@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE I think this ones your best yet John. Love to see Mike talk in the flesh. His moustache looked thicker and darker than ever in this. Lol.
Yeah, I was huge into mentzer like 10 years ago, and on UA-cam there was barely any content of him. John has provided so much stuff I didn’t know existed
John is almost single handedly responsible. For causing a tidal wave of new interest in HIT and Mike Mentzer. All Mike's fans owe John a big thanks. And alot of younger trainers are now realising Mike was right. And taking his ideas SERIOUSLY.. HIGH INTENSITY and MIKE MENTZER'S name is buzzing all over the online fitness community. Many of the volume brigade are rattled. And trying to do damage control. To save their bottom line......
Thanks for sharing this. I saw Mike give this seminar in Worcester, MA in the winter/spring of 1994. The seminar was 5+ hours and cost $25.00. I recall Mike sitting with his legs crossed prior to the seminar and his calves were blowing out of his khaki pants.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE It was incredible! After the seminar, many stayed and asked questions. I think he would have stayed all night, if needed. He was very kind.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE we truly appreciate you keeping him alive. Mike lives on forever because of you and there's no words that can express how amazing and important he was
After reading Heavy Duty 2: Mind and body. It was literally life changing, it was almost like someone had slapped right in the face and said “Wake up! The theory of exercise science is not infantry complex, but there’s more to it then simple child like notion more is better!” It’s almost a crime that this book particularly is very hard and expensive to find.
This book also changed my life! I wrote a testimonial years ago that Joanne Sharkey ended up posting on the site. Heavy Duty for life! At 42 I am squatting my heaviest weight ever.
I never learned anything from muscle magazines. After all, if they actually disseminated the very simple truth about building muscle, there would be no reason for their existence and they would go out of business.
I don't speak English very well, so I'm looking at the subtitles, and from what I can understand, what he says is so simple and so logical, he's just an incredible genius! It's amazing!
Arnold was a major influencer in and of bodybuilding, bringing it major popularity and publicity. Mike Mentzer, on the other hand, was a paradigm shifter together with Arthur Jones and Ellington Darden. He showed that ”more is not better” when it comes to bodybuilding. I love your videos, John Little!
Thanks John, for uploading these beautiful documentaries. Mentzer's principles will one day be proven as the 1 version of the truth . keep doing gods work. I once contacted Joanne Sharkey regards Mikes interview with PRODODS. This would be worth sharing with your subscribers
Hello John, first of all I want to thank you for sharing the views of a really great man. I want to tell you a little bit of my own experience with Heavy Duty Training. I had trained all my life until 2 years ago when I have had a terrible accident. So I could not train for some months. When I started again I could train only for 5 Minutes and had to rest, in such a horrible condition I was. I started with aerobic training until I had some good condition again. Then I started to train the “Mike Mentzer Way”and what should I say I got stronger and stronger the whole time. Get bigger and bigger. I progress every training in reps ore weight. So it works really very well, I think the biggest problem for most people is to rest 3 ore 4 days. So thanks again for all this information and I wish you the best, continuing this great stuff.
I know you didn't believe Mike but I pray you are somewhere looking down smiling at just how much adoration we have for your dedication to your horribly short life's work. You deserved to live forever champ 🏆💪 rip and God bless John Little and Mike Mentzer
The video quality of his lecture is surprisingly good here compared to most I've seen. I met him in-person in early 1979 when he was in prime condition at his Nautilus seminar.
He's got alot of fans in Iran,he was a genius who was not undrstood in a right way which was a huge mistake by so many people,thank you for this amazing seminar✌️🙏
I congratulate you on your channel on Mike's wisdom and training philosophy this by far the best channel to learn from the great man. Mike's legacy will live on and influence so many training that choose to use their minds when entering a gym.
These videos should be watched for decades to come. It will preserve Mike Mentzer's legendary legacy to inspire upcoming bodybuilders not just for training, but for the great intellect and science of training he so elegantly always stated.
Began delving into the life of Mentzer recently. A truly extraordinary man and big inspiration for me, especially now in my 20s going through education and setting up for a future in which I can look back and be proud of myself. Thank you John for posting this, are you the actual John Little Mike mentions in e.g. his recording about his psychosis?
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE Do you have any pictures of Mike during competition? If so it would be cool to have a video collaging your favourites / the best ones. Would also be interesting to hear about the relation between you and Mentzer in a vid, just an idea!. Planning to buy the book soon!
Mike had a vast amount of knowledge and I was he was still so everyone could pick his brain. He mentions dropsets as a negative in this seminar but some exercises I feel it's necessary because failure doesn't feel like failure. This only applies to a few such as shoulder press or leg press, both safe exercises to do depending on how you have it at up.
Mike has made a significant impact in my life, I avidly follow his principles and have seen great results, it instantly made sense when I started listening to his seminars and clips I found online. Thank you for uploading and creating this video John.
Would have loved to interview Mr. Mentzer. To me what really validates his approach are the various injuries that dorian yates and ronnie coleman sustained due to their training due to either over training or not enough recovery.
Mate really top class videos on Mike. I look up to Mikes philosophy in bodybuilding both him and dorain Yates a the greatest. May his legacy live on for generations god bless Mike mentzer 🙏
Hey John I just got ur book for as a surprise christmas present from my dad after watching many of your videos of mikes wisdom. I didn’t know this was ur channel I enjoy watching all your videos keep doing what ur doing it’s great! We have to keep his legacy alive forever! Things need to change in the bodybuilding and fitness world. Overtraining and misinformation needs to be over asap! Thank u again for the great book i’m definitely getting the high intensity the mike mentzer way next. My dad got me the Wisdom of Mike Mentzer🔥🔥💪🏼Ur the best bro I hope to one day start a channel documenting my progress and enlighten everyone on mike mentzer theories and principles.
