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Well I tried it today but I think I got it slightly wrong. I just did bodyweight squats as quickly as possible (about 20 reps in 20 seconds) and literally had to stop after the third interval because of the alctic acid build up in my legs! I've just re-read one of the articles and it says it...

This is what I was referring to in my earlier post and the main reason why I don't think this sort of research applies to hst as much as to other working out methods that advocate training to failure. Not that I think there's anything particularly wrong with doing one set, I just subscribe to...

There's a thread around somewhere with a lengthy debate on machines versus free weights, can't remember who started it. For my money I like machines for isolation movements like pec dec, pullover machine & also use cables for lateral and bentover lateral raises. That's because the...

You're not going to like it but if I was training 5x a week then I would do a full body workout 5x a week - in fact I do, it's supposed to be 6x a week but I always end up having an extra day off some where! Essentially, if you're training HST style, there should be no reason to think that a...

I would just increase the weight by the usual increments after the 5s, keep doing normal reps until you no longer can (e.g. sets of 2 or 3 etc without going to failure), when you no longer can switch to negatives simply by continuing to increase the weight by the usual increments. For pulling...

Hi mate, Ah, that makes sense regarding the heart rate, although my only concern would be is that my understanding of intense intervals (whether HIIT or tabata) is that you jack the heart rate up much higher than it would usually go during usualy cardio & that's where the superior fat...

Hi guys, my hooks just arrived in the post, all excited but annoyed that I'm only at the end of my 10s so am going to have to weight until I get into post 5s before using them for pull up partials/negs and heavy deads. Will let you know what they're like as soon as I've tested them out, seem...

I think I posted this is another similar thread but don't all these studies use subjects training to failure as opposed to using sub maximal weights in a hst fashion? Also no weight progression. Also possibly were the one setters using heavier weights as presumably you can do one set of 10 reps...

How did you figure your max is 145? I thought you took your age of 220 to get your theoretical maximum? I'm 26 so I always look to get to 170-180 with HIIT as that's around 90%. I think the warm up is important, I've started using longer HIIT intervals as it's easier to get the heart rate up...

I think it's a good effort (calkid has a sticky thread explaining the same sort of thing on the general training board!) although negatives should be included. I don't agree that it's missing any information regarding nutrition, there are no specific recommendations about the amount of...

I guess it all comes down to the fact that only people who are willing to pay for the book are going to find out exactly what jreps are and as none of us are willing to do that (and I'm guessing would only be willing to do that if there were several respected scientific studies proving that they...

Hi guys, Seems like an extreme version of HIIT to me, there was a massive and very informative thread on bodybuilding.com about HIIT about 3 years ago and I seem to remember the rest intervals were supposed to be 3 times that of the 'working' intervals - so I guess you could say tabat is 6...

I agree with what the other guys say but I also can't figure out how you can possibly be working out for 2 hours with weights unles you're doing a lot of cardio and including that or going with a load of mates and sort of socialising at the same time? What does your routine look like in terms...

You don't need to test your maxes again after a cycle. You can just move all your weights up by one increment or something like that (if your maxed were fairly accurate) but I would suggest keeping the starting weight the same and simply increase the weight every session without worrying about...

I much prefer that. Do you mean normal deads or stiff legged deads? Because stiff legged would make sense as you're working quads with the press (so hammies with the deads). I'd still do one arm extensions instead of close grip. Still don't know what GHR stands for? And what did the bah...

I only do one set per exercise too but work out 6 days a week (all body) and everything is fine. I think you'll find that those that aren't doing the vanilla routine on here are probably working out more frequently rather than less. It gets harder as you get heavier (I never lift to failure in...

Personally I like only using one compound exercise per bodypart (stretch point optional later on in the cycle) so that would be way too many exercises. For examply why not just pick one chest exercise and then do as many sets as you feel able if you want higher volume? As you alternating you...

My girlfriend had a body for life book and annoyed her by rubbishing it! I hate anything that uses those photos with different lighting and in the first one they push their stomachs out etc and then pose completely differently in the second picture. On further reading it didn't seem like there...

Well the reason I alternate in the first place is I only want to do one compound exercise per bodypart in a session but don't want that to mean I can only do one exercise for a complete cycle - I don't think that would be covering all the bases fully (e.g. want to do chins and rows for back)...

I suspect a lot of those studies do not use subjects who are traing with sub maximal weights and not lifting to failure and are therefore not applicable to HST I used to use one set because I believed that in doing so I could focus completely on that set without holding anything back and really...