Fooled by HIT II

In this post, I talked about my shifting feelings towards HIT (High-Intensity Training).  For many years, I bought into the idea that one set to failure, performed infrequently was sufficient for muscle growth.  It turns out this type of protocol is sufficient for increasing strength and maintaining muscle mass, but not really effective for building new muscle mass.

In hindsight, I wonder why I was so close-minded about this for so long.  I think the issue was I became emotionally attached to a certain point of view, and with this can come problems.  You start to become less objective and less open to new data and information.

In my current state of mind, I could care less as to what protocol builds muscle.  Whether it's 3 sets of 8, 5 sets of 5, 10 sets of 10, I don't care as long as it produces results.  Researchers are still figuring out the theoretical aspects of what causes muscle growth.  Until then, it's better to follow the empirical evidence and just do what works.