John Fantastic When I listen to Mentzer I wonder how anyone could doubt the logic, since to me, it seems irrefutable I am forever grateful to Mike Mentzer for assembling his arguments and teaching them so expertly Chris
It seems to me it's always the same thing… It's just too simple… And sometimes the human race just can't stand simple things… I don't know if it stems from the foundation of that not being challenging enough for them ..therefore they think it's a fail etc. NOT ME! 🤣🤣👍👍😎
Imagine you and I are of the same build, muscle size, strength, and all things relevant to this example. Now imagine that with 80% of your maximum 600lb lift, you could do 6 reps, whereas I could only do 4. The point is that going to failure and the percentage of maximum muscular effort are not universally the same. You would be able to generate more intensity with that same 80% weight for 1 standard set than I could. This is why one set to failure is not a guarantee that growth has been stimulated.
Another way to envisage this is with the absolute difference in weight. Suppose your maximum curl was 100lb, therefore 80% was 80lb. Were you to increase your strength until your maximum was 200lb, 80% would be 160lb; now 40lb less than the 1RM. This is obviously less intense than the 1RM-20lb when you were only able to curl 100lb. So again, it is technically inaccurate to state that intensity is the percentage of maximum muscular effort exerted.
@@Starbreaker2012 While I can imagine this, what I can’t imagine is that our repetition capability would be different given that we are of “the same build, muscle size, strength and all things relevant to this example.” What you are describing are perfect parallels that, for no reason, would suddenly diverge.
This is great stuff. I learned about some of these principles from Jay Vincent. I was really skeptical but it made sense. I was shocked at how little weight it took for just one hard work set. I been doing 5 seconds up 5 down for 90 second set and it was tough. It was pretty funny because 30 seconds into it i was like ya this is way too light . A few seconds later suddenly the weight felt heavy as fuck. Definitely going to keep training this way for awhile to see how it goes
A very rational individual, probably an INTJ, who has inspired this INFJ to write a book. He was not only intelligent but had great integrity. I wish I had known him personally.
Big fan. I own The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer and High Intensity Training with Mike Mentzer. Fan of MM from back in the day. Great to see all this content today. Ernie/Tektoniks Architects
I LOVE thus entire channel! Thank you so much for sharing and putting in the work to spread Mike Menter’s work!! Also.. what is the name if the composer/ music name of the orchestral pieces that come in the background time to time ? Thanks so much again !!
I think it’s totally logical to find out if one set is all you need.and if not go for two sets!! Rather than starting at 10 or 20 sets and if it doesn’t work not knowing where to go next.but my mind also tells me that you couldn’t preform 10 or 20 sets at %100 intensity anyway.And again it’s what makes what mikes saying totally logical once again….tmo
Stupid question about intensity but if the 10th rep that exerts the most intensity is the most important rep of the set then why not just do one rep with highest weight possible that requires 100% intensity and effort and just call it a day? Wouldn’t that trigger muscular growth?
Ive been doing HIT and I love it. But you have to admit I see other people gaining doing high volune as well. So what is the explanation for that if too much is overtraining? So many bodybuilders do rediculous volume and get big. Yes steroids make a difference but it's still a ton of volume
It's primarily a ton of genetics. Given that one's ultimate degree of muscle mass is genetically capped, you can never go beyond this -- so the question becomes how much time do you personally (not what the herd does) do you want to invest in chasing rainbows that are unattainable to your genetics? If you have the requisite genetics, ANY training method will realize them. If you value time, you will gravitate to more intense/less frequent training. If you don't value your time as much and don't mind spending a good chunk of it in the gym, or you don't like training harder (and some people -- most people -- simply don't), then you'll gravitate to pumping/higher volume.
Is there a way to only have one advertisement at the beginning of the video? It doesnt have to be 5 second skippable, id deal with a 30 second commercial, but im only ten minutes in and ive been hit with 2 speedbump ads, which derail the buffering ive already achieved. it kills my data and makes it unwatchable. i get into osmosis and absorbing the great knowledge mike has to offer and get rudely interruted by a loud "raymore and flannigan"...... im forever grateful youve provided this at all to share with the world for this all could have been lost forever had it not been obtained and converted to digital
@ John Little If you got put through a workout by Mike (or worked out with him), which one do your recall the most? How did he take his coffee, and what did you guys do for recreation when you lived in LA in the early 90's? Just a curious fan, these videos get so many views...
Hi Brian, I recall a workout at Gold's in 1986, where we did unilateral cable crossovers (kneeling), to Nautilus Decline Press (on the Double Chest machine). We then did Nautilus lateral raises. After a short break we did unilateral reverse-grip triceps extensions and then Pressdowns. All done for one set each (I don't recall doing any warmup sets -- maybe we did one for the first exercise, but I can't recall). Mike took his coffee black (and strong) and we walked a lot down by the Santa Monica Mall, went out for breakfast at an eatery near Gold's. He introduced me to Grolsch Beer (which I drink to this day). We also watched a lot of movies; I distinctly remember watching "Top Gun" on his big screen TV. Mike had been in the Air Force, so he quite liked the aviation scenes in the movie. There is so much I could recount (we first met in 1980, and stayed in close contact up until his death in 2001) but the above will give you a few answers.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE I get to workout on Saturday mornings with my 74 year old dad, a vet medic, who instilled in me to "be a man" and drink your coffee black. We go to breakfast after our 20 minute workout and bs about everything under the sun.
'Mike Mentzer Wisdom Binge', and that also courtesy of NONE OTHER THAN Mr. John Little through whose penned articles, impeccable editorship of the last two volumes of/on Mr. Mentzer, and personal endeavour to carry on Mike Mentzer's columns in muscle mags, I came to know about and more importantly UNDERSTOOD Mike Mentzer and the finer nuances of Mr. Mentzer's HD methods at the time (early 2000s) when 'Exercise Physiology', 'Biomechanics', 'Sports Nutrition' etc were totally 'unheard of' (let alone 'understood') things even in the Physical Education and Sports coaching/ teaching circle, at least in my experiences with numerous national and international coaches, and trainers. I apologise to Mr. Little for my consecutive long rants, as I already commented on another gem of an upload and got 'CORDIAL REPLY' from Mr. Little himself, but cannot help myself to express my SHEER JOY (kind of teenage overwhelming one although I am 38 now) for being able to binge upon these 'gems', and that also presented by 'THE MAN' who is DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for my modest yet satisfactory success in the field of sports of Amateur Boxing, and more importantly for my career as a researcher and educator in the field of 'physiology', and 'applied biomechanics'. Can't thank you enough sir, Mr. John Little 🙏🏼.
