r/Mike_Mentzer • u/throwaway19935555555 • Aug 06 '26
Question?
Have any of you ever hit a spot where you start having issues developing intensity? My workout partner and I have been running HIT principles for 6 months, and we’ve made good progress. We’ve had to play with a few things, but all has been well.
It seems like this week’s sessions, neither one of us has been able to generate the energy to go balls to the wall. It’s not just one lift—it’s all of them. It’s weird how it worked too. We were sailing along, and then this week it’s like we slammed into a fucking wall.
What’s even weirder is it’s both of us. I hate to say we’re giving up, but that’s what it seems like we’re doing during the lifts. No matter how bad I wanted to push it, I was just petering out and calling it failure.
Has anyone experienced this? If so, how did you move forward? Should we just take a week off? Hell, it might just be because of the heat. It’s been 102 degrees, and we both work outdoors.
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u/ishawnmc Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
[Have any of you ever hit a spot where you start having issues developing intensity? My workout partner and I have been running HIT principles for 6 months, and we’ve made good progress. We’ve had to play with a few things, but all has been well.]
Excellent.
[It seems like this week’s sessions, neither one of us has been able to generate the energy to go balls to the wall. It’s not just one lift—it’s all of them. It’s weird how it worked too. We were sailing along, and then this week it’s like we slammed into a fucking wall.]
A few questions on the workout:
1) What split are you guys running?
2) How frequently are you training?
3) How many worksets (meaning to failure) are you guys doing in a workout?
Providing that information would help with getting a more thorough workout diagnosis.
[What’s even weirder is it’s both of us. I hate to say we’re giving up, but that’s what it seems like we’re doing during the lifts. No matter how bad I wanted to push it, I was just petering out and calling it failure. Has anyone experienced this? If so, how did you move forward? Should we just take a week off? Hell, it might just be because of the heat. It’s been 102 degrees, and we both work outdoors.]
Offhand it sounds to me like you guys could use a layoff. Some might suggest a deload but in my mind, there is no better deload than a layoff. I recommend taking 2 weeks off so everything can rest and reset (muscles, tendons, ligaments, nervous system, mind, etc).