About a month ago, my trainer (Patrick) showed me a cool video that demonstrates some of the strength, flexibility, and control one can achieve through high intensity training. A true master of the HIT philosophy, he has been teaching and practicing its principles for over 8 years. In this video, Patrick demonstrates an incredibly challenging [...]

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Patrick Diver is the founder of Greyhound Fitness, a company that provides the fastest workout in Orlando – Florida. He has years of experience and extensive knowledge involving High Intensity Training. He was also my trainer during the High Intensity Training Experiment and gave me some top notch advice on how to maximize my results. [...]

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I combined the before and after pictures of the High Intensity Training Experiment into just one image and posted it below. I wanted to show you the results you can achieve with High Intensity Training.

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A few of you have sent me e-mails asking if High Intensity Training (HIT) would be a good fit for you. I wish I could respond with a simple “yes” or “no,” but it’s not that easy. I don’t know enough about your lifestyles to give you the right answer. It is something you have [...]

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The Science Behind High Intensity Training continued… Recovery Now that you understand how the muscle fibers function during exercise, we will talk about how they recover. If you followed the High Intensity Training Experiment, you noticed that I only worked out 2 times a week. This was done on purpose, as I continue the experiment [...]

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The Science Behind High Intensity Training continued… Motor Units Now each group of muscle fibers work in association with one nerve and together they make up a motor unit. The motor unit can be a Type I or a Type II motor unit. The type of motor unit formed depends on the muscle fibers that [...]

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In order to help you understand why High Intensity Training works, I’ve decided to focus on how the human body builds muscle. This will be the first part of The Science Behind High Intensity Training article. I read Body by Science, by Doug McGuff and John Little, and also used it as my main resource [...]

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Today is the moment of truth and I’m pretty pleased with the results of this experiment. My complete workout time for the month totaled 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 32 seconds. It’s equivalent to the time most people spend in the gym during ONE training session. Originally, I was aiming for a total workout time [...]

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Today was the final High Intensity Workout of the experiment. The final day of pain, well at least for this month. I feel stronger and I’m a few pounds bigger than when I started so I feel that this experiment was a HUGE success. No pun intended. I’m going to hold off on weighing and [...]

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For today’s first HIT exercise, I decided to concentrate on my back. I did one set on the seated row machine, completing 5 reps total. This wasn’t a lot of reps, but I believe it’s because I went a little too heavy on the weights. The next exercise involved the shoulders, I used dumbbells to [...]

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