Thank you very much again for your kind words. I'm glad certain of my works were helpful to you. Congratulations also on your entering the fields of physiology (which is endlessly fascinating) and "applied biomechanics."
Hey john do you have something that he share some diet plans. I bought his books and there is lot if info but no diet plan exept one on heaby duty. Nutrition
Hi Cedrick. Mike never formulated a diet plan, per se. If you have his “Heavy Duty Nutrition” booklet, you know his views on nutrition. However, he did share with me what his diet was back in his competition days when I interviewed him in 1980. Mike’s approach to diet begins with energy. Energy is the first thing our food is used for, so he always made sure to get enough calories to fuel his high-intensity workouts. Without the proper fuel, high-inten- sity muscular contraction becomes an impossibility. Here is what Mike had to say about a “typical” day of meals when he was competing in contests: “I start each day with a breakfast - about two hours before my workout - comprised almost entirely of carbohydrates, the body’s preferred source of efficient fuel for just about all of its activities. This morning for instance, I had two bran muffins with butter, a piece of seven-grain toast, two figs, along with two or three cups of coffee. Following my workout some three to four hours later, I had a small milk-and-egg protein drink, along with some fresh pineapple and grapes. For my midday lunch, at about 3 o’clock. I had a baked potato and more fruit. Finally, at 8 o’clock in the evening, I had my final meal, which consisted of two chicken breasts, a salad, corn on the cob, and two scoops of ice cream. Such is a typical nutritional day for me. Of the approximately 2,000 calories accounted for here, some 1,000 of them come from carbohydrates, 300 from protein and the remaining 700 from fats. Half of my daily calorie allotment, therefore, comes from carbohydrates. This is not too far off the percentage recommended (60%) by the Senate Subcommittee on Nutrition, or the 65% recommendation of most reputable nutritional scientists and physical edu- cators. The 70 or so grams of protein consumed is actually in excess of that needed for maintenance and growth - 25 grams a day is all that’s needed to maintain a positive nitrogen (protein) balance in the body. The 700 calories of fat comes from the butter, chicken fat, and ice cream, and this is more apt to vary in my diet as I rarely use butter, al- though I average ice cream three days a week even before a contest. My diet is close to being well-balanced, which is the most important nutritional factor whether you’re an athlete or not. Eating excess calories will not make muscles grow any faster. Recent research has shown that muscles will grow for short periods on a starvation diet if one thing is present: high-intensity muscular contraction. Such growth, of course, must be limited to short periods in cases where the body is growing off its reserves and reserves are limited. Given high-intensity training and adequate rest, therefore, a well-balanced diet is all you need. Anyone suggesting that exceptionally large quantities of protein are a requirement for added muscle growth probably has an interest in a protein company.”
Thank you so much for this. I was wondering if there's anywhere I could buy the book from? I looked into it quite a bit but couldn’t find this one. Thanks in advance
Hi Derek. You must be thinking of someone else. I’ve never said I had heavy duty two in hardcopy available. I have one copy only, which I’ve had since 1996. I don’t have any extra copies and certainly none for sale unfortunately..
Having grown up in Pennsylvania and being involved in bodybuilding at the same time as Mike (he was a few years ahead of me), I was fortunate to have crossed paths with Mike and trained at one of the gyms where he worked out. He was impressive to say the least. I recall attending a Mr. Pennsylvania competition where both Mike and Ron Teufel were the guest posers and they posed down at the same time on stage - you could have flipped a coin as to who was in better condition. Frank Zane's mother cheered on the posedown (she was also a Pennsylvania native). Fun times. Mike was a down to earth guy who didn't follow the pack and wasn't afraid to challenge what was considered as dogma in bodybuilding training. He was also an opportunist who marketed his physique development as being the result of the application of intelligent training principles, when in reality it was the combination of superior genetics and anabolic steroid use that built his physique to the level he attained. It may be a safe argument that Mike's development was less dependent on the type of training he performed than the genetic - steroid combination he benefited from. I am a believer in HIT training principles and he certainly made many of us more aware of a rational way to train, and for that he deserves a lot of credit. Where I think one of Mike's greatest contributions to bodybuilding occurred which he gets less credit for, is his common-sense approach to nutrition where much less protein was emphasized and supplementation was nonresistant except for when on a calorie-restricted diet. His nutritional guidance was based on science and not interpreted by him to fit the bodybuilding narrative for profits. I do think his use of the analogy of getting suntan and applying HIT training can be interpreted different ways for the result you are looking for. For example, when one exposes themselves to high intensity sunlight for purposes of attaining a suntan, a reasonable approach is to incrementally increase the exposure to sunlight through increased frequency and longer duration (fitting the narrative of a volume approach to training which says as one becomes more advanced, more volume is required.) Alternatively, one could agree with the HIT mantra and say limited exposure to high-intensity sunlight with adequate time for healing is the best approach (although who would expose themselves for twenty minutes twice a week and believe they would obtain their best possible suntan?). Taking this suntan example a bit further with respect to training, it supports full-body workouts rather than splitting up the body as Mike did in his later years. Who would tan only their chest and back one day, legs the next, then shoulders and arms a few days later? Silly examples, I know, just letting my mind wander off a bit as I need a break from being completely immersed in the Ukraine war reporting. Sorry for the rambling.
