MIKE MENTZER: THE INTERVIEW THAT BLEW PEOPLE'S MINDS
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
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In 1993, just prior to the release of his new revised Heavy Duty book, Mike Mentzer was interviewed by Muscle Media 2000 magazine’s Bill Phillips. Dorian Yates had just won his 2nd Mr. Olympia title, and as photos had appeared in the muscle magazines of Mike putting Dorian through several workouts, and as Dorian himself had acknowledged Mike’s influence on his training, Phillips wanted to find out what Mike’s approach to training was all about.
The resulting 90-minute interview caused a sensation throughout the bodybuilding world. It marked the first time that Mike had taken his new training beliefs public, apart from some articles that had appeared in Joe Weider’s magazines. Mike was given a platform to thoroughly explain his system, and the listener’s response was overwhelming. Never before had the bodybuilding public heard such a rational, cogent presentation of what proper training was all about.
I remember speaking with Mike some weeks after the interview was released and he said that he was shocked at the volume of mail and phone calls he had received as a result of it.
I thought it fitting that such a historic interview should be preserved and presented here so that the subscribers and fans of Mike’s teachings can enjoy this historic interview.
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I'm going down the Mentzer rabbit hole... wow what an eye opener!
Rip Mike.
most guys have a team nutritionists ect this dude is a walking bodybuilding bible
Same
me too! game changing!
Me too, I didn’t know who he was a month ago. At the risk of being cringe, it’s life changing.
Same here
I wrote to bill Phillips from England when I was a teenager. Asking if the cassette was available in the uk. Surprisingly Bill send me a copy of Mike and bill’s interview. Very kind gentleman
Very heartwarming action. Also thankyou for sharing.
Yeah this is an audio from the MM2000 series that I had digitized few 🧐 years back ... there's some classic stuff. Timeless. No idea how whoever's running this page grabbed it but kudos 💪💪
@@strength365are you bills son?
@@Bobby-hn3cuhis brother
This is the greatest interview ever on weight training science. If everyone followed this. There would be millions of well built men walking around NATURALLY. Not thousands most of them using steroids. That's what people cant realize. Unless they wise up like I did.
"Happiness can only be derived from achieving goals."
I don't think Mike realized how profound that quote was.
Simple yet profound...he was a simple guy ;)
Not exactly what the Buddha taught 😅
@@mikehev222 Ever heard a Buddhist talk and Buddhism? It's usually, as Mike said, romantic hogwash.
Psycho Cybernetics is a clean cut way to set and protect your goals from internal / external sabotage.
Happy Winning!
@@karamlevii read the book, that’s more like for self-esteem!
I have both Heavy Duty and Heavy Duty II, and I can confirm that in terms of training philosophy, Mentzer brings a rigorous logic to bear. A true visionary. Thanks for posting.
My pleasure. Thanks for your post.
Can I have a scan of HD II?
That’s one hell of a hard book to find at the moment 😂
@@giakhanhthehinhcoban Sorry....I can't do that. Its copywritten. I agree its very hard to find. It took me a few decades to get a perfect copy, which I got last year.
@@tektoniks_architects mike it's not benefiting from that...
And i belive that he would rather have people train right than someone gain a few buck out of copyright.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE according to workout how many reps we will be doing?
Mike was so gosh darn well spoken it almost hurts
If you go back and listen to Arthur Jones, it seems Mike adopted his cadence and tone in his delivery. It's very telling...Mike is my mentor now...unfortunately at 52 I have to rest longer because HIT really drains the tank on everything.
