Mike mentzer and dorian yates mike mentzer was a world class bodybuilder who won the mr universe with a perfect score of 300 back in 1978. Although i constantly switch workout routines, it seems that i revert back to the split routine every. In this post im going to show you a powerful bodybuilding method called heavy duty training. Muscles in minutes mike mentzer training routines mike.
The following two images contain the routine that mike mentzer used prior to his heavy duty training and how his physique was built. Universe, becoming the first bodybuilder ever to get a perfect score from the judges. In a career that spanned over three decades, he was one of bodybuildings most prominent, inspirational and controversial figures. I have been reading mike mentzers heavy duty 2 and he lists a very low volume routine of only 2 to 3 sets that you should do only once a week. Mike mentzer created a lot of controversy in bodybuilding. And, in this quote, mentzer gets the entire point of low carb diets. The wisdom of mike mentzer download ebook pdf, epub. Dec 30, 2016 having trained on mike mentzers heavy duty 1 routine find that book on mikes site as well for 2 years before losing my mind and training on the more popular 3 day onone day off routine for 5 or 6 years, it was a blessing to get back to the lower volume and ultrahigh intensity type of routine. What is scientifically the best bodybuilding workout for mass muscle. The program is reported to be one mike actually followed. In this episode, ad ligtvoet shares his thoughts on the covid19 crisis, lessons learnt from mike mentzer, updates on his workout and diet, muscle mass optimisation, tips for bodyweight training, and much more. When i first came across mike mentzer s book, hit the mike mentzer way, i wasnt convinced. Jones initially recommended as many as 16 exercises, each performed one set to failure, three times per week.
This means if you train workout a on monday, you train workout b the following monday and so. Fellas im wondering if anyone has heard of mentzers thoughts on consolidation training and its effectiveness. This approach differed from the techniques used in other classic bodybuilding routines. Once dorian retired from bodybuilding, hit training took a back seat. Leg extensions supersetted with leg press 1 x 12 reps 2. Having trained on mike mentzers heavy duty 1 routine find that book on mikes site as well for 2 years before losing my mind and training on the more popular 3 day onone day off routine for 5 or 6 years, it was a blessing to get back to the lower volume and ultrahigh intensity type of routine. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way was mentzers final work. Mike mentzer was a legendary bodybuilder who won the 1978 mr.
Mike mentzer died years ago this month on june 10, 2001, aged 49. These were two of the most rugged and densely built bodybuilders of all time and their impressive physiques motivated me big time. Heavy duty training is an ultraintense, laserfocused, yet minimalistic training style. Considering the lack of sciencebased knowledge, supplements and the variety of elaborate training techniques we have today, that win was a huge accomplishment that launched mikes future career. Mike mentzer built his perfect physique with something he called heavy duty training. Does the mike mentzer consolidation routine actually work. When i found that my strength levels didnt suffer, i cut down to two twentyfive minute sessions per week and again found that my strength did not suffer. The importance of rest time between workouts led mentzer to create the following program.
May 30, 2017 in spending nearly all of his adulthood refining his heavy duty training system, mike mentzer 19512001 had only one goal. Pec deck 6 to 10 reps with no rest do incline press 2 to 4 reps close grip palm up lat pulldowns 6 to 10 reps deadlift 5 to 8 reps. Jul 31, 2019 mike mentzer and dorian yates mike mentzer was a world class bodybuilder who won the mr universe with a perfect score of 300 back in 1978. Highintensity training, mentzerstyle rogue health and fitness. But despite the success in competitive bodybuilding, mentzer s greatest achievements were to be intellectual ones.
