In the present we investigate the advantages of the phase lag analysis for the derivation of phase-fitted techniques on several numerical schemes. Relying on the main characteristics of the phase lag we evaluate the parameters needed firstly for Runge-Kutta methods and secondly for high order variational integration methods, so that the phase lag and its derivatives are zero. The proposed methods are tested for the solution of initial value problems on ordinary differential equations of second order, like the Hénon-Heiles model.