@@johnsims2293 Hi John I’m in your age group can we agree on his training philosophy minus going to failure everything else I follow but I find always going to failure is just too much , training with intensity 100% but failure just takes too much out of my body , depending on the day I stop 1 or 2 reps before
@CAPTAIN CARIBE I'm still learning the process honestly. I do agree, failure is pretty taxing on the body and I feel finding a balance with near failure and intensity may be the key for me. I'm going to try finding the 90% failure threshold. My tendons in my biceps tend to take a week to feel like using them again. Mike wad in his 30's so that should be considered as well. What it has taught me is how to dig down deep into effort and focus on the mind/muscle connection. Time under tension is pretty much what we are doing. 4 seconds to lower and 4 seconds back up. That's 8 seconds of work. So a one minute set is alot of time....this method showed me I have been overtraining just throwing mediocre poundages at 10 to 15 sets and 10 to 15 reps each. Do less, rest more and see how it goes. It's a constant evolution of learning. Thanks for reaching out. Good luck.
Na he seems working class to me
By well spoken to you mean that his accent sounds neutral to an American ear?
Timestamps:
0:35: Mike’s childhood, Accomplishments and Mr. Olympia
9:05: Dorian Yates
10:15: Mr. Olympia Corruption
15:30: Should you compete?
20:20: Self esteem and bodybuilding
23:30: How Mike discovered HIT
31:10: “More is better”
34:19: Exercise tolerance between different people
36:50: How to determine recovery ability
42:00: Bodybuilders are confused, Magazines
44:20: Overtraining, overlapping muscles
49:20: 1-2 sets to failure per muscles is all you need
51:30: Overtraining, Recovery after workout
53:00: “More is better”
55:10: How Mike Originally trained
55:55: Make progress every workout!
57:55: Mike explains how most people are raised, Religion etc…
59:40: How to know if your training method is efficient, Arnold, Lee Haney, People coping by using the gym
1:02:09: Naturals who get burnt out from doing long workouts
1:04:10: Bill asks Mike to describe some workouts
Bro pure love for this
Thank you sir!
You are much appreciated!😊
Thank you sir
Astonishing…. At 59:27 Mentzer says “We are living in a militantly anti-rational culture”…. Same as we are today with all the crazyness going on in the world. A true pioneer and visionary ahead of his time
I have trained for 3 years, 5 days a week training for 1 hour at least. I gained 10kgs / 22 pounds in total.
When I quite for almost 1 year I decided to come back with a different approach and luckily I found Mentzer. I have been training for 5 months and already gained 5 kgs/11 pounds.
Logic is better than an irrational approach just because you 'believe'.
Great metrics. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the conversion to English units lol. Keep it up 🏋🏻♂️
@@timothyrussell1179 have gained now over 7,5 kgs actualy ;)
Thanks ❤
Mikes back when him and the other two guys were up there is just crazy to me. How could anyone not see his back was clearly the best.
I always knew who mike mentzer was but never listened to him talk. I watched two interviews today and was blown away. This guy was on another level of bodybuilding knowledge
When the student is ready the master appears.
Same here bro. Been training around 20 years, thought I had read and understood all the different hypertrophy programs. Hearing Mike for the first time recently was like that rush from 20 years ago when I picked up my first Men's Health or Muscle and Fitness mag.
I am living proof that Mike's training theories absolutely work. I was a struggling bodybuilder always placing 2nd and 4th in contests ttaining with high volume untill someone (a mentor) shared one of Mike's books with me at the gym in England. 2 years later I won beat Flex Lewis and got my pro card. It's works but only if you apply it.
Thanks for your post.
The hardest part about his training theory is actually convincing yourself it's okay to rest more and work out less.
Dorian Yates is proof enough
As a former client of Troys and funny how I’m literally stumbling upon your comment bruv! Anyways….as A former client i can attest that i was growing the most i have on these very principles. I have forgotten “the way” in the last 7 years of my life. I have now been re enlightened and cannot wait to start High Intensity Training again after my cns rest at the moment🎉❤🫡👏🏻Cheers!
-Andreas
Don't think Dorian applied all of Mike's strategies cause in the videos of Dorian during his pro career you can see he's training many sets and at least 4 different exercises on same muscle group with several sets on each. Classic split regiment. The duration wasn't 20 min either. I've seen him coaching guys today with the same system, he even suggest cardio. Mike never endorsed that. So I think Dorian picked up fragments of Mikes philosophy. @@silentsmilez503
I've been training for over 15 years consistently, higher volume. I have been basically stagnant since college though, no real progress. When i started doing a Heavy Duty style training program ala Mentzer and Yates I have seen more strength gains in the last month than in the last 7 years.
