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Originally Posted by Megatron96

So originally, I thought that HIIT was pretty much as you described it above. But after a couple weeks of doing some research, I lit upon Mike Mentzer's version of HIIT, and began doing it his way (mostly), which looks something like this:
https://www.muscleandfitness.com/fle...nsity-workout/


And this is basically the template I've been using for about 3 months now. Seems to have worked for my back/chest/arms, with noticeable improvement/gains in those areas.

Overall, I'd say I was happy with the results that I got over the past 3.5-4 months. Going back to a more conventional workout plan next week, but I'm planning on going back to Mentzer's HIIT program in the fall.

I've watched some stuff on even lower rep ranges and lately have heard a few mentions of mixed rep ranges. I've found it interesting because I've been pretty consistent at improving from 8 reps and then increasing weight when I can do 12 reps.

The main reason is being old and worrying about joints, but considering maybe dropping into <8 here and there.

re: 'beyond failure' of sorts, I've been doing drop sets for a little while on leg day.... I don't track so close that I can say whether there's been significant increase in progress per workout compared to before, but it's at least a quicker way to add a few sets at the end of a workout. And it feels accomplished to be super wobbly heading out of the gym, heh.