It might be. It might also be from a book he wrote, based on measurements he took himself, and then explained in his forum by saying that the guy in those pictures just has a genetically strange body.
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Omg I just read your reply to the dude saying āstay away from hgh, olympic lifting, steroids, drugsā¦ā
Literally lmao-ed.
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Iāll admit I am giving DC training a fair go this fall as it fits well into my life schedule. Seems to be a lot of similar principles.
However, that forum is an interesting place.
I confess I wish I knew the technique for olympic lifts or could find a good coach where I am (we mostly have Crossfit gyms as the closest alternate).
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Stay away from it. Itās as bad as meth according to one enlightened HIT Jedi.
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Oh, I see. Fingers crossed getting for the dumbbells then.
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Re units of measurement: Itās funny how they shape our perception of what makes for a pursuit-worthy goal or achievement. For example, a budding and/or lightweight English-system powerlifter is killing him/herself to reach a 1000# total. Correct me if anyone knows different, but I doubt many metric-system PLers are likewise engaged in the dogged pursuit of a 454.54 total. Similarly, thereās a training log for which the title indicates the OP is chasing Big 3 lifts of 400/500/600āextremely worthy goals in my American-brained opinion. But while I confess I didnāt do an exhaustive search, I suspect there are no logs documenting a pursuit of 181.8/227.3/272.7.
On the BBing side, many aspiring American BBers hit the forum with a plan to bulk to 200#, then cut. Do metric BBers similarly endeavor to bulk to 90.9 kg before leaning out?
My favorite story in this regard: Sergey Bubka, widely considered the greatest pole vaulter of all time, blew most of the world away when he clear 6.0 mālong considered impossibleāin 1984. But Americans greeted the feat with a collective shrug, because yeah, 19 ft 8 in is pretty high, but so? However, when he improved the record by 0.1 m in 1991ā¦While the rest of the world applauded politely, Americans went nuts. Why? Because someone had pole-vaulted TWENTY FEETācan you believe it? (Bubkaāfully aware of the measurement system implicationsādedicated that vault to his āAmerican fans.ā)
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If itās like meth it may help lose some of this stubborn fat. Plus, I have dental insurance so if I lose a couple teeth - no big deal.
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My newest gym purchase arrived today!! Itās my ultimate cardio machine! Does stuff an airdyne only dreams of 
so stoked to be back on two wheels!!
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Looks good. Trying to get back to biking too.
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You train WAY more frequently with DC than with HIT. The only real shared principles are the intensification multiplyers used. Beyond that, more differences than similarities.
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I confess that I clearly know far too little about these different training styles for someone who has spent so much time in the gym over the last 14 years.
I also confess that I get irrationally irked when articles say new research SHOWS something. This was triggered today by T-nation article that claimed a particular piece of research shows slow reps are better than fast reps. It makes me want to argue with the inanimate, non-sentient being that is an article title. I know āresearch suggests that, within certain groups over a short time frame, training with slow reps with focus on eccentrics can result in greater hypertophy when workouts arent equated for effort or time under tensionā isnāt catchy, but I feel like these articles that so greatly overstate their authority contribute to all the argumentative and obstinate beginners who have āeverything figured outā despite making no progress from an already low base in the last 12 months.
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People are so awful at interpreting studies. Science is cool: the general population understanding of science is terrible.
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Didnāt realize that. Just saw one of the post that the workouts were a total of 5-6 over the course of a monthā¦
I am all for the lowest volume possible to build the most muscle, but I know this would not work for me.
Ninja gains.
This is, in my opinion, a large part of why society (American society, at least) is in the shape itās currently in.
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Definite Dunning Kruger effect society-wide. Like, hereās the thing: thereās an āaverage intelligenceā. That means, thereās also 50% of the people below that and 50% of the people above that. See if you can find ANYONE that admits to being in the 50% below. We canāt ALL be above average: thatās not how average works, but EVERYONE thinks theyāre smart enough to be able to interpret this stuff on their own.
@cyclonengineer The frequency has always been what drew me away from HIT. That and the fact that, if it worked, people would use it.
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I love the look of these new low slung frames. It seems like it would be so much more controllable than the older much higher seated bikes. More like a beefed up BMX with gears than the old rhomboid with a seat.
Do you do exclusively downhill on that or more universal riding?
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Bingo.
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HIT seems like the embodiment of the phrase āEverybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but donāt nobody want to lift no heavy-ass weightsā
We can if weāre children living in Lake Wobegon.
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