Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.713
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Rodale Books
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: October 01, 2004
Publishing house: Rodale Books
Release Date: September 09, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 628289
Studio: Rodale Books
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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 very 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, a number of high-profile strength coaches use HIT to train their athletes, and the bodybuilding magazine Ironman does HIT-based features every issue, there still are no major HIT books in stores. This new book-by champion bodybuilder, exercise researcher, and best-selling author Ellington Darden, who is a Jones disciple and friend-shows lifters how to apply the master's teachings, along with some new HIT concepts to achieve extraordinary results.
At the heart of the book is a complete, illustrated, six-month course for explosive growth. Exercise by exercise, workout by workout, the reader is shown precisely what to do, and perhaps even more important, what not to do. Charging that too many bodybuilders follow a more-is-better approach-too many exercises, too many sets, and too much frequency-and rely on steroids to compensate for depleted recovery ability, Darden shows why HIT, steroid-free and healthy, is the best way to safely build muscle. Finally, the exercise religion Arthur Jones founded, and Darden fine-tuned, has its bible.
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This book has some useful information, and it's interesting and entertaining to read.
But the title is misleading, because there's really nothing new in this book, nor is the workout plan really high-intensity.
Here's why: in order to generate "maximum intensity" for any weight-lifing exercise that you do, you need to have the right definition for intensity to begin with; the "right" defintion being one that works in both theory and practice. Obviously without that definition, you won't know which strategies are most effective for maximizing the intensity of any exercise that you do. And if you don't achieve maximum intensity, you won't obtain maximum results in minimum time; it's that simple.
The irony is that even though this book emphasizes intensity to the max, it never even offers ANY definition for intensity, let alone the RIGHT definition. So not surprisingly, the exercises in this book will not enable to achieve maximum intensity. And as a result, this workout plan will not deliver maximum results in minimum time, which is what most people want in the ideal workout plan.
The best published workout plan for achieving maximum intensity and obtaining maximum results in minimum time is found in the book "Max Contraction Training" by John Little. This is no surprise, since that is the only book (that I know of) that comes close to defining intensity correctly, as it relates to strength-training. And a supplement to that book, I would also recommend "Static Contraction Training" by Peter Sisco and John Little.
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This book delivers. You get the results as promised without the use of steroids. I recommend this book for anyone looking to pack on muscle, look good, but not freakishly large.
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I am a beginner to this program (bought it a few weeks ago) and have just started using the program. I have given three stars because it was a very informative book for which a lot (not all) of the concepts make a lot of sense.
I cant give it more or less (yet) because I have just started using the program. I wont judge before I try it. which is what I advise to everyone. open yourself up and forget about your opinion use something and if it doesnt work for you then you actually can state why it is so bad. Not because you read it and felt like stating some other facts.
anyways, ill post back in a few months and honestly state a fact of whether it worked or not for me.
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I don't know how long ago I bought this book, but I forgot about it, and recently I saw an article about Dorian Yates in a magazine and he was talking about how he adapted his style from Mike Mentzer. So, I was looking for a Mike Mentzer book at the store when I remembered I had bought this one and that it must be somewhere mixed in with all my other books. So, I wetn home and found it.
Much of the book just seems to be Darden's biased opinions: his love of Arthur Jones, his bashing of Arnold and the Mentzers, etc. If you want a book that just talks about HIT training, then you don't want this one. It's not worth the money. You can learn just as much about HIT training by asking on any messageboard that discusses bodybuilding.
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You want me to review a book I have YET TO RECEIVE, it takes 2-6 business days to get my book, yesterday is the 6th day and I checked my mail - no books. I bought 3 books (each book from a different amazon seller), so far I have one book which I received promptly and paid 1 penny for but THIS BOOK - which cost me $7.50 has yet to show up, much less the other book from another seller for .99. They took my money, the order is complete and there is NO FED EX DELIVERY EMAIL OR ACTIVITY OF ANY KIND, but all 3 orders show COMPLETE, according to Amazon rules, I have to wait until 04/11 (5 days after final due date) to contact the seller and either get my book or a refund, so be it. I want a refund for the full amount and I'll try buying this same book from someone else on amazon...complete waste of my time! Maybe its a good book, I'll never know. It's not about the money, its about the time I've wasted when I have other things to be concerned with. I but things from Amazon all the time, I never have this problem. Do yourself a favor and buy the book from someone else.
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