Originally Posted by 0311

People mistake DC for HIT as well all the time. A DC rest/pause set is in reality 3 mini sets each taken to POSITIVE failure...ie no forced HIT reps, ect.

Originally Posted by Dante

On a side note-I wish to god these HIT guys could think outside the box--anything they see that is lower volume they have to think "QUICK FRANKIE PUT IT IN THE HIT GROUP"----People hit chest 3 times in 1.5 weeks with my methods with the same exercises that volume guys would hit on their hitting chest once a week routine.

Originally Posted by Dellsguy67

may i try to be the voice of reason?
DC differs from HIT (mentzer style) because:

1) HIT is every 4-7 days, meaning chest, for example, is worked every 2-3 weeks or more. DC, like he said, works a muscle group 3 times within about 10days or so on a 3 day split.

2) HIT maximizes recovery by having you train roughly everytime there is a full moon, whereas DC has nutrition, rest, etc in place, and features minimal inroads to recovery ability while maximizing muscle stimulation during a workout......low, volume + high intensity + recovery variables in place = big growth.

3) HIT uses all kinds of intensity techniques (rest pause, forced reps, etc.) DC focuses mostly on rest pause WITH specific guidelines different from HIT.

4) HIT features pre exhaust techniques for muscles like chest and legs, but DC wants you to beat the bejeezus out of your muscle group with one exercise.

sorry to break it to you, but HIT training MIGHT have influenced Dante's ideas to try low volume way back in the day when designing a program, but aside from that, HIT is nothing like DC as you can see above. All HIT did was offer the training world another perspective to oppose volume methods. things in this arena aren't so black and white that it is either one or the other. classifying them for the sake of giving them a place and a title.....well.....you can see what that has done