Pittspeed Fitness & Nutrition thread update:

[bics56]

@Darkstar

lol. i fell off the bandwagon hard. haven’t been to the gym since april. gonna try and get it all back together and make a run at getting to where I want to be before the summer.

The hardest part is the first week…then after that it will be easy…it is a lot easier if you have someone to lift with.

@Hero

Falling off the wagon sucks. Getting back on can be a difficult task. I had a 9 month run in 2005 then got the flu that took me out of commission for 2 months. About 2 months ago, I started cleaning up my diet and getting the protein synthesis started again. I had two good weeks of lightweight routines to get back into it and then 3 good weeks of Full Body HIT. 2 weeks out of town for work has me playing catch up.

This time around I’ve opted for a HIT routine that has me doing full body 3 times a week. Warm up includes dynamic stretching and some light weight reps. I get as close to failure as I safely can and only perform 1 set of each exercise. I have already found myself doing pre-exhaust and stripping the weights to extend the single set.

I’m with Bics on the arginine. There are ways to do it cheaply and with good results.

What kind of HIT training do you do?