Hi John. Thanks for your post. While I’m in agreement with most of what you say, I would respectfully take issue with one or two points: When you say: “He was also an opportunist who marketed his physique development as being the result of the application of intelligent training principles, when in reality it was the combination of superior genetics and anabolic steroid use that built his physique to the level he attained. It may be a safe argument that Mike's development was less dependent on the type of training he performed than the genetic - steroid combination he benefited from.” Mike was the first bodybuilder to say in his seminars (and to write in his articles and books) that genetics is the prime determinant of bodybuilding success. He also was the first to speak openly about his steroid use (at a time when other bodybuilders either denied using them or downplayed their potency - the ’10% polish” kind of thing). He never claimed that his training method by itself would create a superior competition-worthy physique. Indeed, in his first course (“Heavy Duty”) which came out in the late 1970s, in his first audio tapes (which came out in the 1980s) and in his last book (which I co-wrote with him) he insisted on making the statement: “And, no, this book is not a promise of a 20-inch arm or a Mr. America physique. That is something that no one, and no training method, can honestly offer.” Such isn’t the proclamation of an opportunist trying to fool the general public about the potency of his training approach. You also say: “I do think his use of the analogy of getting suntan and applying HIT training can be interpreted different ways for the result you are looking for. For example, when one exposes themselves to high intensity sunlight for purposes of attaining a suntan, a reasonable approach is to incrementally increase the exposure to sunlight through increased frequency and longer duration (fitting the narrative of a volume approach to training which says as one becomes more advanced, more volume is required.)” Perhaps so, if you keep the intensity of the sun’s rays at a constant. However, in his seminar he used the example of moving closer to the Equator in order to increase the intensity of the sun’s rays (the suntan stimulus in this case), which would necessitate a more cautionary approach to regulating one’s exposure to it. To Mike’s point, the sunlight hits the earth most directly at the Equator, and the curve of the Earth means that sunlight is spread over a wider area the further away you move from the Equator. Sunlight hits a smaller surface area at the Equator and, thus, is more intense (concentrated). The more intense the sunlight stress, in other words, the higher the intensity, and the less exposure to the stimulus you would be capable of tolerating. Similarly with training intensity.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE John - I appreciate the rebuttal. You certainly knew the man much better than I, so it is refreshing to hear that he stood for honesty. Unfortunately, I don't think the magazines were always as transparent in his beliefs, possibly to push sales of articles promising results from his methods. Perhaps Edgar Allan Poe said it best "Believe none of what you hear and believe half of what you see". I stand corrected.
@@johntaylor5288 The magazines, indeed, have always been guilty of hyperbole. They were once described by Mike as “popular organs aimed at the average non-discriminating mind.” In looking at their content over the decades, he may have had a point. Thanks again for your post.
Unfortunately Mike didnt look after himself in the latter years. God have given us free will, to do as we chose. Mikes body have died, but his soul lives on, possibly in another body now. Yes reincarnation is a real thing folks.
Wasted 15yrs volume training. I'm 33 and glad I still found this at this age and not waste another 15+yrs or more.
I am 42, and always got discouraged, I am going to try this out, but I have been out of practice after I retired 8 years ago.
There was only one seminar of Mike online. Now you come up with this..You never stop surprising me John. Just amazing....😁
Haha! Thanks, Lone wolf! Just fortunate to have amassed some materials (still less than I would like) over the years.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE I think this ones your best yet John. Love to see Mike talk in the flesh. His moustache looked thicker and darker than ever in this. Lol.
Yeah, I was huge into mentzer like 10 years ago, and on UA-cam there was barely any content of him. John has provided so much stuff I didn’t know existed
John is almost single handedly responsible. For causing a tidal wave of new interest in HIT and Mike Mentzer. All Mike's fans owe John a big thanks. And alot of younger trainers are now realising Mike was right. And taking his ideas SERIOUSLY..
HIGH INTENSITY and MIKE MENTZER'S name is buzzing all over the online fitness community. Many of the volume brigade are rattled. And trying to do damage control. To save their bottom line......
Your contribution to this community is truly great, thank you John.
Thanks, Comba!
Mike Mentzer: The Greatest Philosopher of Bodybuilding
Remember that!
Not only would I have followed this man into the gym, I would have followed him into battle. RIP ❤
Thanks for sharing this. I saw Mike give this seminar in Worcester, MA in the winter/spring of 1994. The seminar was 5+ hours and cost $25.00. I recall Mike sitting with his legs crossed prior to the seminar and his calves were blowing out of his khaki pants.
Hi David. Thanks for the information. Six hours -- wow. That would have been something.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE It was incredible! After the seminar, many stayed and asked questions. I think he would have stayed all night, if needed. He was very kind.
@@davidjaffarian1138 That would have been amazing.
What a god dam bargain!!
He's the Louie Simmons of bodybuilding 🔥
Thanks for keeping Mike's legacy alive John. Wish I could have met him. I'd listen for hours.
You’re welcome, Angela. Glad you like the content.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE we truly appreciate you keeping him alive. Mike lives on forever because of you and there's no words that can express how amazing and important he was
After reading Heavy Duty 2: Mind and body. It was literally life changing, it was almost like someone had slapped right in the face and said “Wake up! The theory of exercise science is not infantry complex, but there’s more to it then simple child like notion more is better!”
It’s almost a crime that this book particularly is very hard and expensive to find.
Hi Lachlan. Yes, that is a great book. Hopefully it becomes more readily available in the near future.
Hello, I would like to read this book and I was wondering where I could buy it. Hoping you could somewhat point me in the right direction
@@mk4630 I brought mine from eBay a couple of years ago
This book also changed my life! I wrote a testimonial years ago that Joanne Sharkey ended up posting on the site. Heavy Duty for life! At 42 I am squatting my heaviest weight ever.
check out high intensity training the mike mentzer way, its chock full of info, in my understanding its basically HD2 just fleshed out a little more.
More information in this seminar than 50 years of muscle magazines.
Hi Kevin. That is very true. Thanks for your post.
I never learned anything from muscle magazines. After all, if they actually disseminated the very simple truth about building muscle, there would be no reason for their existence and they would go out of business.
I don't speak English very well, so I'm looking at the subtitles, and from what I can understand, what he says is so simple and so logical, he's just an incredible genius! It's amazing!
Arnold was a major influencer in and of bodybuilding, bringing it major popularity and publicity. Mike Mentzer, on the other hand, was a paradigm shifter together with Arthur Jones and Ellington Darden. He showed that ”more is not better” when it comes to bodybuilding. I love your videos, John Little!
Hi Niklas. I'm glad you liked you like the videos. You are quite correct about Mike being a paradigm shifter.
Ellington darden has recently changed his mind about going to failure, but to be honest it all sound like a marketing strategy
Mike The iconoclast!!!!
