MIKE MENTZER: THE TRUTHS OF BODYBUILDING

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  • Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
  • To learn more about Mike Mentzer's life, legacy and teachings, please visit: www.hituni.com/about/mike-men...
    This video is from an audio recording that Mike Mentzer released in 1980. It represents the important things you need to know before embarking on your bodybuilding program. These are truths that the industry never speaks about, but that are necessary to make maximum progress and not get sidetracked by fitness industry nonsense. Within this presentation, Mike covers the following topics:
    1. Exploring your bodybuilding potential
    2. Proper Diet: Gaining muscle without fat
    3. The requirements of a perfect routine
    To see more of Mike Mentzer check out these videos by Wayne Gallasch of GMV:
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    MIKE & RAY MENTZER - GYM WORKOUT DOWNLOAD (V-121) tinyurl.com/2ua7p8rj
    MIKE MENTZER - FINAL CHAPTER DOWNLOAD (V-208) tinyurl.com/yc4efn8y

КОМЕНТАРІ • 56

  • @leonardwilliams2796
    @leonardwilliams2796 19 днів тому +55

    for 4yrs i trained like modern weight lifter i did mikes approach for one yr and tripled my gains that took me 4yrs to get too and i never went back since..... i dont care what people say this man speaks knowledge after seeing it first hand on myself

    • @Murphator
      @Murphator 19 днів тому +4

      this is the truth...

    • @keepnitsharp
      @keepnitsharp 19 днів тому +4

      Thanks for sharing your results.

    • @raminrouchi202
      @raminrouchi202 19 днів тому +2

      It kills me when they try to say he's a hack. He could hang with the big boys on the same stage. I'm gonna listen to him. I listen to all of them

    • @TruthTellert63
      @TruthTellert63 18 днів тому

      ​@@raminrouchi202 Indeed. In fact, he WAS one of the big boys on stage. (In the late 70s, he was usually the biggest, or, more accurately, the most massive.) He was a big presence in bodybuilding, as well. I started training during that period; a lot of people these days don't realize just how much of an 'influencer' he was at that time.

    • @raminrouchi202
      @raminrouchi202 18 днів тому

      @@TruthTellert63 i know all about him and in my opinion....not a popular one...Arnold stole the Olympia from him. Best case: Arnold should def not have won. He wasn't in shape...his legs were sub par. But he basically financed it. Tom Platz says if he just went with it he would have "won" after Franco the next year but it's dishonest and that broke Mike

  • @curtisbond6500
    @curtisbond6500 19 днів тому +13

    This man was a genius

  • @drbonesshow1
    @drbonesshow1 19 днів тому +9

    I attended a Mike Mentzer seminar in February 1979. This is the best presentation of Mike's seminars here by his friend John Little that I've seen.

  • @masii22
    @masii22 19 днів тому +11

    This is basically the beginning of his book HIT by John Little.

  • @TurkumCaliskanim
    @TurkumCaliskanim 19 днів тому +17

    Another amazing video. Thanks for sharing!

  • @TanMan280
    @TanMan280 19 днів тому +18

    well done to everyone reading this
    you’re *thinking* about your workouts 👏🏼🥸

  • @williamj.dovejr.8613
    @williamj.dovejr.8613 14 днів тому +2

    I started out with the workouts of the pros... overtrained and frustrated. I did some of Arnold's, a little more success, but I wanted more. I studied training, diet, and mental focus like a mad man. Then I read Mike's articles in Flex and IronMan magazine and something clicked. I started growing like crazy and I even got the ultimate compliment... someone asked what I was using to get big.
    Thanks, Mike.

  • @ryanleclaire3948
    @ryanleclaire3948 18 днів тому +6

    This should be shown to EVERYONE who has interest getting into bodybuilding or just starting out. Mike lays it simple and straightforward here, right down the line. No BS, not trying to sell anything, just the facts. It's crazy what our sport has become these days. Fantastic work John!

