Excellent video, John. For Christ's sake, keep this up, man. I literally paused numerous times to study the cross-sectional area part of this video. What a thing of beauty.
I've finally learned the importance of going to failure or very close to it. Took me long enough. I never improved lifting daily and stopping well short of failure. So thank you Mike Mentzer.
The most gains I have experienced in years has come from training Heavy Duty.. so what changed? Well.. in my case.. I trained less and rested more and prioritised recovery over getting back into the gym.. and when in the gym I go for quality rather than rushing through a dozen exercises.. Thanks Mike and John..
@@DraponDrako you can only add what you can comfortably lift.. if you are getting 8-10 reps upper body and I 18-20 lower body then you have enough weight. If you have stalled on reps with a given weight try iso holds and/or heavier negative reps.. then if your nutrition is good and rest is good then you should break through.
Hi John and thanks. I created my new channel and if I remember to switch from this name to the new one I will be posting the new channel name in the comments soon. Hope to have some content up very soon.
John, exercises like horizzontal push (bench, weighted pushups) and vertical pulls , are enough to fully develop the arms (especially triceps long head)? Especially for advanced lifters who need to reduce total amount of exercises number. Thanks for your help
Mountain climbers have grip strength similar to strongmen at 1/8 the size. Anatoly is 140lb and is stronger than Sam Sulek. Strength isn’t derived from pumping the sarcoplasm into the body. It’s gained from myofibrils and tendons which is much smaller in size.
You are comparing two different individuals..the point is that no matter who Anatoly or sam sulek if they want to gain more muscles they both have to surpass their own current strength levels
Nope mountain climbers are not "strong" as strongmen Maybe they may come close in terms of grip strength But Strongmen can lift and move much more than any mountain climber..in other words they are much much "stronger" Most professional strongmen can deadlift more than 400kilos..and almost no mountain climber can do it And of course every strongman is freaking big..
Hi John. Is getting stronger with TUT that gets you bigger? Could I do your Max Contraction Training and receive the same results with shorter hold times?
also don't forget, cross sectional area of mass increases are distributed to all the synergistic muscles engaged for that lift.. which for compound movements may yield a visual progression of about zero..
@@Banker.xXxXxX Both work, depending upon what your goal is. If your goal is simply to build muscle, then you would want to be on a calorie surplus. If your goal is to lose fat and build some muscle at the same time, then you want to be in a calorie deficit. There is a limit to how much muscle you can build in a calorie deposit, but for a time, you can build muscle and lose fat simultaneously. So, again , it depends on what your goal is.
I have a question, I'm following mike's ideal routine from 3-4 weeks but not gain notable muscle mass but there's slightly not too much increased weight in my some exercises. Should I continue this process?
@@RavindraYadav-ev1wx If your repetitions are going up, then you are making progress. Progress that will eventually yield to a mass increase. How great or small your mass increase will be is dependent upon your genetics for building muscle. As mentioned in the video, initial gains, such as you would experience in the first month of training, are neural adaptations. You have to stay with it for longer than 3 to 4 weeks. However, if you are keeping a progress chart, and you see your repetitions decreasing, then you may want to add additional recovery days in between workouts.
We are lucky to have a guy like you, John! Keep posting.
@@SauvageRdc Thanks for the kind words and for your post.
Excellent video, John. For Christ's sake, keep this up, man. I literally paused numerous times to study the cross-sectional area part of this video. What a thing of beauty.
@@crischianjimenez9389 Thanks very much for your support. Very much appreciated.
Thanks to Mike, I have training diaries dating back to 1980. A record of my training history, as I've grown stronger and larger.
What routine did you follow in order to put on mass? How many days of rest between workouts? Did follow any of Mike's routine?
Natural or enhached ?
Very well said. You have to gain strength but also gain weight. If you do these two things simultaneously, be sure that you grow in muscle mass.
I've finally learned the importance of going to failure or very close to it. Took me long enough.
I never improved lifting daily and stopping well short of failure.
So thank you Mike Mentzer.
great video man i really liked the indepth explanation
Appreciate it!
Great video John!
@@Julipson Thank you!
The HIT torch has passed on to John Little.
Another banger video 👍🏻
Thank you!
Love you and the Mentzer brothers
Great video with a very in depth explanation. These are really gems of wisdom for weight training.