It's fantastic isn't it? I am the strongest I have ever been, getting over a plateau by putting more weight on the bars and doing less sets , mind-blowing
I came from hit program , changed everything that is contradicted by research and I'm making progress better than ever. Training more frequently and with more volume, getting less worn out by the intensity of the exercise, ...
I'm not lifting to become insanely strong, I'm lifting for aesthetics and for health.
I progress weights less often which was being an issue under hit, so my joints actually feel better. Of course ao still progressively overload with reps and sets and tempo and only then weights. If you were stagnant you were probably doing something wrong (and error I see, is going through the routine and nit actually pushing yourself to make actual progress).
My gains came after 1 year of high volume then 2 months of Mike's program and I'm exploding with gains. Even my calves 😂
@technolus5742 Yeah, right 😂
@@pietroscarpa2384 It's well documented. Look at the research.
Thank you for sharing this vital information in a historic interview. Mike Mentzer was a genius , pure and simple ...!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE this video is awesome
I’ve been 135lbs my whole adult like (28 now) but I’ve been lifting for 2 months and have gained 20 lbs. thanks Mike
Hey what exactly did you do in workouts. Thank you
The master. Didn't expect to listen to the entire thing... but I did... The guy is simply great.
👍
"including you" Thanks for your bravery and the inspiration you share, Mike. RIP 🪦
I love Mike Mentzer’s work. Thank you for sharing more of him. I’ve been using his training principles for more than three months - muscle growth still in full throttle - looking better than ever. Feeling my best and strongest while spending far less time in the gym and enjoying more time with loved ones and other hobbies. Mentzer will probably always be my favorite bodybuilder.
I am in the process of switching from 6 days a week to doing his Heavy Duty Program. There is so little info of people doing the program, it makes me wonder if it’s not shown for a reason. All of the comments on here are people saying how much they enjoy the method and how they are seeing incredible results! I have so much respect and love for Mike and I wish people actually listen to what he has to say. Thanks for your comment and I will be joining the gain train soon 💪❤️
@@DaltonRosee Yes, I agree it's a bit strange that Mentzer's training methods are not more mainstream. I suspect partly it's due to MONEY. Training in the gym, 30 minutes per session for only 3 days per week does not afford most coaches a lot of time to make money... Much more profitable to coach a young bodybuilder with the high volume method, where he is spending 2-3 hours per day in the gym, 6 days per week. If the coach is getting paid hourly, it's no surprise that he'll prefer to push Arnold-style training.
What’s the workout boys?
Where can I find Mike's programs?
@@RAVENBOY986 I agree but it’s not just coaches. It is magazine sales, supplement sales and the constant barrage of training programs and home use equipment. It definitely is all about the almighty $$$!
So ahead of his time..When I started training at 17 or so, I grossly overtrained, around 40sets a session, 4/5 days a week.
Before finding Mike, I came across the idea of overtraining and reduced my sets to about 15sets and working out only every second day...got very good growth to the point most thought I was taking steriods...When I started to grow I had also just upped my carb and protein intake and thought that nurtion was the main driving factor for my muscle growth and the redcuction in training was the minor factor, but now I feel it was probably the other way round.
Thank you Mike and Ray.
This actually makes a lot of sense. I was finding that when I would take "too much" time off between gym days I would expect to come back weaker and a step back from where I would want to be, except the opposite seemed to be true. Instead I would bang out a better workout and be able to up my weight from the previous workout and still hit the same or higher reps with the heavier weight. Rest and recovery is everything. We get this false intuition that if we let the muscle go a week without working it out than it will somehow shrink but the opposite is true... the muscle is actually having a chance to grow.
