Just a quick addendum to my earlier post: I'm by no means anti-HIT. With
fifty years in the irongame, I've tried darn near everything in that
perpetual quest for more muscle and more power. At some point an awakening
of sobriety occurred: am I getting the purported outcomes or not? I dare say
virtually any system of training will bring results over a six week period.
Then we plateau. Few authors address sustaining training benefits. Put
otherwise, if athletic coaches offered the same dismal training results as
bodybuilding authorities do, sports would be a mess!

I mix HIT protocols in my training...with limits, however. For myself, HIT
done exclusively was tantamount to injuries. Now in my sixties, I simply do
not care for losing training time due to injuries. Also noting the guys who
sustain heavy training also sustain ongoing injuries turning to chronic
degenerative conditions mandating surgeries, I'm simply disinterested.
Health and fitness have now become my most highly valued outcomes.

As for HIT being closest to Paleo, that's a stretch of imagination. Recent
fossilized footprints of an Australian aboriginal some 20,000 years ago
indicates a wider pace than today's top 100 meter sprinter. Sprinters don't
train HIT - they train HIIT, high intensity interval training. Such training
really primes the metabolism, for upwards of 24 hours post workout. I've
learned to look for the clues - and HIIT type training seems to bring about
the most bang for the buck - the capped delts and barndoor wide backs of
gymnasts (gymnasts doing their first weight training session after years of
competition usually rack over 300 lbs on the sport), the huge quads of speed
skaters (the first guy to win both sprints and long distance, Eric H, once
did five minutes of squats with 315!), boxers, divers, etc. I suspect a
stronger argument came be made for those athletes "being Paleo." 

As far as HIT goes, I personally put a lot more weight on Ellington Darden
than AJ. Ell has kept abreast of new findings in exercise physiology and
implemented them. His last few books are  simply wonderful.



-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Jim Swayze
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Subject: Re: Art DeVany's book: "The New Evolution Diet"

Single sets, properly performed, to exhaustion is a superior method to  
any other I am aware of. Arthur Jones work was vindicated by Smith and  
Bruce-Low:

Smith D, Bruce-Low, S. Strength Training Methods and The Work of  
Arthur Jones. Journal of Exercise Physiology Online 2004;7(6): 52-68


Jim Swayze
www.fireholecanyon.com
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On Jan 2, 2010, at 7:56 AM, Ken O'Neill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Not HIT but HIIT -  high intensity interval training with EPOC  
> benefits.
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask] 
> >wrote:
>
>> Very interesting timing as I am currently writing a chapter for a
>> forthcoming paleo nutrition and exercise book. My ideas are based  
>> on the
>> premise that paleo hunter exercise was brief and intense, the very  
>> essence
>> of HIT. I find there is plenty science to support it.
>>
>>
>> Jim Swayze
>> www.fireholecanyon.com
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 31, 2009, at 12:04 AM, Ken O'Neill <[log in to unmask]>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'd caution taking him too seriously: he's essentially a Nautilus
>>> fundamentalist (HITtites), Nautilus being a basion of failed ideas
>>> originating with the idiosyncratic, autodidactic mix of genius and
>>> crackpot
>>> Arthur Jones in an era in which exercise physiology was in its  
>>> infancy.
>>>
>>> More informed is John Berardi and his Precision Nutrition - both  
>>> in peak
>>> performance through nutrition/diet and through training - a former
>>> physique
>>> and power liffting champion, Dr John's clients include a host of
>>> professional athletes and teams more interested in success and  
>>> winning
>>> than
>>> speculative fiction about training.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> For those who missed earlier posts, note that Art DeVany's book  
>>> will be
>>>> published in April 2010.
>>>> Called The New Evolution Diet, it is available for pre- 
>>>> publication order
>>>> from Amazon.co.uk:
>>>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Evolution-Diet-Weight-Longer/dp/0091929571
>>>>
>>>> I've placed an order for three copies and might just double that.
>>>>
>>>> Art discusses the book on his blog and is presently running  
>>>> through many
>>>> of
>>>> the
>>>> references he drew upon in the writing of the book, and  
>>>> discussing them
>>>> with
>>>> subscribers:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.arthurdevany.com/
>>>>
>>>> New year wishes to all.
>>>>
>>>> Keith
>>>> http://www.evfit.com
>>>>
>>>>