2009…it’s been a while
So I’m back….unfortunately, I let the summer beer drinking go too far…not dangerously or anything…but I am at the largest waistline of my entire life…yuk…so it’s time to cut back on the beer. Other than that, as far as my fitness goes, my friend Vince and I have been working out once per week doing a consolidated (we modified it a little) High Intensity Training workout. We took it straight out of Mike Mentzer’s book, "High Intensity Training, the Mike Mentzer Way." I highly suggest any serious bodybuilder read this book. It is a little jargon heavy at times and he’s very philisophical but if you can get through that, then the science and knowledge he puts forth, is logical and exciting. If there is one key point from the book to pass on, it would be that OVERTRAINING is the most common and easiest mistake for every bodybuilder to make. I’ve done 6 HIT sessions in the last 6 weeks, and even though they are small steps, I’ve increased my weight and/or reps every week on every exercise. I think there will be a point where that will slow down and I’ll have to try some different techniques to shock my muscles. But overall, I am happy with my progress. I’ve never had steady progress for 6 weeks in a row EVER…except when I first started lifting 8 years ago…but that happens for everyone. The hardest thing about Mentzer’s style of training is that if you are a lover of bodybuilding and training…then the amount of time off inbetween workouts will drive you nuts and you’ll easily be tempted to want to work out more. But if you can be patient and rely on the science of HIT training, it’ll be worth it. Also, it is very against the classic volume training style and even most workouts suggested on BB.com….basically when training with the highest intensity possible, you should not train more than twice per week. Like I said, my training partner and I are training once per week. It’s been hard because we’ve both wanted to train more inbetween but we haven’t and we’ve both never progressed like this. Small steps as they may be, it is still progress and you can’t argue with the training journal. Alright well I’ve gone on enough. I’m going to try to update here more often. I hope everyone is doing well with their efforts. Until next time…
