The acronym "HIT" stands for HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING.
HIT simply means organizing your workouts so that they are:
1. HARD - as hard as possible IN GOOD FORM.
2. BRIEF - 1-3 sets of a few basic exercises performed in an hour or less.
3. INFREQUENT - No more than three times per week, often times two, or even one.
4. SAFE - HIT is meant to be extremely productive in terms of size/strength gains AND also has a built-in safety component.
One of the fundamental goals of strength training is to act as INJURY PREVENTATIVE
HIT is a disciplined style of training which is based on the two universally known factors affecting muscular growth - OVERLOAD and PROGRESSION.
HIT simply means organizing your workouts so that they are:
1. HARD - as hard as possible IN GOOD FORM.
2. BRIEF - 1-3 sets of a few basic exercises performed in an hour or less.
3. INFREQUENT - No more than three times per week, often times two, or even one.
4. SAFE - HIT is meant to be extremely productive in terms of size/strength gains AND also has a built-in safety component.
One of the fundamental goals of strength training is to act as INJURY PREVENTATIVE
HIT is a disciplined style of training which is based on the two universally known factors affecting muscular growth - OVERLOAD and PROGRESSION.