All-out HIT workout effort
What’s your opinion on all-out, super intense effort that you can barely sustain for 5 seconds? I am an old gym rat and love to be in the gym.
I believe in intensity and often point out that I don’t see enough of it on the gym floor. You certainly can apply some version of the super intense principal to your workout scheme, but as a routine to live with and train by it would be dismal.
My thoughts: This severe plan is for a certain aggressive personality that has distinct needs to satisfy — not freedom of form, motion, rhythm, pace and muscle shaping. It appears to be a plan best suited for younger bodies, and already conditioned; I suspect straining for sustained periods invites nasty injuries and muscle tears.
I’m thinking the method will remove all love-of-the-gym and lifting from one’s spirit.
Does it work? In theory it satisfies the physics of hypertrophy. In reality I believe it’s a powerlifter’s system trying to penetrate the musclebuilder’s territory. Different animals.
I’d become mean and they’d have to drag me into the gym for my next workout.
You’ve got to love it… God’s speed… Dave
Dave Draper - Dave Draper Posted on November 23rd, 2007 in Weight Training by Dave Draper