Sorry jskrabac,
The question was originally posted in Dr Dardens forum, but the moderator chose to place it here. HIT-trainees doing full body routines can’t sustain everyday excercise - which is why I was interested in hearing different views and ideas about it.
No harm done though, as many people here seem to find it an ok question. I find it both inspirational and impressive to hear how much people excercise!
I welcome the HIT group. It’s not my cup of tea, but I like diverse opinions here.
I’m actually glad the moderators are moving some threads from Darden’s sub-forum; I prefer that to creating an environment where we think everyone has to stick to their own echo chambers.
Thanks TFP!
I couldn’t agree more. Wise are the trainees who assemble and utilize techniques from many different perspectives. I mean, we all need to break a plateau once in a while - and then you need to do something differently.
I recently used cluster sets to become stronger in bench press. Not exactly HIT-ish (though Mike Mentzer used it), but I implemented it in my regular routine as an experiment.
Then again, we all return to the basic powerlifter excercises…
Me too.
Plus, a few of those guys are pretty well accomplished. And some of them are also pretty old, which I find impressive, in that they have managed to stay in pretty good shape.
No joke, If a few of those guys are in their mid-late 60’s and still have it in them to hit it with some enthusiasm and make it productive, they absolutely have my respect.
Gotcha, thanks for explaining. I’m not familiar with Darden and completely misread your post I think. Sorry for any negativity.
I lift:
4x/wk during strength phases as I tend to need more recovery from higher intensity sessions,
5x/wk during hypertrophy phases, just seems to be the sweet spot for me to grow,
6x/wk during cutting or recomp phases as it’s a great way to increase caloric output and keep the metabolism churning.
Usually 5-7
Dumbest thing I ever did was 30 days straight of Murphy which is pretty high intensity (but not HIT as a system)
These days if u count brisk walks 6-7. Actual weights, 3-5 depending on how much stuff I’ve got to do and stress/sleep troubles.
I used to work grocery as a produce and clerk and night stocker. Clocked in miles of walking and lots of lifting enough to work up a bit of sweat most days. It was everyday then, I had to really dial back the volume on lifting days and just focus on the essentials.
My inclination towards HIT is that I have learned, through vast research, that I get smaller and weaker when I can’t lift because I’m too damn sore.
Therefore the method that is best for me, is whatever does not injure me, or bore the hell out of me.
What this results in is: I can tolerate and I enjoy one big set of 8 - 12 to the last rep, but I can only tolerate this about once every 5 days, and I find that when I do lift with that muscle again in 5 of so days, I can sometimes get an extra rep closer to 12.
And because I have a huge confirmation bias, I like reading about methods and opinions that support the only training method that works for me. P_P_L, every second day. Ya see, science!
Yes indeed, I love being a young guy on that forum, in my fifties…
Me too (in my 40-ties)! 
Mostly every day in some capacity be it lifting or cardio.
Walks, KBs, gym, Airdyne, impromptu rough play with the kids. Just get the fucking work in or wither and die
My exercise frequency depend on a handful of factors. All things being equal, I like having four or five programmed days per week, a mix of cardio and lifting, and getting some activity at least one of the two non-workout days. A long walk, hauling wheelbarrow loads in my yard, anything like that will do.
3-4x/week, more than that I will get burned out usually. Where talking about lifting weights here. I only do 5/10 mins cardio before or after training because I’m naturally lean.
If it is just a light/moderate cardio like basketball shooting around or jogging/non-competitive swimming then every day is probably fine.
3-5 times a week, most often 5. And a walk on one of the off days.
Used to be 4 days a week for about 12 yrs. Now I do half hr sesssion every 4/5 days, with full body completed over 2 sessions. Best results Ive ever had, and half my life back 
3 full body sessions a week has been my go-to since high school. I’ve used a lot of different splits and frequencies, but 3 days of full body seems to be what I always return to and thus, where most of my progress has been made.
Right now I’m doing a split push -pull of 30 10 30. Push one day , take a day off then pull , a day off then push… ditto. It seems to be working pretty good for recovery as I’m adding reps fairly consistently. In the past I usually trained , lifted weights, worked out or whatever you want to call it to failure twice a week but I love to workout so I have no aversion to working out every day if I could but I just can’t recover from that.
Scott
right now I am on a three day bro split, but I train 4-5 days per week to get in some frequency.
A few times a day. Everyday.
As a follow up discussion: what do you guys count as a workout vs “active recovery” vs full rest
For example, I’ve noticed that some ppls recovery workouts are more than my actual workouts and I use long walks as rest