John little is the coauthor with mike mentzer of high intensity training the mike mentzer way new york. So he hired mike and ray mentzer in early 1983 with the notion that theyd come in and make a big splash. Hes been mentored by dr ellington darden, ken hutchins and arthur jones, and was consulted by mike mentzer. At 62, steve is a physical specimen, and is a testament to how the human body can look, feel, and function in later life. 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. Fundamentals of muscular development tape 2 by e92acj75. My mike mentzer training experience critical bench. 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. Mentzer called this madness, claiming there was too much endurancestyle toil and not enough growthstimulating sets or rest. Rent mike mentzers hit 2004 on dvd and bluray netflix. My encounter with mike mentzer the seminar strength. 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. Mike mentzer philosophy interview extremely rare youtube.
Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 2 includes more information on the heavy duty philosophy, high intensity. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way by mike. Steve has learnt from some of the greatest health and fitness pioneers of the last century. More specifically when did you start weight training, what kind of exercise program and what were your results. You and i have enough experience to know that anyone whos innovative, no matter what the field, is going to be attacked. Mike mentzer was born on november 15, 1951 in ephrata, pennsylvania and grew up there. Universe with the first perfect score in history 300 points. If someone as intelligent as mike can fall victim to addiction, think about how powerful those drugs must be. 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. Today i have the honor of interviewing a man that wrote history in bodybuilding, either as a competitor or as a trainer. Mentzer s theories are intended to help a drugfree person achieve their full genetic potential within the shortest amount of time. Mike mentzer s training philosophy was known as heavy duty training.
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. He kinda looked like a figure from masters of the universe. Jul 01, 2015 i know mike mentzer admitted to having trouble as a result of amphetamine use. I watched mike mentzer s star rise in the 70s and later came to know him a little.
Highintensity training the mike mentzer way was mentzers final work. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way by mike mentzer. Mentzer believed that working to failure is essential to get the greatest musclebuilding results from training. Ray and mike both visited their mother while she was in the hospital. 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. Markus reinhardt pro bodybuilder and hit trainer las vegas offering online coaching, high intensity training seminars and webinars member section and. Bodybuilding routine mike mentzer hit training video youtube. The program is reported to be one mike actually followed to a t. But was this the way mike mentzer himself trained when he was active in bodybuilding. I first got interested in bodybuilding back in 1978, at that time mike mentzer was rocketing up the bodybuilding ranks. Feb 06, 2012 mike mentzer and ray mentzer, heavy duty tribute.
Mentzer wasnt afraid to express his rather negative and yet very true opinion of the whole bodybuilding industry. Find the rare mike mentzer videos sampled here and many more available for digital download at. Jul 26, 2019 find the rare mike mentzer videos sampled here and many more available for digital download at. Muscle media 2000 audiotape interview series part 1 of bill phillips interviewing mike mentzer for a second time. In a recent interview dexter jackson claimed he would smoke shawn ray if they were both in there prime. Mike mentzer final chapter download gmv bodybuilding. Mike mentzer interview first interview that will open. Mike was talking a bit slower and quieter now and his voice was tinged with regret. It was a legschesttriceps and backshouldersbiceps split and he later said it was the most productive routine he ever used. Mike started with volume then after meeting viator and reading what arthur jones use to write he switched to heavy duty high intensity.
Download pdf highintensity training the mike mentzer way. I hoped to see mike again but when i visited the gym a week later he had gone. 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. My encounter with mike mentzer the seminar strength oldschool. His initial writings and machines were created not only for himself but for a few guys who could demonstrate his methods properly. Universe and creator of hd didnt care about lifting weights. I think i still have everything he ever wrote in my basement.
See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. When i came to california in 1992 the guy i most wanted to meet was mike mentzer. High intensity training instructional video by mike mentzer, legendary ifbb bodybuilder. I know mike mentzer admitted to having trouble as a result of amphetamine use.
I had great success in my youth training similar to him. Download do meu gta modificado v1 pc fraco by nyninho gameplays. 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. Mike mentzer was an extremely successful bodybuilder whose ideas on training were influenced by the philosophical school of objectivism. Pieter recommended that i read highintensity training. This video of mike mentzer comprises the three original films on the beach, at muscle rocks, and in the oil field. Iron game interview casey viator talks arms strength. Interview with john little high intensity business. Unfortunately, not all that came from mike mentzer. The competitor clearly noted a widespread use of amphetamines in the sport during this time period, particularly among amateur competitors. Ray made at least one appearance at the ephrata rec center, signing autographs for fans.
