As a certified personal trainer and a former collegiate athlete who's used to the tier system, I find the HIT system totally controversial from all that I have learned and been taught about building strength mass. I find it hard to comprehend how the system allows it's athletes to train in high intensity every lifting session; especially how it work more than one muscle group a session. Some individuals may be able to recover faster than others after a high intensity workout, but the Law of Individual Differences and the GAS Principle are the first two flaws that come to my mind when I think of the HIT system. I know from experience as an athlete that my body responded well to a melody of a high and low intensity workout and at least 48 hours of rest to recover from a grueling workout. I'm a firm believer of the GAS Principle. I believe HIT's concentration of high intensity every workout will over-use the body and promotes a high percentage of injury of the athletes.
My philosophy of strength and conditioning is that of a hybrid philosophy. Though I see many flaws from the HIT system, I do believe in incorporating it's style of maxing in the last week and day of a tier system month; of course, without incorporating some suggested techniques such as "going slow and deliberate with a heavy weight is safer". I'm a fan of a hybrid style of strength and conditioning because there are always new forms of exercises being studied. I believe in experimenting with new exercise regimes so that I can always be in the current of the ever evolving lifestyle of strength, health, and fitness.
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