Thanks John, for uploading these beautiful documentaries. Mentzer's principles will one day be proven as the 1 version of the truth . keep doing gods work. I once contacted Joanne Sharkey regards Mikes interview with PRODODS. This would be worth sharing with your subscribers
Hi Shrimp Man. Thanks for the kind words. I think PRODOS interview is still readily available online if I'm not mistaken.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE where can i get this seminar versión?
@@fromtheotherside1980 This video is all there is.
Hello John, first of all I want to thank you for sharing the views of a really great man. I want to tell you a little bit of my own experience with Heavy Duty Training. I had trained all my life until 2 years ago when I have had a terrible accident. So I could not train for some months. When I started again I could train only for 5 Minutes and had to rest, in such a horrible condition I was. I started with aerobic training until I had some good condition again. Then I started to train the “Mike Mentzer Way”and what should I say I got stronger and stronger the whole time. Get bigger and bigger. I progress every training in reps ore weight. So it works really very well, I think the biggest problem for most people is to rest 3 ore 4 days. So thanks again for all this information and I wish you the best, continuing this great stuff.
Hi Oli. Congratulations on making such wonderful progress and thank you also very much for your post.
I know you didn't believe Mike but I pray you are somewhere looking down smiling at just how much adoration we have for your dedication to your horribly short life's work. You deserved to live forever champ 🏆💪 rip and God bless John Little and Mike Mentzer
“It’s confidence, not money or muscles that we’re all after.” Wow. Very powerful.
Hi GeneticXFitness. Absolutely. Thanks very much for your post.
Hands down the most effective technique
The video quality of his lecture is surprisingly good here compared to most I've seen. I met him in-person in early 1979 when he was in prime condition at his Nautilus seminar.
He's got alot of fans in Iran,he was a genius who was not undrstood in a right way which was a huge mistake by so many people,thank you for this amazing seminar✌️🙏
How wonderful to hear my mentor again. Thanks for all these gems…keeping Mike’s legacy alive.
Glad you like the content!👍
I congratulate you on your channel on Mike's wisdom and training philosophy this by far the best channel to learn from the great man. Mike's legacy will live on and influence so many training that choose to use their minds when entering a gym.
Thank you.
Thank you, John, for all these videos of Mike Mentzer. They have been a life changer for my training and living life 💯
You’re welcome, Rodney. Glad you like them.
These videos should be watched for decades to come. It will preserve Mike Mentzer's legendary legacy to inspire upcoming bodybuilders not just for training, but for the great intellect and science of training he so elegantly always stated.
Thanks for your post.
Great seminar, thanks John for the video ,you can learn something new by watching these uploads
No worries, Jim. Thanks for your post.
This video should have millions of views
Began delving into the life of Mentzer recently. A truly extraordinary man and big inspiration for me, especially now in my 20s going through education and setting up for a future in which I can look back and be proud of myself. Thank you John for posting this, are you the actual John Little Mike mentions in e.g. his recording about his psychosis?
Hi Oscar. I’m glad you like the videos. Yes, I am that John Little. Thanks for your post.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE Do you have any pictures of Mike during competition? If so it would be cool to have a video collaging your favourites / the best ones. Would also be interesting to hear about the relation between you and Mentzer in a vid, just an idea!. Planning to buy the book soon!
Thanks for being there for him when he needed it most.
I just listen to these videos while I'm working out now. Heavy sets and Mike Mentzer seminars.
Thanks yet again John for another great video on The Great Mike Mentzer.
You're welcome. Thanks for your post.
Mentzer is a 100% right. I'm never looking back on conventional bodybuilding training again. Can't argue with science.
Mike had a vast amount of knowledge and I was he was still so everyone could pick his brain. He mentions dropsets as a negative in this seminar but some exercises I feel it's necessary because failure doesn't feel like failure. This only applies to a few such as shoulder press or leg press, both safe exercises to do depending on how you have it at up.
Damn this has got to be the best time of the week
I have learned so much from Mike, John. Wish he was still around. Even though I never knew him I do miss him for a reason.
@@gunz9894 Thanks for your post. Yes, I miss him as well. His was a voice that is sorely missing from bodybuilding today.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE yes. And not just in Bodybuilding.
Mike has made a significant impact in my life, I avidly follow his principles and have seen great results, it instantly made sense when I started listening to his seminars and clips I found online. Thank you for uploading and creating this video John.
Would have loved to interview Mr. Mentzer. To me what really validates his approach are the various injuries that dorian yates and ronnie coleman sustained due to their training due to either over training or not enough recovery.
Great video John, I'm waiting for Netflix to come along and make a documentary about him!!
Hi Nate. That would be a cool idea!
Great video. True inspiration. Thank you John.
Hi Edgar. He was that. You’re very welcome.
John, you posting these videos has changed my life. Thank you for these. 🙏
You’re welcome, Nathan. I’m glad you are benefitting from them.
Mate really top class videos on Mike. I look up to Mikes philosophy in bodybuilding both him and dorain Yates a the greatest. May his legacy live on for generations god bless Mike mentzer 🙏
Hi James, thanks very much.
A god amonst men. Philsophical, spiritual, and fit! Mentzer RIP good sir!
Hey John I just got ur book for as a surprise christmas present from my dad after watching many of your videos of mikes wisdom. I didn’t know this was ur channel I enjoy watching all your videos keep doing what ur doing it’s great! We have to keep his legacy alive forever! Things need to change in the bodybuilding and fitness world. Overtraining and misinformation needs to be over asap! Thank u again for the great book i’m definitely getting the high intensity the mike mentzer way next. My dad got me the Wisdom of Mike Mentzer🔥🔥💪🏼Ur the best bro I hope to one day start a channel documenting my progress and enlighten everyone on mike mentzer theories and principles.
Thanks for your support and for your post.
John phenomenal Mike content. I can watch them all day long
I’m glad you are enjoying the videos, Sal.
John
Fantastic
When I listen to Mentzer I wonder how anyone could doubt the logic, since to me, it seems irrefutable
I am forever grateful to Mike Mentzer for assembling his arguments and teaching them so expertly
Chris
It seems to me it's always the same thing… It's just too simple… And sometimes the human race just can't stand simple things… I don't know if it stems from the foundation of that not being challenging enough for them ..therefore they think it's a fail etc. NOT ME! 🤣🤣👍👍😎
Hi Chris. Thanks for your post!