A little tip I've come up with is to NEVER work out a body part if you still feel any soreness from the previous workout for that muscle. After a good workout you will feel it in your muscle when you move/flex for a few days... however even after a few days if you push into that muscle with your fingers you will still feel some tender spots even if you didn't feel it through movement/flexing. I've learned to palpate around the muscle and if I have any tender spots I wait another day or two to exercise that muscle again until there is zero tenderness. That way I know the muscle has repaired itself and is ready for more stress and to grow again.
Yes to the second paragraph completely
Thank you Mike
A true legend of bodybuilding. Intelligence, Vision & Genetics all wrapped up in one.
Iam not a bodybuilder just a random but the more I learn about Arnold, Frank Zane and Mike Mentzer i see a lot more knowledge to learn from coming from Mentzer and Zane and only hollywood talk by Arnold.
Just discovered Mike and blew my mind with all his knowledge. I’m doing heavy dury training and is paying off. Thank you Mike Mentzer.
could you pls elaborate how you train, exactly what exercise you do, how many days rest in between, etc.
I had a subscription with Muscle Media back then and Bill Phillips sent me both cassette tapes of the
interviews he recorded with Mike explaining why and how High Intensity Training worked.
I also received a 3rd tape, a short time later, that TC Luoma, who at the time worked for Bill Phillips, also interviewed Mike Mentzer. Outstanding information by Mike!
Nice, if I may ask, did you ever implement the High Intensity Training?
This seems too good to be true. And hard to hit the perfect balance
This is incredible. I’ve been on a Mike Mentzer learning kick over the last little while and I’ve realized that I’ve been doing it all wrong over the last 16 years.
I've started to understand this as I age. I'm 39 and started lifting at age 22. as I've aged I have become acutely aware of injury and soreness of the not-so-good-kind. I got off hard drugs 6 months ago and started lifting seriously again and my post-dope energy kick I have been overtraining. This was not possible in my younger days. I've been stronger than ever but I have constant pains. I have recruited more intensity but less frequency, as my diet is and usually has always been on point, and I find better results with less soreness and more time for my kids and hobbies/work (I'm a programmer and a hardcore 'computer nerd' and like spending more time at the terminal and books than anything else). The results stay, I always feel strong at the gym, with not as much pain. I do train more than Mentzer advised but weight lifting is a release and escape for me. I just have toned down things a lot in terms of high intensity high time with high intensity low time.
@@chrisbrownlovesrihanna you have a family, got a good job & were addicted to hard drugs!!🤔
I can't take you seriously with a user name like yours!!
I question my whole life after finding mike mentzer.
Dont overtrain in gym, dont overwork your job
You haven't. Mike's claims are often blatantly disproven by evidence based research on these topics. Guy was just a good salesman.
@@chrisbrownlovesrihannawhat? All the science says going to failure triggers the body's compensatory mechanism. In 10 reps or 30, it really is an afterthought if intensity is accounted for.
It's hilarious. Every time Bill tries to agree, Mike cuts him off and goes on for another 20 minutes🤣.
To say Mike Mentzer was passionate is understating a bit🤣🤣🤣
Mike left no question in anyone's mind, that he knew what he's talking about.
Thank you for sharing. Mike was a well spoken and intelligent man. Greatly missed
Mike was a man of incredible integrity and he would have no part of it, it really exposes Arnold for who and what he is
This Interview should Have A billion or More Views. This Man Was Something Else. As a beginner I tried it this I was Struggling to bench 10 KGs My Second And third Months I tried it, and now I am Am
Benching 30 Kilos with a Significant Increase In Muscle Mass and Definition. I Could Feel My Muscles In the Heavy Sense, by Keen Attention in a Short Time. Use your Brain’s People.🧠+💪🏽= Real Progress.
This is my 3rd time re-listening to this interview, its my favorite because i also like Bill Phillips' curiosity about H.I.T and that he's open minded and willing to change his training for the better
Agreed. Listening it my third time now. Gold. Absolute gold.
I honestly can't thank Mike mentzer enough . Saved me from wasting so much time in the gym making no progress. I'm literally making more strength and muscle gains doing 1 intense set than I did previously with that high volume crap.
