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[Shepard]

Despite my personal views toward HIT, I've been fascinated by Arthur Jones since I first looked into him. I just found this site the other day, which has a large chunk of his writings for free. I've certainly been enjoying going through them, particularly his autobiography.


www.arthurjonesexercise.com

[Shepard]

I guess I should note for anyone interested that Jones died on Tuesday at the age of 80.

[mike250]

HIT cardio is very good for fat loss. better than regular cardio.

[Shepard]

Does HIT cardio = HIIT?

If so, yeah, if we're looking at Calories/minute. But, Jones didn't have anything to do with the rise of HIIT.

[mike250]

yep High intensity interval training. I read somewhere it can alter gene expression as well- but not sure about that-.

Mike Menzter was also a keen advocate of HIT. I liked the short and intense workouts but he kinda went to the extreme with his ideas later on.

[icyT]

Since Mentzer's out now, Ellington Darden (he's been associated with Bowflex, which is part of the Nautilus company Jones set up) has taken over promoting the idea.

HIT = High Intensity Training
HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training.

A bit of a difference, HIIT is done for simultaneously stressing both anaerobic and aerobic pathways, HIT is done for muscle growth to exhaust the most fibres maximally in a single set.

Jones fascinates me a lot too, which is why I put a quote of his in my sig on bb.com a while back.