Mentzer wasnt afraid to express his rather negative and yet very true opinion of the whole bodybuilding industry. Ray mentzer was mike mentzers younger brother and training partner. Dorian yates workout routine, diet plan and training. Click download or read online button to get the wisdom of mike mentzer book now. Ive used mike mentzers consolidation routine on and off with very good results. It was the essential basic heavy duty routine consisting of four to five sets per bodypart and broken into two workouts. Mike mentzer the untold story of the journey to his final days. Universe and creator of hd didnt care about lifting weights. Bring your hit business online when you join hit business membership. Mike mentzer used these techniques to push his body to the limit. To this day mentzer is known as having one of the most complete and fully developed physiques ever to grace the bodybuilding stages, with levels of muscularity and density that rival many of our overlyjuiced modern day competitors. Dorian yates was greatly influenced by mike mentzers hit training method and started following it from his early days in bodybuilding. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Universe contest in 1978, and he used a highintensity system. America, it wouldve looked like some sort of madness. From the wisdom of mike mentzer mike held that one set taken to the point where no additional repetitions are. I came across mike s 1976 mr america training routine and was surprised that it was fullbody. You will note this routine is nothing like what mike advocated later in his career. Jul 03, 2019 mike mentzers heavy duty one set workout july 3, 2019 august, 2014 by steve shaw near the end of his career as a personal trainer mike mentzer determined that he was recommending workouts to his clients that had a set count that was too high for maximum muscle growth. Mike mentzer routines heavy duty bodybuilding heresy. Mike mentzers heavy duty one set workout muscle and brawn. Heavy duty ii may be out of print and difficult to obtain, but it is worth the price if you can get it. Little was jones to know that his new training machines would soon. I came across mikes 1976 mr america training routine and was surprised that it was fullbody.
Mentzer believed that working to failure is essential to get the greatest musclebuilding results from training. After ray retired from completion he continued to workout with his high intensity training approach he called intensity for immensity and reached a peak body weight of 270 pounds in. Mike and ray are the only two brothers in history to both win the mr. He stood only 58 yet packed 215 pounds of rocksolid muscle on his frame. High intensity training instructional video by mike mentzer, legendary ifbb bodybuilder. Alongside being a legendary bodybuilder, he was also respected for his scientific training philosophy pioneering his famous hit high intensity training protocol, ideal for people who want to pack on. Mike then took me outside and talked with me for about half an hour and answered any questions i had. After many years of writing articles for the top bodybuilding magazines, mike codified his revolutionary. By mike mentzer in parttwo of this series, mike mentzer identified the erroneous principles that guide the training of most bodybuilders. Universe competition this oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques. In it, he detailed the principles of high intensity weight training. He was one of the few who dared to call out arnold and joe weider. A new study confirms mike mentzers onceaweek training. In the article, posted below, jones set out the importance of vigorous training as well as promoting his new brand of exercise machines.
I have been reading mike mentzer s heavy duty 2 and he lists a very low volume routine of only 2 to 3 sets that you should do only once a week. May 30, 2016 pieter recommended that i read highintensity training. Highintensity bodybuilding advice from the first man to win a perfect score in the mr. Olympia and he just had a few sessions for fun with someone he had admired. His training philosophy involves doing different exercises for each body part with maximum intensity for only one set to failure, excluding warm up sets. Good luck to anyone that takes mentzer s stuff seriously. Heavy duty training was mike mentzers encapsulation of high intensity training hit hit was his preferred way to train because it yields the best results in. At that time mike mentzer was rocketing up the bodybuilding ranks. Sep 14, 2015 the advanced techniques, most productive workouts, and lifetransforming personal philosophies of bodybuilding legend mike mentzer. Mentzer was the shit crazy how he looked even at a younger age. I was reading that you should only perform 3 sets per workout, every 7 days.
But mike did write out a full routine for me to follow, i have included it below, in case you want to give it a try. Mentzer adopted the hit philosophy of arthur jones and expanded it into his own radical system, named heavy. The wisdom of mike mentzer download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Today, everage gym goers are over trained, injured and the majortiy. After he retired, mentzer prescribed increasingly lower volumeeventually as few as only one or two allout sets per body part every two weeks.
When i first came across mike mentzers book, hit the mike mentzer way, i wasnt convinced. Jones also had many devout followers over the years including the legendary yet controversial mike mentzer. In the summer of 1979, if you had viewed an upstart, 27yearold philosopher and former premed student with the alliterative name mike mentzer as he prepared to make his olympia debut by trading sets with his youngest brother ray who won that years mr. Joanne sharkey was mikes closest friend and business manager. In spending nearly all of his adulthood refining his heavy duty training system, mike mentzer 19512001 had only one goal. His first breakthrough became known as the ideal principled routine, which was a fantastic step in minimal training.