Imagine you and I are of the same build, muscle size, strength, and all things relevant to this example. Now imagine that with 80% of your maximum 600lb lift, you could do 6 reps, whereas I could only do 4. The point is that going to failure and the percentage of maximum muscular effort are not universally the same. You would be able to generate more intensity with that same 80% weight for 1 standard set than I could. This is why one set to failure is not a guarantee that growth has been stimulated.
Another way to envisage this is with the absolute difference in weight. Suppose your maximum curl was 100lb, therefore 80% was 80lb. Were you to increase your strength until your maximum was 200lb, 80% would be 160lb; now 40lb less than the 1RM. This is obviously less intense than the 1RM-20lb when you were only able to curl 100lb. So again, it is technically inaccurate to state that intensity is the percentage of maximum muscular effort exerted.
@@Starbreaker2012 While I can imagine this, what I can’t imagine is that our repetition capability would be different given that we are of “the same build, muscle size, strength and all things relevant to this example.” What you are describing are perfect parallels that, for no reason, would suddenly diverge.
Thank you for posting these im looking for his book heavy duty body and mind 2 and its imposible to find so the more content from him the better
Many thanks John.
You’re welcome, Ian.👍
A true legend and intellectual.
This is great stuff. I learned about some of these principles from Jay Vincent. I was really skeptical but it made sense. I was shocked at how little weight it took for just one hard work set. I been doing 5 seconds up 5 down for 90 second set and it was tough. It was pretty funny because 30 seconds into it i was like ya this is way too light . A few seconds later suddenly the weight felt heavy as fuck. Definitely going to keep training this way for awhile to see how it goes
Thanks for your post.👍
Thanks for following my content and trying High Intensity Training Matt. And thank you John for giving us all access to Mike Mentzers material!
@@JayVincentFitness No worries, sir. I’m glad you are enjoying them.
Im so happy to see more content from mike mentzer being uploaded
Glad you like it.
Thank you John
Thank you John
A very rational individual, probably an INTJ, who has inspired this INFJ to write a book. He was not only intelligent but had great integrity. I wish I had known him personally.
INFJ got a lot to learn from INTJ because they walk their talk.
Brilliance. A principled, logical plan for creating a life of bodybuilding success. Ty for posting this.
You're welcome, Tektoniics Architects.
Big fan. I own The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer and High Intensity Training with Mike Mentzer. Fan of MM from back in the day. Great to see all this content today. Ernie/Tektoniks Architects
@@tektoniks_architects I’m glad you like the books, Ernie. Thanks for your post.
I LOVE thus entire channel! Thank you so much for sharing and putting in the work to spread Mike Menter’s work!! Also.. what is the name if the composer/ music name of the orchestral pieces that come in the background time to time ? Thanks so much again !!
Brilliant john. Nothing like mike to light the fires
Haha! Thanks, Graham.
Terrific Download, THANKYOU so much for these John, great job!
Hi warrior314. Thanks for your kind words -- I'm glad you like them.
I think it’s totally logical to find out if one set is all you need.and if not go for two sets!! Rather than starting at 10 or 20 sets and if it doesn’t work not knowing where to go next.but my mind also tells me that you couldn’t preform 10 or 20 sets at %100 intensity anyway.And again it’s what makes what mikes saying totally logical once again….tmo
Stupid question about intensity but if the 10th rep that exerts the most intensity is the most important rep of the set then why not just do one rep with highest weight possible that requires 100% intensity and effort and just call it a day? Wouldn’t that trigger muscular growth?
Thanks again John
Bodybuilding's Foremost Iconoclast!!
That podium looks very heavy duty!
شكرا جون 💖💖💖💪💪😚😚😚😚😚
Awesome! Thank you!
Brilliant. Thank you!
You’re welcome.
Thank you so much brother.
You’re welcome, zaini hashim.👍
Hi John another great one really enjoyed this,again all good fundamental stuff that we all should stick to and sometimes don’t great message
Hi James. I'm glad you liked it -- and you're right; it's good to get a reminder of the fundamentals from time to time.
gonna listen to this once a day so it’s drilled into my brain 😂
Pure gold, thanks!
You’re welcome, Miro!
Saw a similar version of this on another account-definitely was a life-changing lecture!
A precious video, John. Thank you sir.
You are very welcome.
Truly appreciate your work sir. Thanks for this amazing Knowledge of *Mike sir*❤️
Thanks for watching!
Thank you John Little, i was searching for this Seminar
You are very welcome.
The best informative channel out there. Love you brother🙏💪🏼
Thanks for your support, Omar!
Mike's estate should release this on DVD. I think there are many thousands of sales here.
I don't think (so I've been told by distributors in the field) that DVD is a flourishing market these days.
Ive been doing HIT and I love it. But you have to admit I see other people gaining doing high volune as well. So what is the explanation for that if too much is overtraining? So many bodybuilders do rediculous volume and get big. Yes steroids make a difference but it's still a ton of volume
It's primarily a ton of genetics. Given that one's ultimate degree of muscle mass is genetically capped, you can never go beyond this -- so the question becomes how much time do you personally (not what the herd does) do you want to invest in chasing rainbows that are unattainable to your genetics? If you have the requisite genetics, ANY training method will realize them. If you value time, you will gravitate to more intense/less frequent training. If you don't value your time as much and don't mind spending a good chunk of it in the gym, or you don't like training harder (and some people -- most people -- simply don't), then you'll gravitate to pumping/higher volume.
Is there a way to only have one advertisement at the beginning of the video? It doesnt have to be 5 second skippable, id deal with a 30 second commercial, but im only ten minutes in and ive been hit with 2 speedbump ads, which derail the buffering ive already achieved. it kills my data and makes it unwatchable. i get into osmosis and absorbing the great knowledge mike has to offer and get rudely interruted by a loud "raymore and flannigan"......
im forever grateful youve provided this at all to share with the world for this all could have been lost forever had it not been obtained and converted to digital
Mr. Little, your book "Body By Science" is my fitness Bible.
Thanks American Thai Boxer. I'm glad you found it to be helpful.
God God !!! wish he was here today...🙏🙏
Brilliant
ThankQ and Crush on...