Where can I find his routines?
@F A thank you!
What a great interview…priceless! Thank you Bill, definitely Gone But Not Forgotten Mike. Rest In Peace Sir!! 🙏🏼👍🏼💪🏼
This man is brilliant everything he says makes perfect sense I’ve never heard someone elaborate in depth this way about the science of exercise and it’s misconceptions
Uncommon common sense, logic, intuitive, pragmatic, and scientific reason from The Legend Mike Mentzer! Thanks John for sharing this gem! 🏆💯🥇💪👌👍
That interview that opened my eyes.
What a gentleman, Mike Mentzer. Thank you sharing.
This interview is gold. Alot of people don't train like this. In 2023 this makes sense to me. You have to train like this if you want to develop a champion physique.
I once unknowingly did this program with a friend when I was in the Air Force back in the 90s. The guy that introduced this to me was absolutely massive. We did limited sets to absolute failure with 4 days of rest. I’m so glad I discovered this interview because I had no clue where he got his workout from because it wasn’t in any of the magazines I was reading at the time. All competitive body builders take steroids and this alone gives them the ability to recover quicker and makes it harder for them to over train. Everyone has a limit on recoverability. This makes the magazine workouts irrelevant to the average person.
Thanks a lot dear John Little !!! Your work is outstanding !!!!
Thanks for the kind words Lisandro, I’m glad you like the content.
Im 43. I was lifting 6 days a week and felt like crap. My progress plateaued big time. This last 3 weeks ive cut it down to 3 days a week training to failure and im progressing again. And I don’t feel mentally and physically wiped out anymore 👍🏻
What a great channel,i gotta get a poster and some shirts,the quote from mikes forward in the natulius bodybuilding book is a favorite quote of mine💪Rest in Power mentzers❤
I’m halfway done listening to this and my mind is already blown
I love Mike❤❤❤ so facinated by his philosophy on training and rest/recovery...
Another brilliant video john! Thank you for giving us this knowledge that we need to enhance our training regimes. Mike's work and life will never be forgotten thanks to you. Big respect from England.
Thanks very much for the kind words.
They need to make a movie about Mikes life so much great content his brilliance and body building prowess his altercation with Arnold and personal life.
It would be an instant hit!
That would be the shit! legend 👏
wow you can hear how the interviewer Bill from the beginning of the interview (i guess he is a high volume guy) get's more and more convinced by the logic of Mike's words. Thank you John, for this gem and work you do for us 😃🖖
Yes... THE BEST bodybuilding interview...ever.
Thanks for the great video John.
Mike Mentzer was truly brilliant and a treasure for those who understood and adopted his principles.
Great interview. Interesting discussion.
Outstanding!!! Thank you Sir. Priceless information!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Incredible person this Mike Mentzer, left us too early unfortunately
Mike mentzer conquered both body and mind. Probably the best physique ive ever seen. No one comes close. And to think this mans mind broke down and he also conquered his mind just as well as he conquered the human body. Truly a legendary human being.
He was a meth head.. so I’m not sure he mastered his mind. He also gave up on bodybuilding after a loss and gave up on med school
This is amazing information. I can't wait to try this. I look forward to saving valuable time as well!
I remember my family got a Bill Phillips book and my Mom, Dad, and brother got in good shape after reading it. They still bring that book up
One of the first fitness podcasts
Mike always amazes me when listening to him speak. This may be about building muscle but like he said it's also the goal and philosophy behind what you are doing it for and can be applied to any sport or interest you have. He is a very deep thinker and like Arthur Jones deals in absolutes .
This is the best bodybuilding channel you can find. 🇪🇸👍🏻
That interview was epic, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for preserving and presenting this interview. You're doing God's work right here. I immediately subscribed. I read Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty about 10 years ago and I immediately got it. Thank you for keeping his spirit alive through your youtube channel. Cheers.
Thank you for your support.
