In this style of training, the goal was short but intense, challenging workouts where the you dont necessarily want a large volume of sets and reps, but actually quite the opposite. Yeah i knew mike mentzer fairly well as i have mentioned here before. Yes, just 60g per day for a heavyweight competing athlete. Whats the difference between hit, mike mentzer s heavy duty, and new hit. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentor by bill philips part 2 includes more information on the heavy duty philosophy, high intensity training vs aerobic training and overtraining. Mentzers theories are intended to help a drugfree person achieve their full genetic potential within the shortest amount of time. John little is the coauthor with mike mentzer of high intensity training the mike mentzer way new york. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way by mike mentzer. Highintensity bodybuilding advice from the first man to win a perfect score in the mr. Mike mentzer created a lot of controversy in bodybuilding. Mike mentzer s heavy duty, highintensity training is the hottest topic in bodybuilding. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Mike mentzer samir bannout and casey viator i hope from reading the interview and looking at the photos of casey, you will now be eager to hit the gym for an animal arm workout and blast those arm muscles into oblivion. Universe and creator of hd didnt care about lifting weights.
Mentzer wasnt afraid to express his rather negative and yet very true opinion of the whole bodybuilding industry. It was a legschesttriceps and backshouldersbiceps split and he later said it was the most productive routine he ever used. I read an interview with tom platz in which tom said he saw mike training this way at. Unfortunately, not all that came from mike mentzer. The advanced and super advanced techniques were fully researched and tested by mike in the late 70s, but following the infamous 1980 mr. Mentzer would contact jones in later years to learn the latters theories which he would then incorporate into his own training system. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 4 concludes mike mentzer s heavy duty philosophy.
Mike started with volume then after meeting viator and reading what arthur jones use to write he switched to heavy duty high intensity. The competitor clearly noted a widespread use of amphetamines in the sport during this time period, particularly among amateur competitors. And mike made at least one appearance at the old lancaster health spa. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way ebook written by mike mentzer, john r.
This is what it was like to train with one of the most controversial bodybuilders of all time, mike mentzer, using his high intensity training method. To understand mike mentzer you have to understand bodybuilding in the 70s. This 3rd and final dvd consists of all of our remaining segments of mike and ray mentzer in one super dvd feature. Rent mike mentzer s hit 2004 starring mike mentzer on dvd and bluray. Jul 01, 2003 as always, mike s words made perfect sense. The thing i respected about mike was that even though publicly he was a my way or the highway person in private one could voice a disagreement with him and have a rational discussion. Mike mentzer the untold story muscular development. Fundamentals of muscular development tape 2 by e92acj75. Mike mentzer was born on november 15, 1951 in ephrata, pennsylvania and grew up there.
I first got interested in bodybuilding back in 1978, at that time mike mentzer was rocketing up the bodybuilding ranks. Mike mentzers heavy duty workout sucks for naturals. May 30, 2017 in spending nearly all of his adulthood refining his heavy duty training system, mike mentzer 19512001 had only one goal. Optimising muscular development high intensity business. Those idiotic mentzer hardgainerstuart mcrobert routines built their reputation on the fact that many of the people trying them out are chronically overtrained on the high volume routines touted in all the magazines, its the defatiguing from the volume routine that causes the great initial gains, after that it becomes a constant struggle to gain size but they are decent for strength but. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way was mentzer s final work. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Mike mentzer heavy duty tribute bodybuilding motivation youtube. Markus reinhardt pro bodybuilder and hit trainer las vegas offering online coaching, high intensity training seminars and webinars member section and.
Brian has lectured internationally on the topics of sport. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Its strange that more people dont encourage a pursuit of truth. At the end of the podcast, host john hansen reads an article from an issue of muscle builder magazine from 1978 about arnold schwarzenegger written for the herald examiner. As far as mike mentzer goes, none of the oldtimers had gyno or bloat, and i dont think they used antiestrogens back then. Brice, i would like to start by getting some information on your training experience. There was no doubt in my mind that he bitterly resented his 1980 loss and this disappointment was so visible in his manner as he talked that i am sure he felt unfulfilled for the rest of. And, as i stared in disbelief at the massive shoulders and arms he was sporting that day, i had empirical proof of the efficiency of his most productive routine. Mike mentzer final chapter download gmv bodybuilding. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read highintensity training the mike mentzer way. In grammar school and ephrata high school, he received all as, he credits his 12th grade teacher, elizabeth schaub, for his love of language, thought, and writing. At 62, steve is a physical specimen, and is a testament to how the human body can look, feel, and function in later life. While many people know the basics of heavy duty training, the advanced techniques are known by only a few. The program is reported to be one mike actually followed to a t.
