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As I had remarked earlier, I am conducting a mini-experiment by switching to a more conventional lifting technique from ACIT for 2 weeks. I am in the middle of this 2-week period and some observations are very clear to me: Taking sets to failure while doing ACIT is much much easier and gentler...

Leegee, Here is a copy and paste from my post to answer a similar question posed at the Weight Room Forums. Thank you verymuch for the kind words.... "I have been experimenting with it for close to a year, and actually tied myself up in the beginning. Those who are up for a good laugh...

Oh, there is much much more than that going on during an ACIT set. If all ACIT did was accomplish the exact same thing that a heavier set does by using less weight, it would only be useful for people who have fragile joints or an injury, and this thread would not have even started. Regular set...

Gentlemen, Let us not get lost here. Please everyone take a step back and see the sunset in this beautiful forest instead of measuring the height and width of every tree around. In Japan, Kaatsu is advertised as a way of getting the elderly stronger and presents its ability to use very low...

I will not be able to participate in the endless discussion about whether occlusion studies did or did not show trre sarcomere growth because I have neither the analytical knowledge nor the details about each of these studies to reach a definitive conclusion. However, please keep in mind that...

I am not sure how you have concluded that this method increases glycogen storage in the muscle... Also, I am not sure if I understand this one: "Always remember there is little evidence that there is continual and progressive gains in muscle mass from occlusion based training (or any...

I am most glad to see people trying this method. Thank you very much for the intelligent discussion gentlemen... In the meantime, here is a little update for you about my own training: In order to see where my own training stands I decided to do one or two exclusive non-ACIT session for each of...

Captain (nickname for Ron), me = (Blush)^2006 Needless to say, Ron's contributions have been tremendous. I probably spent a great deal more time playing around with different ways of trying to replicate occlusion, but without Ron's scientific input, it would have been more similar to a...

As indicated on the site, one will be forced to reduce the weight while using ACIT. So far, I have not met anyone who could get out as many reps with ACIT as they could in a conventional style. So yes, you would either have to reduce the load, or you would only be able to get fewer reps. The...

The thread is veering off-topic and I am partially responsinble but, now that I found so many good people in one place let me ask this: It appears that there may be some sort of damage as a result of training depending on the training modality and the trainee's condition. We also know that the...

Gentlemen, I apologize in advance for the oversimplification that you will find in this thread but please bear with me for just a moment as I explain. We have discussed what the most important factor for muscle growth is on numerous occasions and often times end up with a debate between...

I cannot really comment on where the strange feeling is coming from in ACIT but as time goes by more and more people are reporting "a very unusual sensation in their muscles when doing ACIT". I am not using this observation as proof that ACIT works better than all esle, but it is...

I have brought up this point before, but it is important not to attempt hard-core occlusion on your own with a cuff or elastic band. A quote form an earlier post of mine on another board: From Mr Sato's paper -who was the first person to develop and use occlusion...

I would like to clarify just one thing: Nowhere in the ACIT site are we rejecting progressive overload. As you are getting stronger with ACIT, of course you should increase the weight. In fact you are going to have to. As Ron clearly pointed out: to occlude the blood, the contraction must be...

This may soud like a totally redundant post, but may be we should seperate two kinds of trainees and look them seperately: a) Proponents of Heavy training b) Proponents of Heavier training Group A says that the tension on the muscle is possibly the most important thing. If you are not moving...

The paper talks about eccentrics in great detail and I think it has some relevance. Though whether it has any practical implications that we can ise actual training; I don't know about that. BTW, here is an interesting quote from the paper, read the second to last sentence: " An...

This is a very nicely written document but veeeeery exhaustive. More than half what is known about how muscles operate has been crammed in there (slight exxageration, but you get the idea). A lot of wonderful findings from dozens of stuides presented, but I am not advanced enough to move from...

Dan, Ron, and Other Experts, So do you think that the weight on the bar has other additional benefits over and above full recruitment and maximum rate coding. Let me make this question more concrete and realistic: I am now training exclusively with ACIT (except fr calves and one of my two...

Thanks a lot for the link. However please keep in mind that the first discussion of ACIT goes back further than that to Val's HIT forums. Those threads are a bit messy because the discussion veered off-topic numerous times. The link given by Dan is certainly useful, but may be better sutied to...

I've heard the term "J-Reps" a few times but have no idea what it is or for how long it has been out. However, I and Ron have been discussing ACIT for quite a while on other boards. I certainly have not received any input/inspiration from J-Reps while developing ACIT as I am not in the...