I listened to this entire video with "Particles (slowed)" playing in a loop in the background.
i took two weeks off from weight lifting to heal a minor injury and when I returned I was surprised at how strength increased and my running speed increased. I'm not sure how to proceed just yet but that's what has me here listening to this theory. I'm gonna try to follow Mikes principles and see how it goes.
John, Thnkx a million for this interview
UR still the main reason I watch UA-cam
Haha! Thanks, Bobby!
Hands down the best bodybuilding interview ever
Literally just stumbled mike’s work today 🤯 thanks so much for putting all of this together
This is a gem! Heavy Duty is a great routine. Thanks John
Thanks John. From Auckland New Zealand.
Very happy that these videos are being made as more people need to see them.
I think there is no better tape available on how and why Mikes heavy duty training is worth trying.i myself have drastically over trained with volume and intensity pretty much all my life...i have already cut back over last month or so and i already notice gains...i will continue to tweak my weekly training..thanks fir sharing.
You’re welcome. Thanks for your post.
As a former sprinter, who was on a scholarship in college and a coach, his analogy there doesn't help him as much as he thinks it does. In fact, if I'm going to peak someone over 16 weeks it's a series of sub maximal sprinting and oscillating volume. For example, maybe running 6, 200 meters at 80%. We are constantly oscillating volume and intensity. Yes, he is right, they are not running 8 miles at a slow pace but they are not "balls to the walls" full throttle. It's really a dance of volume and intensity for peak performance. We'd get to the point where we'd do 100 or 150s at 90% and then 40's or 30's at 100% and he is absolutely right the volume and frequency is controlled, but the main point is there is a dance, a balance, etc. I love Mentzer but his "absolutist" principles are where I tend to disagree and the sprinting example he uses expresses that completely. He is not 100% right nor 100% wrong. As in all things in life, the answer is more in the middle than Mentzer would like to accept.
It's not do 100 sets or do 1 it's likely oscillate and alter volume and intensity depending on recovery needs for the best outcome in a balance of pulling the right lever at the right time.
Thanks for your post. I believe his analogy was in contrasting the volume of work performed by a sprinter versus that performed by a marathon runner. As he pointed out, the sprinter always has bigger, more muscular, legs and calves and yet they perform only a fraction of the work of the marathon runner, even in terms of their training for their respective competitions. He never said that sprinters only do one all out sprint in their training. You may very well be oscillating the intensity of your sprints during your training, but there is absolutely no question that your event calls for 100% intensity of effort in order to be successful and that the marathon runner must pace himself in order to do an event requiring much longer duration. Consequently, the shorter volume, higher intensity training that the sprinter performs is a far better stimulus for muscle size and strength than the latter is. He wasn’t talking about training for speed; he was simply pointing out the big picture effects of higher or lower intensity levels on muscular development as it pertained to two types of running.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGEYou speak well like Mr. Mentzer.
I overtrained on flat dumbell press and injured what felt like tendons around my elbow. I was forced to take 7 days straight off. During which I followed proper diet and rested as much as possible. Came back and PRd my lifts weight and reps (HIT method). Been doing it ever since. Can confirm hit is the optimal method of training cheers mike
Full body 30 minute HIT workouts has kept me shredded at 51 yrs old
This is phenomenal. Thanks for sharing.
So very fascinating. Thank you for uploading this. No matter what somebody may think, this is a historic and landmark interview.
Mike should have won Mr Olympia all day long
I sit in my bathroom after an intense workout recovering, listening to the words of a legend. It doesn’t get better than this.
My dumbbell curl is at 40, but I am now curious 3 months from now if incorporating these methods I can shoot up to 60+ by end of year.
Do it and update us.
How did it go?
Wow never knew about this interview! Thanks John!
You're welcome, TJ.
I legit wrote down all the talking points I love HIT training. I've always loved lifting now I want to pursue a degree in health and fitness to Train in mike mentzers principles. Thank you for this amazing video❤
God Bless John Little.
Thank you for providing the philosophy of menzter to youtube.