What is a book that Mr Mentzer wrote that outlines the principle teaching from his 1996 book Heavy Duty Mind and Body?
Another great video, thanks John
Thanks, Michael. Glad you liked it.
@ John Little
If you got put through a workout by Mike (or worked out with him), which one do your recall the most? How did he take his coffee, and what did you guys do for recreation when you lived in LA in the early 90's?
Just a curious fan, these videos get so many views...
Hi Brian, I recall a workout at Gold's in 1986, where we did unilateral cable crossovers (kneeling), to Nautilus Decline Press (on the Double Chest machine). We then did Nautilus lateral raises. After a short break we did unilateral reverse-grip triceps extensions and then Pressdowns. All done for one set each (I don't recall doing any warmup sets -- maybe we did one for the first exercise, but I can't recall). Mike took his coffee black (and strong) and we walked a lot down by the Santa Monica Mall, went out for breakfast at an eatery near Gold's. He introduced me to Grolsch Beer (which I drink to this day). We also watched a lot of movies; I distinctly remember watching "Top Gun" on his big screen TV. Mike had been in the Air Force, so he quite liked the aviation scenes in the movie. There is so much I could recount (we first met in 1980, and stayed in close contact up until his death in 2001) but the above will give you a few answers.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE I get to workout on Saturday mornings with my 74 year old dad, a vet medic, who instilled in me to "be a man" and drink your coffee black. We go to breakfast after our 20 minute workout and bs about everything under the sun.
@@WarriorSidMentzer 👍 That’s what it’s all about, young man!
'Mike Mentzer Wisdom Binge', and that also courtesy of NONE OTHER THAN Mr. John Little through whose penned articles, impeccable editorship of the last two volumes of/on Mr. Mentzer, and personal endeavour to carry on Mike Mentzer's columns in muscle mags, I came to know about and more importantly UNDERSTOOD Mike Mentzer and the finer nuances of Mr. Mentzer's HD methods at the time (early 2000s) when 'Exercise Physiology', 'Biomechanics', 'Sports Nutrition' etc were totally 'unheard of' (let alone 'understood') things even in the Physical Education and Sports coaching/ teaching circle, at least in my experiences with numerous national and international coaches, and trainers.
I apologise to Mr. Little for my consecutive long rants, as I already commented on another gem of an upload and got 'CORDIAL REPLY' from Mr. Little himself, but cannot help myself to express my SHEER JOY (kind of teenage overwhelming one although I am 38 now) for being able to binge upon these 'gems', and that also presented by 'THE MAN' who is DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for my modest yet satisfactory success in the field of sports of Amateur Boxing, and more importantly for my career as a researcher and educator in the field of 'physiology', and 'applied biomechanics'.
Can't thank you enough sir, Mr. John Little 🙏🏼.
Thank you very much again for your kind words. I'm glad certain of my works were helpful to you. Congratulations also on your entering the fields of physiology (which is endlessly fascinating) and "applied biomechanics."
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE The pleasure is all mine sir.
Great video !
Thanks!
Wish he was still around - to finish his life-work
What music is at 10:40?
I find it really calming.
Is it possible of buying the book in europe? And if so where can i find this? Thanks in advance
Another great post. I think there’s a similar talk somewhere here on UA-cam, from Mississauga in 1998?
Thanks, Vincent. Yes, the Mississauga one was conducted two or three years after this one.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE Mississauga is a stone’s throw from home. I likely would have attended the seminar if I were into training and fitness then.
Amazing
Thanks
Do you have a link to a pdf of heavy duty 2: mind and body?
It’s 600$ on eBay:/
Great😎
Hi John,
Do you have any copies of the book from back then I could purchase?
I am sorry to say that I do not. I only have the one copy that Mike gave me in 1996.
Hey john do you have something that he share some diet plans. I bought his books and there is lot if info but no diet plan exept one on heaby duty. Nutrition
Hi Cedrick.
Mike never formulated a diet plan, per se. If you have his “Heavy Duty Nutrition” booklet, you know his views on nutrition. However, he did share with me what his diet was back in his competition days when I interviewed him in 1980.
Mike’s approach to diet begins with energy. Energy is the first thing our food is used for, so he always made sure to get enough calories to fuel his high-intensity workouts. Without the proper fuel, high-inten- sity muscular contraction becomes an impossibility. Here is what Mike had to say about a “typical” day of meals when he was competing in contests:
“I start each day with a breakfast - about two hours before my workout - comprised almost entirely of carbohydrates, the body’s preferred source of efficient fuel for just about all of its activities. This morning for instance, I had two bran muffins with butter, a piece of seven-grain toast, two figs, along with two or three cups of coffee.
Following my workout some three to four hours later, I had a small milk-and-egg protein drink, along with some fresh pineapple and grapes. For my midday lunch, at about 3 o’clock. I had a baked potato and more fruit. Finally, at 8 o’clock in the evening, I had my final meal, which consisted of two chicken breasts, a salad, corn on the cob, and two scoops of ice cream.
Such is a typical nutritional day for me. Of the approximately 2,000 calories accounted for here, some 1,000 of them come from carbohydrates, 300 from protein and the remaining 700 from fats. Half of my daily calorie allotment, therefore, comes from carbohydrates. This is not too far off the percentage recommended (60%) by the Senate Subcommittee on Nutrition, or the 65% recommendation of most reputable nutritional scientists and physical edu- cators.
The 70 or so grams of protein consumed is actually in excess of that needed for maintenance and growth - 25 grams a day is all that’s needed to maintain a positive nitrogen (protein) balance in the body. The 700 calories of fat comes from the butter, chicken fat, and ice cream, and this is more apt to vary in my diet as I rarely use butter, al- though I average ice cream three days a week even before a contest.
My diet is close to being well-balanced, which is the most important nutritional factor whether you’re an athlete or not. Eating excess calories will not make muscles grow any faster. Recent research has shown that muscles will grow for short periods on a starvation diet if one thing is present: high-intensity muscular contraction. Such growth, of course, must be limited to short periods in cases where the body is growing off its reserves and reserves are limited. Given high-intensity training and adequate rest, therefore, a well-balanced diet is all you need. Anyone suggesting that exceptionally large quantities of protein are a requirement for added muscle growth probably has an interest in a protein company.”
