I'd like to say thanks to Cyberpump for the info on posture...I never would have thought in my wildest dreams that weight training could ever degenerate posture. But thanks to the informative articles I've read here, I now have a good idea on how to weight train without getting forward rolled shoulders, tipped forward pelvis, and forward slanted head. wsshewww!!

brad

This is a fan letter. Actually, it is the second one to a web site I've written since I have been on the net. (since 1990)

The information on cyberpump is rational and rarely screams, unlike the Weider magazines.

I didn't start lifting to look like Dorian Yates, or any of the pros. I did it because I had had so many different injuries that I couldn't function very well. With the carpal tunnel syndrome, I could only lift 10 pounds with my good hand. Here I am two years later, and I can push 30 lb. dumbbells, and train with common HIT sense and routines from the turn of the century I found in William Hinbern's catalogs.

I walk several times a week for my asthma, lift twice a week in 20 minute sessions, include the squat or deadlift (dumbbell and soon to be hip harness, since I can't put a bar across my shoulders) in every routine, do dumbbell swings, push presses, and alternate dips with pushups or dips, and do good mornings, side bends and bridges or shrugs. I have lost fifteen pounds of fat in 2 years, and feel better at 41 than I did at 30. Again, thanks.

Gordon Cooper
Seattle, WA

Hello;

I am a 40 yr. old competitive in-line speed-skater, with a long athletic background in skating,skiing and bicycle racing. I have also weight-trained since I was young,courtesy of the fact that my father has been a life- long power-lifter (65 and going strong!)

Most all my personal experience (some 30 years of training ) mirrors advice found in your site. I have really benefited by finding it.

Your articles on plyometrics are very timely, every time I pick up a magazine or newspaper someone is recommending them. Our local newspaper, the Fort Collins Coloradoan, just this week ran their usual, "Get in shape for the slopes" feature (never mind it's already November!) and of course some local bad-ass skier-dude, and a local orthopedic surgeon (must need business) recommended plyometrics (box-jumps, etc.) as a means to train specifically for skiing, snow-boarding etc.

Also; there are several local inline speed-skating teams that train indoors around here , and all around the country (on 100m rink oval). It is gospel to begin the 3 times per week sessions with a short warm-up then 45-50 min of difficult plyos. The times I have done these I have hardly been able to walk for the next three days! (and I am pretty fit!).

I am collecting articles like the ones on this site to show a few of these coaches and newspaper columnists. In my experience Plyos if not dangerous, are a major waste of time.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

David Eye
Ft. Collins CO

Hello, my name is Neil and I would like to say that your web site is EXCELLENT! It is so simple and straight up. It has motivated me to start training harder. I found out real quick that if you haven't been exposed to HIT before you will not be prepared for the experience, it's a different world. Anyway I have a few questions about pullovers. Is the pullover a good basic movement and can it be accomplished properly with free weights? Thanks for the wake up call, Neil.

By happenstance I "hit" on your web site. I am most impressed at the no-nonsense information that you provide. Until now, I,ve been subject to the "booby building" magazines that want you to do a 1000 sets of this and take a 1000 pills of that. I've always been suspect of that type of information because after trying it, all I became was sick; that is, flues and colds from over training. With the HIT system, I've dropped my weight over half and am still struggling to 8 reps!!! Finally, I would like to comment on the explanation of strength that is presented on your web site. Thank you for the information on fast/slow twitch muscles and genetics. A major reason for my starting a weight-lifting program lo these many years ago (began at 25, now I'm 36 and still not much stronger), was because I always felt like a noodle-armed choir boy. Now I weigh 214 lbs (at 5' 11'') and still can't bench press my weight, but I am no longer skinny. Also, I no longer feel embarrassed about not being able to lift heavy weight, Thanks! In fact, now, I want to weigh less because I'm sure 20 lbs of the weight is fat, at least that is what the mirror and my wife tell me!!! (On the plus side, I'm in the semi-finals in the Puddin'belly championships!!)

Thanks again for your candor. I now feel, perhaps for the first time, what intensity means and sadistically-speaking it is a great feeling! I also feel more confident that I will be able to train over a longer time period now that the chances of overtraining/sickness/injury have been greatly reduced thanks to the HIT training philosophy. I'm looking forward to the next 6 months on the program to see where it takes me on the road to physical fitness.

Sincerely,
Robin Mohagen