# Pittspeed Fitness & Nutrition thread update:

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 2, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728 "2006-03-02T22:40:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728/532 "2006-12-19T13:33:24Z")

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> [@Benefit for my daughter April 14th.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/benefit-for-my-daughter-april-14th/24487/66):
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> I do really hate the idea of HIT but its not something i perfer. I usually throw in a shock week of strip sets, pyramids and ETC at the end of a workout. I follow that week with a full week off to totally recover.
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> The biggest problem i see with the HIT program is that people end up in a state of overtraining or catabolism. Most people do not have the knowledge to feed their bodies correctly to recover from failure/overload type workouts!
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> I am a big believer in doing what works for you though. I did not mean to discourage anyone from doing this type of routine, if its what works best for them.
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> Jimmy

you are 100% correct…you have to know what you are doing…it is very easy to overtrain while using HIT…I will pick an exercise and do strips or drop sets for 1 or 2 sets once per week.

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