Very interesting - I will have to try this concept.

--- In Hitdigest@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Angel Perez
<metalhead2_mx@...> wrote:
>
> Sarn,
>
> I'm sorry to reply so late to this intriguing post,
> but i hadn't seen it in my inbox. yes, I have found
> that multiple very-low-rep sets are sometimes more
> effective for me than a few moderate-rep sets. I like
> eight sets of three reps. And yes, the resistance
> used can be much greater than when doing three sets of
> eight. It's and exciting way to train, albeit far, far
> removed from HIT :)
>
> miguel
>
> --- Sarn Ursell <polyverse2002@...> escribió:
>
> > Para: Hitdigest@yahoogroups.com
> > De: Sarn Ursell <polyverse2002@...>
> > Fecha: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:30:28 -0700 (PDT)
> > Asunto: [HIT Digest] Strength-edurance and
> > endurance-strength
> >
> > Hello HITTERS!
> >
> > Recently I attempted 122.5 kilograms for the 20
> > repition squat, with the longer term goal of being
> > able to squat 140 kilograms for 20 repitions.
> >
> > I could perhaps call this sort of workout, (that is,
> > 1*20), an endurance-strength workout, but then it
> > actually occurred to me that I could, sort of,
> > "reverse" the order of sets and repitions, thus
> > doing NOT 1*20, but 20*1.
> >
> > This would be called, I think, strength-endurance.
> >
> > When I tried this, the weight that I could use to
> > twenty singles, was considerable heavier, so I used
> > "only" 120 kilograms for 30*1.
> >
> > This style of training is also called "rest-pause
> > training".
> >
> > Perhaps this is something new that we all could try,
> > that is, REVERSEING the order of repitions and sets,
> > this x sets of y repitions becomes y sets of x
> > repitions.
> >
> > You could try 4*5 and 5*4, but with the whole idea
> > in mind to fail ONLY ONCE (in the true nature of HIT
> > style training), AND on the last repition of the
> > last set.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this matter and on this style of
> > training?
> >
> > ----Sarn.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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