Read stuff on overshoot training and tendon CSA development from Per Aargard from Denmark… very interesting stuff.
http://www.elingueiusmlearn.it/master/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=142&Itemid=102
The only credit I will give HIT is that its better than BFS (bigger faster stronger) unless its based on the same 1 set til failure bullcrap.
BFS is tha bomb, we did it in high school. MWF speed, TTh weights. 3x3,5x5,54321,1086
Sorry I must again disagree with you. I dont like either 1 of those systems. In college I was taught the HIT system and I hated it. BFS was in high school and I hated it also.
Why??? Not bad for hs kids.
Now that Im smarter and I know what Im doin now I wont teach it because the 1st thing I teach my athletes (high school, college and pro) is Joint stability, structure, integretity (etc) None of those systems teach, start or end not to mention to kids that hey your joints have to be strong also.
Sorry you feel that way. Work great for myself and my teammates but then again Texas has better athletes. 
Ha I must admit Texas has good athletes. Im from virginia so us country boys chased after animals (mainly rabbits and chickens) lol
do you do all your lifting on a swiss ball? sounds like something i’d read out of men’s health magazine or a kinesiology textbook. how about you give credit where credit is due.
besides, coaching professional athletes is a just a little bit different that coaching 16 year old kids don’t u think??
all systems work, but for how long and at what risk? Sure, people can get great results using HIT, but it has also been shown to drastically increase injuries. Unstable surface training can be an interesting adjunct to the overall training process, just not good as the sole methodology. Problem is often that people want to seem cutting edge and try to reinvent training to be more sport specific and functional. It’s like Ian King said in his book Barbells and Bullshit, "There is a time and a place for everything. The exercise or training method can be used with an intent to create functional strength, hoever an exercise or training method is not in itself “functional”, nor is it by that definition “non-functional”. Too many people try to compartmentalize everything into schools and systems. I think that is where so much misinformation lies. I am always wary of people who speak in absolutes.
Swiss ball? Where did that come from?
Ok so what credit am I supposed to give and to who? If any credit I do give it to univ of pitt staff, univ of Iowa staff, univ of wake forest staff. Is that what your talking about? I honestly cant give credit to HIT system schools cause the injury rate is very high.
Just like my man speedcoach said all systems work but at what risk?
I agree, some of the strongest men I have studied had simple routines, ate a lot of food, and designed their own training and training devices such as Vasiley Alexeyev.
About the food, Vasiley Alexeyev for example would eat a 36 egg omelet for breakfast!
As far as books, my top pics are:
Supertraining
WestSide Book of Methods
Championship Bodybuilding
Texas has a better gene pool to pull from compared to other states. Texas also has favorable weather conditions that is conducive to year around training.
I would highly recommend some of the old translated soviet weightlifting texts. They are written by coaches who have produced multiple world and olympic champions.
PM me for more info.
Should we separate Kraemer’s strength training/ program design work from his neuro-endocrine response/hormonal work?
Charles P. just put Bill Kraemer at the top of his list.
It depends on what the goal for the athlete is. If you want a 16-20 year old to have a high bench press, squat, power clean, 40 yard dash and vertical jump, then BFS is the best system out there.
If you’re goal is to create the best 400m runner, then i have no idea what you should do. But you saying BFS is a garbage program is just not the case. And they claim to have a very low injury rate. The program is designed for 2,3 and 4 sport high school athletes. The idea is: when are those athletes supposed to be improving? Some coaches preach in-season maintenance, but the athlete would never progress because there isn’t enough off season. If you have a 1 sport athlete, perhaps there are better systems. But what about a team of 50 guys who may play 2 or 3 sports?
And you can’t clump all HIT programs into one. Lots of bodybuilders use it, but so do many healthy athletes in several different forms.
Again I have to respectfully disagree with you. BFS is I think 30 years old. I had this conversation with a family ( I should say dad and son). Dad says son was doin well aka lifting, his hoop and baseball performance until he started the bfs system his high school does. Then he was always sore, always tired and his performance declined. He stopped doing the program and did something else (not sure what program) he went back to his usual performance. (He’s getting offers from D1 schools)
Granted Ill admit you cant clump all HIT programs into 1. But a bad program is a bad program no matter what kind of dressing you put on it.
It’s sad when you have to consider doing that for a researcher. Think about it.
It’s like saying I go to a Doctor for his personality not his medical skills.
You’re either a good researcher or not.
And what conclusion would you draw from that?
when i was in high school, our coach “followed the BFS” system.
But he really didn’t. We did bench press 3 times every week, only squatted once and never did the running or stretching or agility or plyos. He didn’t really care what the program looked like, just wanted everyone to come in.
The program really calls for a layout like this:
Monday
Squat variation (box, front, hip sled)
Bench variation (towel bench preferred)
Auxiliary lifts like SLDL and glute ham
Agility/Dot drill
1-2-3-4 flexibility
Tuesday
10 sprints 30-50 yards
Plyos- boxes, vertical jumps, broad jumps… about 50 jumps total
Flexibility
Wednesday
Hex Bar Deadlift
Power cleans
Auxilary
Flexibility
Thursday
same as Tuesday
Friday
Parallel squat
Bench Press
Flexibility
Agility
Saturday
Flexibility
Remember, the goals are directed to increase the bench press, the squat, power clean, 40 and vertical jump. They also claim that towel bench and box squat don’t hurt the CNS enough to reduce performance- even the next day. In their mind, if you squat 400 pounds, bench 300 and power clean 250… you’ll be running a 4.6 40 and have a 30+ vertical --even a 6’4 250 pound football player… giving you, as a high school athlete the tools to succeed.