Most gyms and commercial fitness centres have been indoctrinated by the "more is better" principal.
We have all made the mistake of thinking that if we don't get it right with 1 set we must do 3 to 4 sets to make up for a bad set. This is completely wrong.
Exercise physiology teaches us that anaerobic exercise must be brief and intense. To grow you must also rest properly in order to recover completely.
Some of you might have visited my gym and seen me push my personal training students through a workout. Some of them are hardly in the gym for 10 minutes yet are making rediculous gains like 1 to 1.5 kg weight gain between workouts.
Isn't this what you would call a productive training system. Beats those 2 hour workouts every day hands down.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
HIT basics
We at Kevins Muscle Factory subscribe to the Heavy Duty/High Intensity Training (HIT) system of training.
The HIT system is the most scientifically correct system around, referring to anaerobic exercise. It is supposed to be INTENSE. Being intense it should be as brief as posible as glycogen is the source of fuel and it is limited.
Also, the bodies recovery ability should be interfered with as little as possible, this is critical to your progress.
After your very intense short workout the overall body should be given enough rest to enable it the oportunity to recover from the workout. The body operates as a system (more about that later) and this is why the total body needs to recover after a workout. The stress of an intense workout on the bodies total nervous sytem requires the total body to be rested!
Only once total recovery has taken place can strength and muscle size growth start.
Our pupils rest between 4 to 9 days between workouts.
The HIT system is the most scientifically correct system around, referring to anaerobic exercise. It is supposed to be INTENSE. Being intense it should be as brief as posible as glycogen is the source of fuel and it is limited.
Also, the bodies recovery ability should be interfered with as little as possible, this is critical to your progress.
After your very intense short workout the overall body should be given enough rest to enable it the oportunity to recover from the workout. The body operates as a system (more about that later) and this is why the total body needs to recover after a workout. The stress of an intense workout on the bodies total nervous sytem requires the total body to be rested!
Only once total recovery has taken place can strength and muscle size growth start.
Our pupils rest between 4 to 9 days between workouts.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Knowledge is power
I've started this blog so that I can share with the weight training comunity what I have learnt in my many years of competitive bodybuilding and powerlifting. Over the last number of years my thinking has been shaped enormously by the writings and teachings of men like Arthur Jones, Mike Mentzer and many others.
Most bodybuilders still make the same mistake of overtraining and not recovering properly before training again, resulting in slow progress, if any at all.
I plan to share tips and advice with you as we go forward and invite you to comment or ask questions.
Most bodybuilders still make the same mistake of overtraining and not recovering properly before training again, resulting in slow progress, if any at all.
I plan to share tips and advice with you as we go forward and invite you to comment or ask questions.
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