HIT workout length?

[Sandman2332]

I have been working out for a while now and have pretty much been doing the usual workout and I wanted to try something new so I read up about high intensity training and I thought it sounded pretty easy so I gave it a shot today.I did eight different lifts one set a piece and maxing out each set at about 6-10 reps. It only lasted about 20 min . I was wondering how long HIT workouts usually last?

[PuffinMyLye]

Originally Posted by Sandman2332

I have been working out for a while now and have pretty much been doing the usual workout and I wanted to try something new so I read up about high intensity training and I thought it sounded pretty easy so I gave it a shot today.I did eight different lifts one set a piece and maxing out each set at about 6-10 reps. It only lasted about 20 min . I was wondering how long HIT workouts usually last?

Most of the HIT routines I've seen have you doing 2-3 sets per exercise to failure at 4-8 reps. The fact that you're doing only 1 set is obviously gonna shorten your workout dramatically.

[grim83]

Originally Posted by PuffinMyLye

Most of the HIT routines I've seen have you doing 2-3 sets per exercise to failure at 4-8 reps. The fact that you're doing only 1 set is obviously gonna shorten your workout dramatically.

then you aren't looking at hit, but more of a hybrid routine. and op to answer your question 20min is about right, its a short but effective workout

[JasonDB]

I'm by no means a believer in HIT, but it is my understanding that that your "one" set when doing HIT (I read a few articles MM wrote on it years ago) would be things like this:

For a chest workout if you could bench 315 for say 3 reps you would load 315 on a bar (in a rack or with two spoters), then do single rest-pause reps to failure (you would get 6 or so this way) then strip two plates off and do as many rest pause reps as you could with the 225, then strip two more plates off and do as many rest-pause reps as you possible could with 135, then jump to the incline bench you have set up 5 feet away, grab a pair of 50 lbs dumbells and do a set of incline presses to failure then have your spoter help you do 3 or 4 forced negatives upon failure then immediately with no break run to the pec deck and do a 50 rep set to failure.

Mike called this one set to failure for chest... but yes the workouts should be extremely short if you are doing HIT by the book MM's way.