In terms of full body versus splits, I currently use a hybrid where you focus on a different movement plane each workout. For example, horizontal push, vertical pull and posterior work on Day 1. Then vertical push, horizontal pull and quad work on Day 2. Obviously there is some carryover but each workout is 4 days apart, meaning each body part is effectively being done twice in 8 days.
Steve ; It’s easier for you look them up online … try You Tube for a demonstration of Performance Pins.
They are a spring loaded pins you put in the weight stack that release automatically when you’re ready for the next , lower resistance without you having to stop the movement to manually do it. Great invention !!
I will look into it. Thanks!
ok cool, I remember you then. yeah me too, I had to slightly change my name too so I could register here also.
Same…bought all Darden’s books. Found what worked for me in that framework…variety and various techniques caused me to grow…but not straight sets and doing 1 more rep. 21’s, stage reps, dropsets worked…leg workouts helped boost overall growth. Brian Johnson gave a lot more ideas for this variation and his ideas matched what I found on my own…but I lacked the ideas for more variety. I ended up buying Brian Johnson’s book of multiple of his smaller books and shipping to Australia was a fortune. But was worth it.
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I am not finding Brian Johnson “exercise” or "work out " books on internet. Could you help me find his books?..Names of books? Thanks
He sells his stuff direct now.
Does he have a website? Do I just email him to get a list of his books? Thanks
Brian JOHNSTON, not Johnson.
Thanks
Brian D Johnston. Maybe you can contact him via Amazon. Some of his JREps / Zone Training books are there…
Thank you.
As I can recall Brian Johnston was an active poster on some threads of the old Darden forum. Jreps? Is that his version of partial reps?
correct, and later he called zone training… use that a lot, and Dr. Darden even endorses this in one of his books, as I recall…
I recall Drew Baye used to post on there. Has he gone his own way these days?
Ask if you can get a list or buy HDT book or his compilation book.
How would you summarise his take on HIT, in terms of frequency, splits, failure, etc?
I have Johnston’s Zone training books and the HDT book. I would summarize it as constant variety and change being applied each workout but more in a cumulative fatigue fashion. I suppose one could say inroad based, but with pump in mind too. Enough reps and sets to get an effect. Shorter reps between sets and less focus around load. More focus on training the muscle and feeling the contraction. Very individualized. Perhaps closer to something like what Vince Gironda might have recommended, yet a different flavor still.
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Have you noticed any results from Johnston’s regimen?
Drew still has his own thing. For the most part, his message is the same as always. One change is an emphasis on incorporation of BW exercises for conditioning.