Dave-- or is it Not Dave? Anyway...

Dave--  or is it NotDave? Anyway, here is something I posted to you on the weekly weigh-in thread.  .  I do so again only because I think I remember you saying that you don't recieve e-mail notification through OH.  Dave--  or is it NotDave?  Anyway, when I filmed my Xenedrine commercial in Memphis back in 2001, I met a guy who's name is Phil Campbell.  He was extolling the virtues of your high intensity, sprinting style workout regimin.  He explained how it releases a natural HGH burst and how beneficial it would be if 40somethings would use that style of training.  It turns out, he was writing a book.  I have seen his book on-line, its called "Ready, Set, GO!"   Its exactly what you're doing, dude!  Could make for some good reading.   Sonny Here is a link. http://www.readysetgofitness.com/index.shtml 

Hi Sonny!

Sorry, haven't been able to check that mail in a couple of days! Dave is fine. The NotDave part is just for giggles.

Thanks for the link. I checked that book out when I was trying to figure out how to do sprints. From the Amazon review it seems he's just recommending  sprints. Supposedly HIIT and similar interval training can raise your gh over 530% for a couple of hours after the workout.

So how's your journey coming? Any luck on the RNY approval? Hope you are well.

Best Wishes,

Dave 

I always call myself the "bipolar poster", because I'm either totally in and excited about posting or can't drag my sleezy a$$ to the keyboard to type anything.  (=apologies to everyone!)

Here's something that might save people time on developing a HIIT program. I searched the web and found a few points:

1. Of course, always warm up - We have a long flight of concrete stairs in our neighborhood. Since it's pretty hard to pull anything running stairs, my warm up is progressively long warmups on these three flights of 20 stairs. So, it's sprinting in a way that uses different muscle from my running muscles.

2. You're pretty much going to hit the goal of HIIT (sorry!) if you do (now, work up to this!) eight sets of full out 30 second sprints, followed by 1.5 to 3 minutes of rest (I'm doing 2-2.5 minutes).

3. If you have any kind of joint or back problem, it's probably going to be a lot better (some even say therapeutic) on a stationary bike. Running sprints will jerk a knot in anyone's a$$ the first week and I'd hate to think what it would do to someone with a pre-existing injury.

Please check with your physician and trainer before trying any of the above!  (...unless, of course you don't feel like doing so!! I'm in Japan...try and sue me...it takes so much time and money here! All for a very low payout! hehe)

Best Wishes,

Dave 

Darn....and I was just amassing a crack legal team...lol.    It's amazing how other countries avoid the trivial law suits that we see in our country by making them more difficult.   Scott

(Gosh, I have so many posts I haven't returned...)

My guess is that there are lobbyists somehow keeping the whole civil system in status quo...just a feeling I have!

Looks like here in Japan, they don't want litigiousness to expand. They do everything they can to make the process slow and not very profitable.

Dave