  • @jamesb400
    @jamesb400 19 днів тому +9

    Not heard this for ages and it on the original cassette years ago, absolutely spot-on brilliant information if only people would listen carefully to this sort of thing

  • @raminrouchi202
    @raminrouchi202 18 днів тому +3

    Just hearing him talk. This is what a professor is supposed to be

  • @Ramkumar-vi2fz
    @Ramkumar-vi2fz 13 днів тому +1

    Great video. Thanks, John, for sharing this 👍

    • @HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE
      @HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE  13 днів тому

      You are very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it.👍

  • @NjabuloDee
    @NjabuloDee 19 днів тому +5

    Mike ❤❤❤❤

  • @Steger13
    @Steger13 19 днів тому +9

    I like Arnold and try to train like him Sense i was a kid and i started to training like Mike and I'm getting more results in less time at the gym then going 5 days a week for 1h in half a day. Its really working. not easy though specially mentally 😅

    • @raminrouchi202
      @raminrouchi202 18 днів тому +2

      Hell yeah it is.....one or two warm up sets and that one working set sounds easy. Each rep is absolute agony to the muscle because you're going so slow . If you workout like he says I don't care who you are you're gonna grow

    • @steelphantom9105
      @steelphantom9105 14 днів тому

      Why not find a middle ground with the weight training, meaning why go from one extreme to the other? Both high volume and high intensity are both made famous by chemically enhanced and genetic gifted people.

    • @raminrouchi202
      @raminrouchi202 13 днів тому

      @@steelphantom9105 all of the volume training like you see in the muscle mags are all based of of steroid use. Steroids make you RECOVER faster. HIT training was tailored for the person that did not use steroids

  • @Tagoreapoet777
    @Tagoreapoet777 16 днів тому +1

    True and inspirational…

  • @iancummings3150
    @iancummings3150 18 днів тому +2

    Thank you John, I well remember receiving Mike’s cassette tape and booklets in the mail back in the 1980s. Never tire of listening to Mike.

  • @VseRom
    @VseRom 18 днів тому +1

    If many years ago I had known the reality of my prospects of becoming a champion from reliable sources, then I would have avoided the gym😢😮

  • @halofitness5677
    @halofitness5677 18 днів тому

    Sori john i want ask again for make sure. Each exercise only do 1 set ? Or before working set, have 1 - 2 set addtional for warm up set ?

    • @Starbreaker2012
      @Starbreaker2012 18 днів тому +1

      Warm up with lighter weights where needed.
      Only one set is necessary to stimulate a growth stimulus provided enough intensity is generated.

    • @Starbreaker2012
      @Starbreaker2012 18 днів тому

      I used to injure myself by going to failure with consecutive reps. Now I choose weights that enable good form, and include rest pauses as the set progresses, to allow waste products to subside thereby facilitating sufficient intensity.

  • @Starbreaker2012
    @Starbreaker2012 18 днів тому

    Whilst it's true that a ketogenic diet doesn't provide enough carbohydrate to facilitate high intensity training, a high carbohydrate diet is only healthy if you don't eat sufficient to gain weight, because it will stimulate too much insulin, leading to visceral fat formation, insulin resistance and susceptibility to many chronic ill health conditions as a consequence.
    Only about a quarter of maintenance energy as carbohydrate is optimal, and 1/8 as protein.

  • @therockiscooking4119
    @therockiscooking4119 19 днів тому

    How long does it take for decompensation or muscle atrophy to occur? Is it a certain amount of time without training or is it primarily through diet?

    • @HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE
      @HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE  19 днів тому +2

      It depends on how inactive you are. If you're reasonably active (daily activities), it can take weeks, perhaps months. If you immobilize a limb so that no movement or contractions of the muscle is possible, significant atrophy takes place in the 5-14 day range.

    • @ronaldmccutcheon1329
      @ronaldmccutcheon1329 18 днів тому +2

      Remember when Mike TRIED to lose muscle preparing for the Superstars competition on ABC and found it difficult because he was doing other sports?

    • @Starbreaker2012
      @Starbreaker2012 18 днів тому +1

      A stimulus must occur in less than 5 days to progress, and less than 10 days to maintain.
      Test it yourself?

    • @steelphantom9105
      @steelphantom9105 14 днів тому

      @@Starbreaker2012. Truth! This low frequency of training works for some naturals, but must would do best on a moderate frequency (every 3-5 days) and volume (2 hard sets). You should experiment with your own training to see what works best for you.

    • @steelphantom9105
      @steelphantom9105 14 днів тому +2

      The extremes of the high intensity and high volume wouldn’t work for most naturals, it’s somewhere in between you have to find out what works for you.

  • @dominodunktank
    @dominodunktank 19 днів тому +5

    Me gusta

  • @TristanRogersInPittsburgh
    @TristanRogersInPittsburgh 18 днів тому

    10 a year? I did the ideal routine for 15 weeks and im estimating 7 pounds in that time.

  • @frankrizzo5262
    @frankrizzo5262 19 днів тому +7

    Screw your gym, I want science and truth.