Is there any more to this seminar? Thanks for posting!
Hi Clutch68. I'm sure there was but, unfortunately, no one video (or audio) taped it.
Thank you so much for this. I was wondering if there's anywhere I could buy the book from? I looked into it quite a bit but couldn’t find this one. Thanks in advance
#TEAMMENTZER
When the back round music comes on that means John wants you to listen carefully.
Haha! You are perceptive, Troy.
woonderful💪🏻👍🔥
Man means Mind!
Hey John. Not sure which video but you said you had heavy duty 2 in hard copy available. Can't find your email address
Hi Derek. You must be thinking of someone else. I’ve never said I had heavy duty two in hardcopy available. I have one copy only, which I’ve had since 1996. I don’t have any extra copies and certainly none for sale unfortunately..
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE maybe it was another book of Menzters?
You're right. Got my johns confused lol. Was john heart selling some copies
Having grown up in Pennsylvania and being involved in bodybuilding at the same time as Mike (he was a few years ahead of me), I was fortunate to have crossed paths with Mike and trained at one of the gyms where he worked out. He was impressive to say the least. I recall attending a Mr. Pennsylvania competition where both Mike and Ron Teufel were the guest posers and they posed down at the same time on stage - you could have flipped a coin as to who was in better condition. Frank Zane's mother cheered on the posedown (she was also a Pennsylvania native). Fun times.
Mike was a down to earth guy who didn't follow the pack and wasn't afraid to challenge what was considered as dogma in bodybuilding training. He was also an opportunist who marketed his physique development as being the result of the application of intelligent training principles, when in reality it was the combination of superior genetics and anabolic steroid use that built his physique to the level he attained. It may be a safe argument that Mike's development was less dependent on the type of training he performed than the genetic - steroid combination he benefited from. I am a believer in HIT training principles and he certainly made many of us more aware of a rational way to train, and for that he deserves a lot of credit. Where I think one of Mike's greatest contributions to bodybuilding occurred which he gets less credit for, is his common-sense approach to nutrition where much less protein was emphasized and supplementation was nonresistant except for when on a calorie-restricted diet. His nutritional guidance was based on science and not interpreted by him to fit the bodybuilding narrative for profits.
I do think his use of the analogy of getting suntan and applying HIT training can be interpreted different ways for the result you are looking for. For example, when one exposes themselves to high intensity sunlight for purposes of attaining a suntan, a reasonable approach is to incrementally increase the exposure to sunlight through increased frequency and longer duration (fitting the narrative of a volume approach to training which says as one becomes more advanced, more volume is required.) Alternatively, one could agree with the HIT mantra and say limited exposure to high-intensity sunlight with adequate time for healing is the best approach (although who would expose themselves for twenty minutes twice a week and believe they would obtain their best possible suntan?). Taking this suntan example a bit further with respect to training, it supports full-body workouts rather than splitting up the body as Mike did in his later years. Who would tan only their chest and back one day, legs the next, then shoulders and arms a few days later? Silly examples, I know, just letting my mind wander off a bit as I need a break from being completely immersed in the Ukraine war reporting. Sorry for the rambling.
Hi John. Thanks for your post. While I’m in agreement with most of what you say, I would respectfully take issue with one or two points: When you say: “He was also an opportunist who marketed his physique development as being the result of the application of intelligent training principles, when in reality it was the combination of superior genetics and anabolic steroid use that built his physique to the level he attained. It may be a safe argument that Mike's development was less dependent on the type of training he performed than the genetic - steroid combination he benefited from.” Mike was the first bodybuilder to say in his seminars (and to write in his articles and books) that genetics is the prime determinant of bodybuilding success. He also was the first to speak openly about his steroid use (at a time when other bodybuilders either denied using them or downplayed their potency - the ’10% polish” kind of thing). He never claimed that his training method by itself would create a superior competition-worthy physique. Indeed, in his first course (“Heavy Duty”) which came out in the late 1970s, in his first audio tapes (which came out in the 1980s) and in his last book (which I co-wrote with him) he insisted on making the statement: “And, no, this book is not a promise of a 20-inch arm or a Mr. America physique. That is something that no one, and no training method, can honestly offer.” Such isn’t the proclamation of an opportunist trying to fool the general public about the potency of his training approach.
You also say: “I do think his use of the analogy of getting suntan and applying HIT training can be interpreted different ways for the result you are looking for. For example, when one exposes themselves to high intensity sunlight for purposes of attaining a suntan, a reasonable approach is to incrementally increase the exposure to sunlight through increased frequency and longer duration (fitting the narrative of a volume approach to training which says as one becomes more advanced, more volume is required.)” Perhaps so, if you keep the intensity of the sun’s rays at a constant. However, in his seminar he used the example of moving closer to the Equator in order to increase the intensity of the sun’s rays (the suntan stimulus in this case), which would necessitate a more cautionary approach to regulating one’s exposure to it. To Mike’s point, the sunlight hits the earth most directly at the Equator, and the curve of the Earth means that sunlight is spread over a wider area the further away you move from the Equator. Sunlight hits a smaller surface area at the Equator and, thus, is more intense (concentrated). The more intense the sunlight stress, in other words, the higher the intensity, and the less exposure to the stimulus you would be capable of tolerating. Similarly with training intensity.
@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE John - I appreciate the rebuttal. You certainly knew the man much better than I, so it is refreshing to hear that he stood for honesty. Unfortunately, I don't think the magazines were always as transparent in his beliefs, possibly to push sales of articles promising results from his methods. Perhaps Edgar Allan Poe said it best "Believe none of what you hear and believe half of what you see". I stand corrected.
@@johntaylor5288 The magazines, indeed, have always been guilty of hyperbole. They were once described by Mike as “popular organs aimed at the average non-discriminating mind.” In looking at their content over the decades, he may have had a point. Thanks again for your post.
God why did you took this Genius from us ?
Unfortunately Mike didnt look after himself in the latter years. God have given us free will, to do as we chose. Mikes body have died, but his soul lives on, possibly in another body now. Yes reincarnation is a real thing folks.