comparison.
Great stuff, good to see HIT is gaining/re-gaining a presence. Keep it up.
I can see the difference too. You look a lot leaner than in the first of the three routines. And you have maintained size in the right places. Good job Mark.
Nice effort. Was wondering why you only do a last sticking point static on the pushing exercises, but a last full-range negative on the pulling exercises.
Based on what I have seen in his progression of the three videos, it is very interesting: he seems to be making the best gains in 1. legs 2. back, and last chest /tris. This is why Mentzer always tried to cut his trainees back on the volume for delt and chest movements as they overlap so severely. Mentzer thought dips to be the best movement for that chest/delt/tri complex especially for advanced trainees, which this guy is.
@Wrestle235 there is no lack of warmup; the hit method mike mentzer style recommends doing from one to three warmup sets increasing the weight in each set, doing generally four reps on each one, as you can see in the videos in which he trains markus reinhardt, and in a tempo of 4, 1, 4, therefore avoiding any injury, but in that method, the difference is that you traing only two or three bodyparts per session, using one isolated excercise followed by one compound excercise for each bodypart...
mann. I know he`s right. He did`nt comment on the vid, only it`s title. I assume it was named as such because manny b/b`ers don`t "believe" this type of training work`s, good day!.
seems like over lapping on the front deltoids with military press and decline press, and the pulldown and row, but great form and intensity, mike mentzer didn't incorporate any military in his ideal routine or rows
I reccomend sprint training 100-140m 5-15 reps daily
bootiack 7 months ago
where is the miracle?
bootiack 7 months ago
Interesting.
He must have been close to puking.Made me feel queezy just watching.
I got a leg day today,I hate doing legs,but I'm glad the next day that I do them.
express375 10 months ago
The 4 minute workout, a good way to rip-off customers into buying a 1 year subscription to your gym and make them come once a week...
HouseForLife6 1 year ago
any idiot that thinks under 5 mins can get results just has to look a the horrible physiques on the guys in the video and clearly you will see this is a load of crap, other wise all my olymias, fitness models, and athletes would use this, but OPE, they ALL train the same, hours of weights and cardio a week, even with great nutrition and drugs. Look at greg plitt, jenny lynn,monica brant, clark bartram, mike ohearn, dexter jackson, etc, etc. Same basic premise, all amazing bodies.
bodizone1 1 year ago
@bodizone1
All your olymias, what are they?
PureHIT2008 1 year ago
@bodizone1 look up Mike Mentzers routines. They have worked as well as many other HIT programs... It all depends what works for their bodies. Arnold trained 4 hours, Yates trained 25 minutes, if it works, it works
Martinl792002 1 year ago
@bodizone1 First off, judging the efficacy of a program based on comparing physiques is flawed heuristic thinking. Genetics plays a huge part in whether a program will work for a given individual. Saying that an athlete is strong, fast or agile totally because he is training in a certain way, is akin to saying that playing basketball makes people tall. It's the activity that chooses the athletic genotype, not the other way around. Also I would hardly call the trainers physique "horrible."
jkdclayson 11 months ago
@bodizone1 The guy being trained is clearly in the MIDDLE of his transformation. The video says that he's losing tons of weight!! He's not an athlete or a fitness model, he's a regular dude that got kind of fat and is now losing it.
jkdclayson 11 months ago
@bodizone1 you forgot one thing....the steroids lol
daddyicy 3 months ago
@bodizone1 You obviously don't know anything about anatomy or physiology. The point of this workout is utter shock to produce maximum growth and maximize recovery time. The weights employed are in perfect form, cadence, and with no rest. The intensity (the key to muscle growth PERIOD) is stratospheric. The GH and testosterone released from this kind of punishment is the reason Mark can train for so short a period, lose fat, gain muscle, and yet eat MORE. This is a muscle producing w/o
torque122 1 month ago
no warm ups ? keep that up and expect an injury.
sphinxofthenewage 1 year ago
@sphinxofthenewage Thanks for your concern. It hasn't happened so far. Makes you wonder how anyone gets an injury in the gym doesn't it with all the warming up going on? How about keep up the poor lifting technique and expect an injury.
PureHIT2008 1 year ago 2
@PureHIT2008 u do the movement in full control, and full range, perhaps that lowers the possibility of an injury , but regardless at least pump some blood in there, i usually only 1 warm up set (not to falure) for each muscle group.
sphinxofthenewage 1 year ago
is there warm ups involve? I mean moving to heavy weights that quick can cause some injuries.
kwak76 1 year ago
Stop using the machines and you will start getting the results you want. Weight machines are for women and highschoolers. Less training with weights is actually more. At least people are starting to get it.
faffaflunkie 1 year ago
Why do the HIT people always use machines? I noticed that in the videos of Mike Mentzer here on youtube aswell... the one where he trains Markus Rheinhardt, they barely use free weights.... How come they are not doing bench press, squats and chin ups?!
startinsomethin 1 year ago
@startinsomethin they do. if you look at his earlier training video on youtube circa 1981, you will see he incorporates both.
Martinl792002 1 year ago
Empire Fitness---where in England?!?
torque122 1 year ago
@torque122
Hinckley
PureHIT2008 1 year ago
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PureHIT2008, you're a TRUE inspiration man!!! Been using the guidelines from your videos and seeing great progress as well. By the way, what percentage is your protein, carbs, and fats in your diet?
Also, do you have a certain rep speed you go for on each exercise?
Keep Moving !!!
