I preach these training principles when it comes to my H.I.G.T program. I believe these five basic principles when applied correctly and accompanied with proper nutrition, supplementation, & rest allow for drastic body composition change and huge gains in speed & strength.
1. INTENSITY...without it you're spinning your wheels, achieve it with heavy weights and little to no rest between exercises.
2. GROUPING...pairing two or more muscle groups during training, remember functional fitness. Muscle contraction is a team effort. Single joint movements are limiting your results.
3. RECRUITMENT..this program was developed to recruit as many fast twitch muscle fibers as possible. These are the fibers responsible for a lean sculpted physique.
4. NO REST.. I should say limited amounts of rest. traditional weight training limits overall growth in trained individuals. Limited to no rest between exercises forces the body to recruit more muscle fibers to handle the increased demands put on the body.
5. UNCONVENTIONAL IS CONVENTIONAL.. Training in this matter puts a huge demand on your heart & lungs, forcing more blood flow and rapid use of oxygen in time resulting in better cardiovascular fitness without endless hours on the treadmill.
These fundamental principles have been tested and proven to work. I began training and developing H.I.G.T in 2004 with the help of some of this country's fittest USFS smoke jumpers.. http://www.smokejumpers.com ..in the deserts of Nevada. I have tweaked it to what it is today. You don't have to agree with these principles I only ask you to ask yourself this, "If there is a better more efficient way of training that will drastically sculpt your body with tons of lean muscle tissue and turn your body into a fat incinerating machine with a metabolism that churns full throttle, can you afford to NOT give it a try?
Your body, your health, your choice.
Richard Seymour
If you're like most Americans you're just shaking your head when you drive up to the gas pump. I don't see any relief any time soon, in fact it's probably going to get worse this summer. With that being said, the trickel down effect of higher fuel costs will directly affect your fitness. Well your pocket fiscal fitness that is. The cost to drive back and forth from the gym. Most train five times a week and some people do drive a bit to get to their gym.
Fast and slow twitch are generalizations for more specific muscle fiber types. Physiologists classify human muscle fibers as type 1( slow twitch )type 2 (fast twitch) In general, slow twitch muscle fibers are relatively fatigue resistant, but do not contract as rapidly or as strongly.
Shoulders & triceps are grouped in day three of my H.I.G.T program. Once again weight and reps will not be prescribed due to not knowing your current level of fitness. As always the principles of heavy weight maximum thirty second rest periods between sets and no rest between super sets applies.
My High Intensity Group Training also known as (H.I.G.T) was developed in 2004 and has fully evolved into the training program it is today. My training methods and principles will seem a bit extreme to some however at thirty seven I can assure you they were developed with the idea that our bodies are ageing, and as athletes we are simply getting older.A training method that would allow you to better your fitness level and build more lean muscle tissue along with burning loads of fat was possible. With that in mind understand H.I.G.T is efficient and effective and results-driven.
On Thursday four days from returning from Africa I returned for the first time in nearly eleven years to an old school boxing only gym. Rustic and hard core, a gym for fighters learning and mastering their craft. You wont catch the majority of American fitness fanatics here. No fancy machines and no juice bar.