Glad it was helpful!
Understanding Mike's philosophy and being able to use critical thinking which we all have but many don't use is so important.
Heavy Duty is the way 👏
the HD merch is 🔥. Def gonna get me some
Thanks for the support.🙏
Insightful as always💪💯
PBS quality presentation right here 👍 good work on this doc.
Many thanks 🙏
The most gains I have experienced in years has come from training Heavy Duty.. so what changed? Well.. in my case.. I trained less and rested more and prioritised recovery over getting back into the gym.. and when in the gym I go for quality rather than rushing through a dozen exercises.. Thanks Mike and John..
I think that I little bit stuck in my routine, should I add weight and how much? Today I gonna try to add weight and decrease amount of reps.
@@DraponDrako you can only add what you can comfortably lift.. if you are getting 8-10 reps upper body and I 18-20 lower body then you have enough weight.
If you have stalled on reps with a given weight try iso holds and/or heavier negative reps.. then if your nutrition is good and rest is good then you should break through.
What routine did you follow with heavy duty?
How much muscle Mass did you put on with It? In what time frame?
How many rest days between workouts?
@@anproof7937 me personally 10kg in 1 year, thanx God.
Great video
💯🙏🏽💪🏽 GOD bless
Hi John and thanks. I created my new channel and if I remember to switch from this name to the new one I will be posting the new channel name in the comments soon. Hope to have some content up very soon.
John, exercises like horizzontal push (bench, weighted pushups) and vertical pulls , are enough to fully develop the arms (especially triceps long head)?
Especially for advanced lifters who need to reduce total amount of exercises number.
Thanks for your help
Can you make a video on sticking points and how to overcome them?
Mountain climbers have grip strength similar to strongmen at 1/8 the size. Anatoly is 140lb and is stronger than Sam Sulek. Strength isn’t derived from pumping the sarcoplasm into the body. It’s gained from myofibrils and tendons which is much smaller in size.
Oh be quite Nerd
You are comparing two different individuals..the point is that no matter who Anatoly or sam sulek if they want to gain more muscles they both have to surpass their own current strength levels
Nope mountain climbers are not "strong" as strongmen
Maybe they may come close in terms of grip strength
But Strongmen can lift and move much more than any mountain climber..in other words they are much much "stronger"
Most professional strongmen can deadlift more than 400kilos..and almost no mountain climber can do it
And of course every strongman is freaking big..
Hi John. Is getting stronger with TUT that gets you bigger? Could I do your Max Contraction Training and receive the same results with shorter hold times?
You should be able to get good results with shorter hold times.
also don't forget, cross sectional area of mass increases are distributed to all the synergistic muscles engaged for that lift.. which for compound movements may yield a visual progression of about zero..
I just realized watching this is that im not going slow enough when doing my set i need to slow down. so is that mean put less weights?
Do you need a calorie surplus or as he once said its possible to build muscle in a deficit? Tnx
@@Banker.xXxXxX Both work, depending upon what your goal is. If your goal is simply to build muscle, then you would want to be on a calorie surplus. If your goal is to lose fat and build some muscle at the same time, then you want to be in a calorie deficit. There is a limit to how much muscle you can build in a calorie deposit, but for a time, you can build muscle and lose fat simultaneously. So, again , it depends on what your goal is.
I have a question, I'm following mike's ideal routine from 3-4 weeks but not gain notable muscle mass but there's slightly not too much increased weight in my some exercises. Should I continue this process?
@@RavindraYadav-ev1wx If your repetitions are going up, then you are making progress. Progress that will eventually yield to a mass increase. How great or small your mass increase will be is dependent upon your genetics for building muscle. As mentioned in the video, initial gains, such as you would experience in the first month of training, are neural adaptations. You have to stay with it for longer than 3 to 4 weeks. However, if you are keeping a progress chart, and you see your repetitions decreasing, then you may want to add additional recovery days in between workouts.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE thanks 👍 sir for your soo much deep explanation on my problem. I really appreciate your work in bodybuilding.
How long have you been doing this and how many days off between workouts?
You're welcome.
@@OurTimeIsOut started just 4 week ago and I take 2 day sometime 3 day off between workout.
Work in the 4 to 8 REP RANGE.
First woohoo