MrHealthDude 1 year ago
Awesome effort! Lat pull down and rowing exercises are limited to the grip strength of the subject due to no Lat pre-exhaustion from Pullover. However, if spotter applies added resistance to the elbows on the negatives, starting from rep #1, those two exercises become much more productive. Less weight is needed (obviously) and because of the variance of the spotter's pressure each rep, an accurate record of weight and reps is not obtainable. So what! The benefits FAR outweigh accurate records.
JAShalvey 1 year ago
I train like this now and my results have gonna through the roof. Maximum intensity and then all week to recover.
leahcimrac 1 year ago
Fat loss ?
where ?
fogonabomba2 1 year ago
Great stuff guys, congrads on the fat loss.
I do believe most people are wasting their time with cardio for fat loss, or at best taking the long road to where they wanna be.
Lifting like this creates such a huge metabolic demand that just can't be matched by cardio. Unless you run 100 mile marathons...but who wants to do that lol?
anab0lic 2 years ago
Hello gentlemen - any chance on getting an update video soon? It's been a couple of months, & I'd love to see the progress Mark has made in that timespan.
mannym 2 years ago 5
I am concerned that Mark seems to turn his head to the left a lot during the presses, perhaps not as much in this vid but still noticable. An old injury perhaps, but the trainer should encourage Mark to keep looking square ahead to reduce risk of strain injury under such loads. Mark also appears to breath hold quite a bit, this can push up BP to dangerous levels. Have a look at the Body by Science vids for a comparison.
Great stuff, good to see HIT is gaining/re-gaining a presence. Keep it up.
chirotrel 2 years ago 5
oh yeah,,hurts so good! however i dont think his exhaustion at the end is a good sign. i would worry about a stroke or heart attack if i were him.
nirvgardengod 2 years ago
I can see the difference too. You look a lot leaner than in the first of the three routines. And you have maintained size in the right places. Good job Mark.
Rob.
bowenblanket 2 years ago 6
Mark, your fat loss is obvious, even in a baggy t-shirt. Color me impressed ...
senatus 2 years ago 6
Nice effort. Was wondering why you only do a last sticking point static on the pushing exercises, but a last full-range negative on the pulling exercises.
ProPlayMaker 2 years ago 8
Checking back for the next in the series, I know we have to be getting close to an update! The video's are awesome keep them comming
shaw557 2 years ago 7
Hi
Someone will be filming this Saturdays workout.
Mark
PureHIT2008 2 years ago
hi mark i was wondering if i came to ur gym to do a 4 or 5 min workout once a week would sum be able to supervise me thanks
hurryingj 2 years ago 7
Hi hurryingi
That wouldn't be a problem.
Mark
PureHIT2008 2 years ago
ok thanks i will sort it out with u next month. cheers
hurryingj 2 years ago 8
Mark's a fucking beast. At the rate he's going, he won't be able to recognize himself in the mirror come Springtime.
Keep up the great fucking work, & please, keep the progress videos coming.
mannym 2 years ago 8
Based on what I have seen in his progression of the three videos, it is very interesting: he seems to be making the best gains in 1. legs 2. back, and last chest /tris. This is why Mentzer always tried to cut his trainees back on the volume for delt and chest movements as they overlap so severely. Mentzer thought dips to be the best movement for that chest/delt/tri complex especially for advanced trainees, which this guy is.
torque122 2 years ago 8
This resembles the kind of workouts Jones and Darden would recommend. What kind of diet are you following?
kbdunn9 2 years ago 10
Great progress, I was wondering are there any warm up sets done before or do you go straight into the workout?
davidmatthewa 2 years ago 9
Hi David
I go straight into the workout.
Mark
PureHIT2008 2 years ago
I'm very interested in HIT workouts, but the lack of warmups is intimidating. I'm definetly not new to lifting and I'm fairly strong.
Do you apply HITs lack of warm up principle to Free weights (ie. squats, deadlift benching)?
I'm hesitant to start squatting with 400+ even for the 8-12 rep range
Wrestle235 2 years ago
@Wrestle235 there is no lack of warmup; the hit method mike mentzer style recommends doing from one to three warmup sets increasing the weight in each set, doing generally four reps on each one, as you can see in the videos in which he trains markus reinhardt, and in a tempo of 4, 1, 4, therefore avoiding any injury, but in that method, the difference is that you traing only two or three bodyparts per session, using one isolated excercise followed by one compound excercise for each bodypart...
schamballah 9 months ago
I agree with the overlapping but what a brutally awesome workout! I currently do the Mike Mentzer HD HIT consolidated routine, it's awesome too!
Achillesreborn 2 years ago 10
Mark,
I am the only guy doing HIT in my Gym here in Florida and seing your progress is motivating my own training!
uncleavi2002 2 years ago 11
this workout is not a miracle. the law of causality permits you no miracles.
nikkyo34 2 years ago 12
This comment has received too many negative votes show
nik. The law of common sense point`s to the fact that you take yourself too seriously.
jjmm112 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
...but he's right.
mannym 2 years ago
mann. I know he`s right. He did`nt comment on the vid, only it`s title. I assume it was named as such because manny b/b`ers don`t "believe" this type of training work`s, good day!.
jjmm112 2 years ago
Great stuff Mark. You were somewhat winded at the end. No wonder!
James: "piece of piss". Excellent!
HIT4120 2 years ago 7
seems like over lapping on the front deltoids with military press and decline press, and the pulldown and row, but great form and intensity, mike mentzer didn't incorporate any military in his ideal routine or rows
ofallthingsgreen 2 years ago 7
Awesome! Keep them coming I have
Started similer workouts with like results
shaw557 2 years ago 6
HIT FTW
IDMWEIGHTSIDM 2 years ago 6
Great progress Mark, good luck to you. 5*,
jjmm112 2 years ago 5