MIKE MENTZER: "IS TOO MUCH VOLUME HOLDING BACK YOUR PROGRESS?"
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2024
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In this video, Mike Mentzer explains why performing more sets than are precisely required to stimulate growth are not only unnecessary but highly counterproductive.
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Mike was a genius, no doubt
Commenting to bring this truth up to more people.
Mr. Little. Just want to say thanks for the content. Over the last 6 months, I've been following HIT. About half that was a lot of trial and error at the beginning as I switched my lifting mindset.
I'm an intermediate lifter. Just did a check-in and found that I lost four pounds of fat and gained 1.5 lbs of muscle.
The numbers seem a little underwhelming, but the amount of personal time gained back from following HIT has been priceless.
I'll be starting to read Body by Science this week. Looking forward to the information.
So many people in the gym nowadays base camp at machines for hours doing 15+ sets is crazy to me. I went to the gym yesterday did Lat pulldowns high intensity 4 sets max load up the weight and was finished in less than 10 minutes resting for 30 secs to 1 minute. After I did my entire circuit using other machines for 1 hour 20 minutes and was leaving the gym the guy that was next to me when I started was still doing Lat pull downs he was there on that 1 machine for over 1 hour and 20 minutes. I would have loved to ask him why? if you are sitting at a machine for more than 20 minutes you are not challenging your self plain and simple.
"...did Lat pulldowns high intensity 4 sets max..."
Only one set counts.
2 sets max
One set to failure, you can do a dropset and fall again but it's more productive to do that second set in another machine. For example pec deck followed by bench press. Warm up with the compound exercise then one set on a machine isolating the muscle you want and one set on the compound exercise for the same muscle. Always max weight to failure after warm up...
I'm in and out in 30 minutes. Then I need to rest 4 days before coming back. It works!! Believe me. Just take failure seriously.
bro missed the whole point. go back to what you were doing before newb
Menztner got one thing wrong - that one program is optimal for everyone but everyone s body is different. I tried Mike's chest workout for 2 months ie one super set - pec dec and chest press to failure and then do chest again in 14 days and got zero results. Then I tried his chest workout once every 7 days and still nothing. Then I tied yates hit chest workout- 1 set incline, 1 set flat bench , 1 set pec dec , all done to failure, once a week and got some small results. Then I did yates chest workout 3 days a week every Monday, wed and Friday and then and only then got good results in growth. So for my body I need 3 failure sets 3 times a week = 9 total failure sets to maximize hypertrophy. So Mike's program doesn't work for me like it might work for other people with different genetics .
Now I'm closer to Mike s program for quads . I did one failure set on belt sqauts and got some small results but then added another session so I'm now doing tues - one failure set belt squats, sat one non failure set leg press ( I found If I did leg press to failure then my quads were still sore the next tues) and then my results got better affer adding rhe sat quad day .
People need to not follow blindly anyone's program and be like yates , he didn't think Mike's program was optimal for him so he modified it, and experiment to find wjat works best for them.
I was converted to the MM method about 9months ago. I look and feel great!
I was once an avid, natural, 6 days/week, 3 sets of 10, 6 exercises gym goer. Now, it’s 1 workout every 72 hours, with 5-7 sets per workout.
Give this method a go, if you’re considering it! If you know how to and want to train hard, rather than 3 texts of 10……
Ask yourself, and those around you: Why do a second set? Beats me 🤷🏼♂️🥸
I absolutely agree with you. I started 2.5 months ago and I am just amazed by how well it works. I had two substitude ~2 exercises, because I don't have access to the machines.
If you do it correctly, you will notice a difference.
3 texts of 10? That’s a new one!🤣
Try 3 sets, 12, 10, 8 reps to failure, time under tension. Heavy, heavier and heaviest. Every 48 hr cycle for rest, 72 hrs for legs. Off days, light cardio. You'll become a monster. Get your self creatine. Arginine. Bcaa.
@@p.l.diablo9864 better add steroids and grow hormone to become a Monster.
That's not even Heavy Duty HIT training.@@p.l.diablo9864
It's working for me. Thanks Mike.❤❤
I am on a diet and train like MM for 1 month now and I am getting stronger and stronger every workout while beeing on a caloriedeficit. So glad I gave Heavy Duty a chance
I found something interesting about training HIT - my muscles are fully recovered and I can do same session but my strength doesn't goes up, if I don't train on day 5 but on day 10 then I gain strength. I think this is what Mike was on about when talking about overtraining. It seems that the nervous system needs 10-14 days rest to be able to produce strenght gains while the muscle tissue can fully recover for 24-72 hours as modern science shows when they exam the protein synthesis peack after training.
Another thing he talked about is someone’s personal recovery ability is expressed across a broad spectrum just as height is.
You might be a genetic “midget” in terms of your personal recovery ability, but once you find your sweet spot and start seeing progress stick with that and then INCREASE the amount of rest days in between as you progressively get bigger and lift heavier.
Because the stresses are more on the body at that point, requiring more rest to recover from them.
It varies from person to person. What YOU have to do is find what works for you. In my case it's 5 days. Anytime I don't rest at LEAST 5 days. I can't get another rep. When I rest 5 or more days. I get an extra rep or 2.
Its just genetic and you cant change it. For me I need just 7-8 days after training the same session to be stronger than the last time
@@Dimjoslol
Yes but the problem is MILLIONS Don't know that. They think we all recover and grow at the same rate.
Gold
As an engineer I see everything as having an input and output. Just like Software rules hardware, genes rule the body. What counts is the input. The input message is fallure, if you do it without damaging the muscle by over training you achieve growth as output by providing recovery time... Our body is a gorgeous machine!
Wonder what the answer to this rhetorical question is????
It’s the socratic method.
It’s how military orators in most greek histories are portrayed as talking, eg thucydides, xenophon, homer. It’s called “rhetorical” because orators in greek times made a whole scientific method out of it.
I didn’t realise Mike was doing it, and now it is obvious, so thanks.
Dear Mr. Little, sometimes i train and the next day the muscle is soar but it feels slightly bigger and is visibly bigger in the mirror. If recovery preceeds growth, how does this happen?
What your witnessing is some degree of inflammation, which accompanies micro damage to tissue. It’s more readily observable if you bang your knee and it swells. It doesn’t mean muscle growth, however. Minor inflammation and tightness are common after workouts.
is mike's voice ai?i have read what he says here in his final book
No, it’s not AI. The audio was recorded in 1998.
Mikes routine is the best for growth! But not for cutting fat and shreding up. Volume along with cardio is the best way. Depending on genetics some us have to chose we cant i have it both ways. Thats how it is for me.
That's because Mike never talks about cardio in this video, but of course he does in others 😉