About this title: For many dedicated bodybuilders, the weight-lifting theories of Arthur Jones are gospel. It was Jones, the inventor of Nautilus exercise equipment, who first discovered that short, intense workouts could produce better results than the long, high-volume workouts then in vogue. Even though research into Jones's methods has proved them correct, there still are no major HIT books in stores. This new book-by champion bodybuilder, exercise researcher, and best selling author Ellington Darden, Ph.D., who is a Jones disciple and friend-shows lifters how to apply the master's teachings, along with ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781594860003ISBN:1594860009
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781594860003ISBN:1594860009
Description: Very Good. A crease across the bottom corner of back cover, otherwise, cover is in good shape, binding is tight, pages are crisp and clean. Within 2 days. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594860003ISBN:1594860009
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781594860003ISBN:1594860009
Description: Very Good. Size: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches; Certain to become the bible of HIT-the training that revolutionized lifting with shorter, far-more-intense workouts-this impassioned guide is the last word on how to achieve explosive growth safely, without steroids! For many dedicated bodybuilders, the weight-lifting theories of Arthur Jones are gospel. It was Jones, the inventor of Nautilus exercise equipment, who first discovered that short, intense workouts could produce better results than the ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: RODALE PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781594860003ISBN:1594860009
Description: New. Certain to become the bible of HIT-the training that revolutionized lifting with shorter, far-more-intense workouts-this impassioned guide is the last word on how to achieve explosive growth safely, without steroids! For many dedicated bodybuilders, ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594860003ISBN:1594860009
Description: New. An in-depth guide to muscle training offers a complete six-month course in the style of Arthur Jones, the famous inventor of the Nautilus exercise equipment, providing the fastest, safest way to build muscle, steroid-free. read more
"I think HIT has a place in any strength training regimin but IMO it can't serve as the basis for training. It is too stressful on your body, specifically your joints. Lifting maximal loads each workout is too much for them."
"There is a common more-is-better philosophy that permeates American thought. It spills over from everything including money to bodybuilding. The common popular training approach in bodybuilding is more sets+more reps=bigger muscles. Well anyone who is familiar with High Intensity Training realizes the idea that a muscle only has to be stimulated to maximal effort during one set and allowed to rest in order to grow. As you read the book you'll come into contact with the writing and thoughts of Arthur Jones who was perhaps the first person to start expounding on H.I.T. concepts. This philosophy just makes rational sense and is fascinating to read about. I don't know you'll find anything "new" in this book but Darden certainly does a nice job of tying everything together and comparing this shorter but harder more intense type of training with the usual longer lower-intensity high volume training.
One area I got annoyed with was Darden's implication that very few people can develop BIG muscular growth. He seems to think most all of us are limited by lack of genetic potential to get a really big physique. One of his methods of determining this is to have a subject measure the gap between his flexed bicep and his elbow joint. If you have a 2-inch gap for instance you have very poor genetic potential. This is a bogus method of assessing muscular potential. Obviously the already big guys are going to have less of a gap since their arms are already filled out. If you were to look at Dorian Yates or Markus Ruhl before each of them started training you may have assumed they had little potential as well. However, we know the kind of mass both of these men eventually added to their frames.
Anyhow, the rest of the book reads nicely with some bodybuilding history, illustrations of exercises and sample HIT routines to try for the beginner, intermediate or advanced athlete. There's a little discussion on nutrition but not much. At the very end there is a little question and answer section, which is helpful to gaining a better understanding of some of the book's ideas. I recommend it to people who think they know it all...to expand their minds a bit and open up to achieving more of their muscle-building potential."
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