This Mike Mentzer is a genius. I know this is going to change my life.
I remember in my early 20 I started doing 100 push ups a day. At first i saw some growth. After a couple months i stalled and after a couple more months my shoulders/elbows just gave out lol but in the month I had to take off due to injury my upper body blew up. For 4 weeks straight of inactivity I grew more and more haha it was the weirdest thing. The growing really does only happen during rest. I guess I'll get back into working out and see about this high intensity theory!
Its the same in the Gym..when you do a set...take 10 minutes off..then do another set like a total recovery from the other set.The way the Gym is set up is to do your sets faster,but if you want to grow,more time between sets.
Brilliant 🙌🏼
Great post John! Mike Mentzer, Phil Williams, and Eric Lilliebridge are the reason I train every bodypart once every 10-14 days.
Not joking around or anything but honestly what do you do the rest of the time (as far as exercise)? Even with working full time and 2 kids I still feel like something is wrong if I don't workout at least every other day. It's a hard habit to break, comparable to a drug. I'm in decent shape now from 5-6x per week but I'm willing to give it a shot, I'm just not sure how I can get myself to rest that long.
@zr78 yeah man that is completely understandable. With the extra time I have I did what Mentzer said. I use it to read, research and learn new things. You don't have to jump straight into training everything once every 14 days. Assuming you train each body part once a week now. What you can do is start with training training each bodypart every 8 days then if you start stalling then go to 9 days and then every 10 days, etc. Do it gradually and you'll find your sweet spot for recovery.
@@QRU39 How have you found it? Has it yielded good results? I am afraid to attempt it due to potential loss of musculature.
@@NEDMD have you tried Bulgarian light training?
Have you tried doing bong lifts? Just lift it when you want a toke and then eat some munchies. Do this 10 times a day for 5 bong hits each set and you'll eat alot and get bigger.
I've come to do, slow reps to failure lasting mins not hours after many decades of trial, error and injuries.
This allows me to train daily ( mins ) and oddly I am getting results.
Thank you for uploading and sharing.
And we're back! 👏
What’s up Andrew
Really mind-blowing but there's also the fact that this is not for everyone. As it's really extremely intense, i mean the heavy duty as preached and practised by Mike....eye-opening though this video ...Definitely !!!
RIP Mike Mentzer (1951-2001)
This Changed my life 🧬 I am enjoying training 3Days per week mainly for health and muscle size
God i wish i could have mike mentzer as a strength and conditioning trainer my god
I discovered my recovery time is poor, I found this by a simple cut, barely a drop of blood. But it took a full week to heal.
Started dropping my workouts and I'm making progress again with significantly less time in the gym.
Knew virtually nothing about these ideas. WOW. Thanks for sharing this AMAZING interview.
I'm sold.
I'm a martial artist. My strength/weight training you can say was more about endurance(or just wrong).
Now that I have some knowledge of HIT,Arthur Jones, and Mike Mentzer I am seeing improvements in my strength.
Thanks so much for this upload mate, I wasn't aware of it until now.
Mike was soooo intelligent!
omg... I love this interview ,,,,
These logs are gold - almost scripture in regard to physique and strength development
Thanks for keeping this content alive. Mike Mentzer and Victor Martinez are the only 2 real uncrowned Mr. Olympia(s).
Probably the two most mature and intellectual bodybuilders ever! At least to reach there achievement for sure
Platz 1981
Flex wheerler, shawn ray, kevin levrone, and cedric mcmillian
the algo brought me to Mike and I regret nothing
I wish I knew this information in my 20s. Ive been overtraining myself for so long
It makes sense that they had to get rid of Mentzer.
His approach to training would hinder their ability to sell personal training sessions, supplements, pre workout etc.
Making programming that requires steroids to maintain practices of overtraining.
I’m a few weeks into HIT and I’m seeing progress that I haven’t been able to achieve after years of training 4-6 times a week 1 hour plus
How did Mike pass?.... Makes me wonder 🤔
Thanks for this John.