Mike mentzers heavy duty workout sucks for naturals. Mike mentzer heavy duty tribute bodybuilding motivation youtube. Mike mentzer bodybuilding seminar 1998 full high quality audio. Jun 17, 2006 nurse at ephrata community hospital years ago. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 4 concludes mike mentzers heavy duty philosophy. In spending nearly all of his adulthood refining his heavy duty training system, mike mentzer 19512001 had only one goal. 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. Mike mentzer created a lot of controversy in bodybuilding. It was based off something known as highintensity training. To understand mike mentzer you have to understand bodybuilding in the 70s. We will compare the 1994 shawn ray with the 2009 dexter jackson. Brian has lectured internationally on the topics of sport. 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. 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. The art, science and philosophy of a bodybuilding legend little, john, sharkey, joanne on. Yes, they were very different from what he recommended later on. I read an interview with tom platz in which tom said he saw mike training this way at.
You will note this routine is nothing like what mike advocated later in his career. Mike mentzer the untold story of the journey to his final days. 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. Mike provided guidelines, in the hopes others would tweak them to suit their individual needs. Optimising muscular development high intensity business. Muscle media 2000 audiotape interview series part 2 of bill phillips interviewing mike mentzer for a second time. Its strange that more people dont encourage a pursuit of truth. Jones initially recommended as many as 16 exercises, each performed one set to failure, three times per week. 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.
What kind of steroid regimen were you following when you got a perfect score at the universe. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read highintensity training the mike mentzer way. Interview with mike mentzer s training client brice dunn by derek hardy. 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. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 4 concludes mike mentzer s heavy duty philosophy. If you want to blog your own views and feelings about mentzer, there are plenty of other places for that. 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. 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. Brice, i would like to start by getting some information on your training experience. So there you have it an eyewitness account of a seminar with the intellectual of the bodybuilding world mike mentzer. He was one of the few who dared to call out arnold and joe weider.
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. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. May 30, 2017 in spending nearly all of his adulthood refining his heavy duty training system, mike mentzer 19512001 had only one goal. Highintensity training, mentzerstyle rogue health and fitness. 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. Heres the exact cycle that mike mentzer used to win the. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Mike mentzer died years ago this month on june 10, 2001, aged 49. Mentzer would contact jones in later years to learn the latters theories which he would then incorporate into his own training system. In it, he detailed the principles of high intensity weight training. Interview with steve maxwell high intensity business. This oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques pioneered by the late mike mentzer, the legendary bodybuilder, leading trainer, and renowned bodybuilding consultant. The advanced and super advanced techniques were fully researched and tested by mike in the late 70s, but following the infamous 1980 mr. Heavy duty training and philosophy of mike mentzer.
The heavy duty site provides the latest information on training, nutrition and the minds relationship to bodybuilding. Whats the difference between hit, mike mentzer s heavy duty, and new hit. Bodybuilding legend samir bannout with mike mentzer. The mentzer family, unfortunately, has a history of heart disease. Rent mike mentzer s hit 2004 starring mike mentzer on dvd and bluray. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill phillips part 1 includes mike mentzers contest history, working for joe weider, politics in. 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. 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. Mentzers theories are intended to help a drugfree person achieve their full genetic potential within the shortest amount of time. Highintensity bodybuilding advice from the first man to win a perfect score in the mr. In this, his last interview, mike reveals for the first time some very personal things about himself and his philosophy of life.
In a career that spanned over three decades, he was one of bodybuildings most prominent, inspirational and controversial figures. Muscle media 2000 interview of mike mentzer by bill philips part 3 includes more information on the heavy duty philosophy and overtraining. Mike mentzer, mentzer brothers, mentzer posing, mentzer training, hit, hit training, arthur. Some weightlifters have that amount for breakfast alone. This is a piece of an interview between mentzer and ts taken straight out of iron magazine, december 2000 edition.
This 3rd and final dvd consists of all of our remaining segments of mike and ray mentzer in one super dvd feature. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports. Universe contest in 1978, and he used a highintensity system. Mike mentzer philosophy interview extremely rare maxwellob. Join facebook to connect with mike mentzer and others you may know. As far as mike mentzer goes, none of the oldtimers had gyno or bloat, and i dont think they used antiestrogens back then. Yes, just 60g per day for a heavyweight competing athlete. 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. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way was mentzer s final work. Mike mentzer s heavy duty, highintensity training is the hottest topic in bodybuilding. Click here for your free bodybuilding magazine mike mentzer interview. 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. While many people know the basics of heavy duty training, the advanced techniques are known by only a few.
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. 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 on dorian i conducted a lengthy interview with mike mentzer in 1994 and this is. Olympia, some felt mike should have won that contest. 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.
Yeah i knew mike mentzer fairly well as i have mentioned here before. The following two images contain the routine that mike mentzer used prior to his heavy duty training and how his physique was built. 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. He is also the director of education for prescribed exercise clinic. Shredded speed demons the role of amphetamines in bodybuilding. 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. Jul 01, 2003 as always, mike s words made perfect sense. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. You might choke on your protein shake while reading this but what if someone told you that. Includes segments featuring the following masters of the muscle craft. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. 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. Mike mentzer the untold story muscular development.
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