Welcome to Max Contraction Online, the home page of John Little and his approach to rational, efficient education to train your mind and body. In the world of fitness and bodybuilding, John has been responsible for no less than three revolutions in how people view productive exercise. His first two books (Power Factor Training and Static Contraction Training, written in conjunction with Peter Sisco) pointed out many of the fallacies and deceptions that had become entrenched as dogma within the bodybuilding and fitness industries and then offered a scientific alternative to the issue of building human strength and muscularity. More recently, John’s latest book, Max Contraction Training (McGraw Hill, 2003), has further refined and improved upon these approaches and established that productive and efficient training for the purpose of building human strength requires a workout lasting no more than 10-60-seconds of actual training performed but once a week.(more)

AN INTERVIEW WITH WORLD RENOWNED PERSONAL TRAINER DREW BAYE

Drew Baye is without question one of the premiere personal trainers in the world. His knowledge of exercise science and its application to one’s personal fitness goals and aspirations is exceptional in the health and fitness industry.

He was a pivotal figure in the Superslow™ training franchises, leaving abruptly on principle when he believed that they turned a blind eye to scientific evidence that suggested that extended contraction times were not as effective as shorter ones with heavier weights.(more)

TESTIMONIAL: JOSHUA TRENTINE - MY MAX CONTRACTOIN EXPERIENCE

I've been a competitive bodybuilder for 15 years. I discovered H.I.T. in 1996 after reading Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty Mind and Body. As a H.I.T. bodybuilder, I've competed 10 times, never placing lower than 2nd, the majority of times first, with the exception of the UIBBN World Championship in Paris ,France where I placed 7th.

Over the years my approach has become more refined, although the longer you are in this game the harder it becomes to produce continued results, therefore I have adopted what I call extreme H.I.T. methods. These are methods that go beyond the basic H.I.T. approach of one set to failure. I believe the more advanced you are the further you must push the extremes while conserving precious "recovery"resources.(more)