Mentzer called this madness, claiming there was too much endurancestyle toil and not enough growthstimulating sets or rest. Interview with steve maxwell high intensity business. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Shredded speed demons the role of amphetamines in bodybuilding. Steve has learnt from some of the greatest health and fitness pioneers of the last century. Interview with john little high intensity business. He is also the director of education for prescribed exercise clinic. The art, science and philosophy of a bodybuilding legend little, john, sharkey, joanne on. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill phillips part 1 includes mike mentzers contest history, working for joe weider, politics in. In a career that spanned over three decades, he was one of bodybuildings most prominent, inspirational and controversial figures. Today i have the honor of interviewing a man that wrote history in bodybuilding, either as a competitor or as a trainer.
Highintensity training the mike mentzer way was mentzers final work. It was based off something known as highintensity training. Jun 17, 2006 nurse at ephrata community hospital years ago. Includes segments featuring the following masters of the muscle craft. Jul 01, 2015 i know mike mentzer admitted to having trouble as a result of amphetamine use. You might choke on your protein shake while reading this but what if someone told you that. The following two images contain the routine that mike mentzer used prior to his heavy duty training and how his physique was built. In it, he detailed the principles of high intensity weight training.
Iron game interview casey viator talks arms strength. Join facebook to connect with mike mentzer and others you may know. The mentzer family, unfortunately, has a history of heart disease. Let me put it this way, the 1970s hit routines are too long, mentzer s heavy duty routines are too short, and the new hit routines are just right. Pieter recommended that i read highintensity training. We will compare the 1994 shawn ray with the 2009 dexter jackson. Hes been mentored by dr ellington darden, ken hutchins and arthur jones, and was consulted by mike mentzer. This video of mike mentzer comprises the three original films on the beach, at muscle rocks, and in the oil field. So there you have it an eyewitness account of a seminar with the intellectual of the bodybuilding world mike mentzer.
Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 2 includes more information on the heavy duty philosophy, high intensity. This is a piece of an interview between mentzer and ts taken straight out of iron magazine, december 2000 edition. Highintensity training, mentzerstyle rogue health and fitness. In highintensity training the mike mentzer way, mentzer wrote, carrying a set to a point where you are forced to utilize 100 percent of your momentary ability is the single most important factor in increasing size and strength. When most people think of mike mentzer, they think of working out only every 4 to 7 days and doing only 1 set to failure for each muscle group and hitting each body part once every two weeks. If someone as intelligent as mike can fall victim to addiction, think about how powerful those drugs must be. Click here to download our free proteinometer nutritional sheet which lists the top protein foods and how much protein each source contains but is all of this really necessary. In spending nearly all of his adulthood refining his heavy duty training system, mike mentzer 19512001 had only one goal.
I think i still have everything he ever wrote in my basement. But was this the way mike mentzer himself trained when he was active in bodybuilding. Interview with mike mentzer s training client brice dunn by derek hardy. You and i have enough experience to know that anyone whos innovative, no matter what the field, is going to be attacked.
Rent mike mentzers hit 2004 on dvd and bluray netflix. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentor by bill phillips part 1 includes mike mentzer s contest history, working for joe weider, politics in bodybuilding, the 1980 mr. May 30, 2016 he said that the workouts are so intense that he couldnt do them without the trainer pushing him his trainer was dellolio himself. Mentzer believed that working to failure is essential to get the greatest musclebuilding results from training.
Download pdf highintensity training the mike mentzer way. In a recent interview dexter jackson claimed he would smoke shawn ray if they were both in there prime. Mike mentzer the untold story of the journey to his final days. His initial writings and machines were created not only for himself but for a few guys who could demonstrate his methods properly. Yes, they were very different from what he recommended later on. Feb 06, 2012 mike mentzer and ray mentzer, heavy duty tribute. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 4 concludes mike mentzers heavy duty philosophy. If you want to blog your own views and feelings about mentzer, there are plenty of other places for that. Mike mentzer philosophy interview extremely rare maxwellob. Johnston was the founder and president of the international association of resistance trainers a certification institute for fitness professionals, which he sold in 2009, but remains as director of education.
