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gender: male age 41 ht: 6' wt: 255 waist: 35" chest: 52" upper arm: 18.5" thigh: 26.5"

Out of curiosity, how many of you use a HIT training protocol? The HIT training protocol uses the following, IMO. Use full-body or split routines 2-10 days between workouts Abbreviated routines (e.g., 1-3 sets per bodypart,3-10 total sets per workout, and anworkout time of 10-30 min.) Train...

I train each bodypart once every 7-9 days.

Well put--I use HIT because of the demands of my schedule and my age. I rarely have time for more than 2-3 workouts per week, which take no longer than 20-30 min. to complete, and I have made excellent progress following this style of training. Nonetheless, I believe that everyone needs to find...

The position you maintain about HIT is, on the surface, well reasoned as well as supported by research. However, several aspects of your position need to be addressed: the fallacy of one set training; training form and speed of training repetitions; and the failure to address training frequency...

A number of factors may affect your recovery--diet, work, family, age, health, just to name a few. From a personal standpoint, I prefer to train each major bodypart at least once per week, adjusting the sessions based on evrything that is going on in my life. Sometimes, I have to switch from a...

Thank you, and you are correct, supersets should not be performed at each workout. I do train with staright sets, as well, on occasion, but I do follow the HIT principles, as explained by Mentzer, in addition to others. Nonetheless, do you, or any one else, have additional suggestions/comments?

Out of curiosity, does anyone use Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty routines? If so, have you had success, or have you developed any effective variations of the routines? I've used a variation (see below) of the one from HD II with good results. I welcome any suggestions. Workout 1:flye supersetted...

18.25 in cold @ BWT of 250 w/11% BF