Re: HIT training is for morons
In article <3d7d2e36$1_2~news.cybersurf.net>, Tavington wrote:
> I am sick and tired hearing about HIT training. Full stop.
> Why do so many disillusioned people advocate HIT? It is an
> easy way out.
There is nothing *easy* about HIT. Training sessions are
short, but they are supposed to be very difficult.
To put it another way, anything that requires doing a set of
squats to failure is not an "easy way out".
Have you ever performed a set of squats to failure ? Until
you've done so, don't go calling HIT an "easy way out".
> Devotees of HIT will advocate that:
>
> - Muscle potential is largely genetic.
Well, it is.
> They believe that no matter how much you train, some people
> cannot achieve the muscle mass of professional bodybuilders.
> I am a true believer of that great wise teacher, Dr. Martin
> Luther King. That everyone is equal
Martin Luther King did not mean to imply that everyone was
genetically identical.
> and that there are no inherent distinctions between the
> races (and sexes I might add.)
How did you pass sex ed with this sort of attitude ? There are
certainly some very obvious differences between the sexes.
There are also obvious physical differences between different
ethnic groups (skin color, for example). As much as you'd like
to believe it ain't so, it's a simple fact that a skinny 5
foot lady with a 20 inch waist is not going to look like
Dorian Yates with any amount of training.
> - One should work out no more than once or twice per week at
> a maximum of one hour per session. The problem with that
> is that it encourages people to be lazy
Lazy people do not perform squats to failure.
> and not put in the necessary time and effort to
HIT is all about *effort*. The philosophy is, in a nutshell,
more effort, less time.
> create the desired results. Just for the legs, Jim Rosenthal
> in the May 1997 issue of FLEX Magazine recommends the
> following exercises per workout:
>
> Barbell Squats 4x20 Vertical leg press 5x20 Hack Squats 4x20
> Lunges 4x20 Seated Leg Presses 5x20 Leg Extensions 6x20
> Lying leg curls 5x20 Standing leg curls 5x15 Stiff-leg
> deadlift 4x15
That's all very well, but how many of those sets are performed
to failure ? Is the trainee using steroids ? Does the trainee
have the same recovery ability as I do ?
> HIT advocates believe that just by performing deadlifts or
> squats is sufficient enough.
Early in my training, I followed a routine in Ellington
Darden's book, and it included calf raises, stiff legged
deadlifts, squats, and I think leg curls.
> Which makes more sense?
A while ago, people believed that a flat world made more
sense, but that didn't make it true.
> - Some zealous HIT believers think that by performing "super
> slow" reps,
Some people who believe in the Weider principles also believe
a lot of other things that may not be true. So what ?
> - HIT devotees try to lure the beginners and sell them their
> snake oil books and newsletters.
But Joe Weider has your best interests at heart (-;
> impressionable beginners. I say this to the beginners: it is
> better to follow the proven, mainstream bodybuilding
> magazines such as Men's Health and FLEX than to read the HIT
> propaganda on the Internet.
Flex ? Of course. Who wants to read a real book or journal
article when one can look at nudie pics of Sharon Bruneau and
Cory Everson instead ?
> Misguided, stupid HIT grognards may not agree,
Apparently, a lot of people who don't use HIT don't agree with
you either.
> but it is a proven fact that the longer and harder that you
> work at something, the better the results will be.
And now we get to the part where you cite a credible source in
support of this claim, right ?
Assuming that's true for a moment, why does that workout you
mentioned contain so few sets ? I mean, why workout for just a
few hours, when you could spend 8 hours in the gym instead ?
> never been proven. Ask any HITer if they have really made
> any substantial gains and they look the other way, trying to
> hide their flabby stomach,
And now we get to the part where you cite an article that
supports the claim that HIT results in a flabby stomach.
Cheers,
--
Donovan
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