Mike mentzer s training philosophy was known as heavy duty training. Universe and became the first bodybuilder in history to get a perfect score from the judges, the next year he placed second to frank zane at the mr. Mike mentzer was an extremely successful bodybuilder whose ideas on training were influenced by the philosophical school of objectivism. In this interview with prolific author john little, we talk about the mass medias take on physical fitness, bruce lees influence, his training protocols, and mike mentzer s wisdom. He kinda looked like a figure from masters of the universe. As you know we feel that mike mentzer s early advice was much better than the advice he gave later in his life, for that reason we have dug up this 1980 mike mentzer interview. So he hired mike and ray mentzer in early 1983 with the notion that theyd come in and make a big splash. This month iron man brings you the second part of a neverbeforepublished interview with mike mentzer, conducted in 1995, just before the release of his classic book heavy duty ii. Mike mentzer, mentzer brothers, mentzer posing, mentzer training, hit, hit training, arthur. Mike provided guidelines, in the hopes others would tweak them to suit their individual needs.
My mike mentzer training experience critical bench. Jul 26, 2019 find the rare mike mentzer videos sampled here and many more available for digital download at. I know mike mentzer admitted to having trouble as a result of amphetamine use. High intensity training instructional video by mike mentzer, legendary ifbb bodybuilder. Heavy duty training and philosophy of mike mentzer. Mentzer s theories are intended to help a drugfree person achieve their full genetic potential within the shortest amount of time.
Bodybuilding routine mike mentzer hit training video youtube. Mike mentzer bodybuilding seminar 1998 full high quality audio. Mentzer considered his presence at this contest important later on as it was here that he met viator who gave mentzer the contact information for his trainer arthur jones. Mike mentzer died years ago this month on june 10, 2001, aged 49. Mike on dorian i conducted a lengthy interview with mike mentzer in 1994 and this is. Mike mentzer philosophy interview extremely rare youtube. Other editors removing or altering your material are not personally attacking you or in this case mike mentzer, theyre simply looking to improve the article to make it as factual and neutral as possible. Muscle media 2000 audiotape interview series part 2 of bill phillips interviewing mike mentzer for a second time. More specifically when did you start weight training, what kind of exercise program and what were your results.
Mike mentzer interview first interview that will open. I had great success in my youth training similar to him. What kind of steroid regimen were you following when you got a perfect score at the universe. Find the rare mike mentzer videos sampled here and many more available for digital download at. When i came to california in 1992 the guy i most wanted to meet was mike mentzer. My encounter with mike mentzer the seminar strength. I hoped to see mike again but when i visited the gym a week later he had gone. I watched mike mentzer s star rise in the 70s and later came to know him a little. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. You will note this routine is nothing like what mike advocated later in his career.
Mike was ahead of his time, and those who try to refute heavy duty doesnt work, i have seen enough trainees over the past four decades to see how people short change themselves. Universe with the first perfect score in history 300 points. Bodybuilding legend samir bannout with mike mentzer. Jones initially recommended as many as 16 exercises, each performed one set to failure, three times per week. I think a couple of years after that interview mike himself went to a 2day split routine that was alternated on a 3day per week training regime. Mike was talking a bit slower and quieter now and his voice was tinged with regret. Download do meu gta modificado v1 pc fraco by nyninho gameplays. Ray and mike both visited their mother while she was in the hospital.
He was one of the few who dared to call out arnold and joe weider. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way by mike. The heavy duty site provides the latest information on training, nutrition and the minds relationship to bodybuilding. Olympia, some felt mike should have won that contest.
In this, his last interview, mike reveals for the first time some very personal things about himself and his philosophy of life. Heres the exact cycle that mike mentzer used to win the. At the end of the interview, garry talks about the time when he visited deland, florida to film arthur jones at his studio along with mike mentzer, boyer coe and ray mentzer. Universe contest in 1978, and he used a highintensity system. This oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques pioneered by the late mike mentzer, the legendary bodybuilder, leading trainer, and renowned bodybuilding consultant. Ray made at least one appearance at the ephrata rec center, signing autographs for fans. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports.
Click here for your free bodybuilding magazine mike mentzer interview. Muscle media 2000 audiotape interview series part 1 of bill phillips interviewing mike mentzer for a second time. Mike, told the man who had that day just rewritten the wtf physique book in the process prompting samir bannout to state, yates was first, second and third, well you know dorian, nothings ever perfect. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 3 includes more information on the heavy duty philosophy and overtraining.
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