This eventually proved to be too much overall exercise. I usually eat higher carbs and moderate protein putting on size,that seems to work for me. His triceps, in particular, when viewed from behind, reminded one of two large watermelons hanging out of a tshirt. He says that at the time he won, his total weekly workout time was under 2.
Still, this style of training is very effective for adding muscle. Dorian yates hit workout routine dorian yates was greatly influenced by mike mentzers hit training method and started following it from his early days in bodybuilding. Mike has never, ever trained like this in his entire life. The heavy duty site provides the latest information on training, nutrition and the minds relationship to bodybuilding. Classic bodybuilding routines of the worlds best bodybuilders. He contends that only enough work needed to stimulate the bodys growth mechanism need be done in a given workout, and anything more than that is unnecessary. My most resultproducing routine by john heart old but strong. Below is a sample bodybuilding routine inspired by mentzer principles. Leg extention with no rest do barbell squat 2 super sets of 6 to 8 reps each. Pec deck with no rest do bench press 2 super sets of 6 to 8 reps each. Ad ligtvoet on mike mentzer high intensity business. Outlined in highintensity training the mike mentzer way, fewer than five working sets were performed each session, and rest was emphasized, calling for. John little, longtime friend of mike mentzer, is the author of more than twentyfive books on bodybuilding, martial arts, history, and philosophy. Hey bros trying to get my diet down so that i can do my shopping week to week and just get what i need.
In june 1970, arthur jones, the father of high intensity training, published the ideal workout in bodybuilding magazine muscular development. The ideal workout by arthur jones physical culture study. Dec 23, 2016 what is scientifically the best bodybuilding workout for mass muscle. Mike mentzer espoused doing just 1 hard set to failure of 12 exercises per bodypart every 10 days or so. Workout a squats or leg press palm up pulldowns dips. A paperback original highintensity bodybuilding advice from the first man to win a perfect score in the mr.
Mike mentzers heavy duty workout sucks for naturals. So i kind of, altered it around abit, training for 45mins per workout, twice a week. Olympias, as highintensity training rode the crest of its foremost adherent, mike mentzer, it seemed on the verge of transforming bodybuilding. Mike mentzer is available for phone consultations and personalized supervision at the fitness forum in marina del rey, california.
Mike mentzers heavy duty one set workout july 3, 2019 august, 2014 by steve shaw near the end of his career as a personal trainer mike mentzer determined that he was recommending workouts to his clients that had a set count that was too high for maximum muscle growth. Dec 19, 2016 high intensity training instructional video by mike mentzer, legendary ifbb bodybuilder. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way free pdf. An example rest pause workout that mike would do for his chest was pec deck 1 set of 4 rest pause reps, incline bench press 1 set of 4 rest pause reps and dips negative. Heavy duty mike mentzer mike mentzer workout and routine. This oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques pioneered by the late mike mentzer, the legendary bodybuilder, leading trainer, and renowned bodybuilding consultant. Mentzers theories are intended to help a drugfree person achieve their full genetic potential within the shortest amount of time.
Mike mentzer is a former worldclass bodybuilder he won the 1975 mr. Whatever your level of fitness, you can kick your musclesand your mindinto high gear with the radical training philosophies and advanced bodybuilding techniques of mike mentzer, the first bodybuilder to ever garner a perfect score in the mr. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way free pdf, chm. Universe competition this oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques pioneered by the late mike mentzer, the legendary bodybuilder, leading trainer, and renowned bodybuilding consultant. My most resultproducing routine by john heart old but. The advanced techniques, most productive workouts, and lifetransforming personal philosophies of bodybuilding legend mike mentzer. His books have sold in excess of 600,000 copies and are now published in several languages. Jul 21, 2015 in june 1970, arthur jones, the father of high intensity training, published the ideal workout in bodybuilding magazine muscular development. Mike and his brother ray used these advanced and super advanced techniques in the summer of 1979 and it resulted in mike gaining 14 pounds of pure muscle in 9 weeks while losing fat and at an already advanced level of mass and strength, and winning his first pro show beating the likes of robby robinson, danny padilla and roy callendar. His training philosophy involves doing different exercises for each body part with maximum intensity. He worked out with high intensity and used his days off to train abs or do accessory work to improve weak. Although mike mentzer wrote several books, i believe this book offers the best advice.
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