Mike Mentzer Interview II Part 2

[@fender1000100]

Those pics of Mike on the SEATED pulley row and hanging from the bar are phenomenal. He had the most awesome triceps and forearms.

[@pavlobelenko2490]

He is just unbelievable. I wish I would know about Mike Mentzer philosophy and training system few years ago when I started to go to the gym. Thank you for uploading this tape on the KZbin.

[@fender1000100]

Mike Mentzer gave me the best results ever following his teachings in HEAVY DUTY II. He was right.

[@vevitier]

PROJECT DX almost impossible to do on lockdown. Maybe you have some interesting ideas. Love to hear them. Find me on Instagram and shoot me a message about this: Phillyripped

[@fender1000100]

@@vevitier Not impossible at all. If you have a bench and barbell set. You can do INCLINE PRESS instead of dips. You can do reverse barbell rows instead of PULLDOWNS. And sissor SQUATS instead of regular squats. Deadlifts can be done as standard. You want to worry less about EGO LIFTING. And more about performing the exercise PERFECTLY. TO FAILURE. So for example this Saturday gone. I did REVERSE GRIP BARBELL ROWS WARM UP SET 40LBS 12 REPS WORKING SET 185LBS 11 REPS TO FAILURE. INCLINE BARBELL PRESS WARM UP SET 80LBS 12 REPS WORKING SET 185LBS 13 REPS TO FAILURE SISSOR SQUATS WARM UP SET 80LBS 12 REPS WORKING SET 185LBS 28 REPS TO FAILURE WORKOUT OVER...

[@eliteman58]

PROJECT DX You have the most disgusting physique i have ever seen and you tout the superiority of heavy duty. IVE SEEN AFRICAN CHILDREN WITH MORE MUSCLE. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 GET A CLUE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dtm4071]

@@eliteman58 Lol I told you he was fucking delusional. 'best results ever' what results...

[@dtm4071]

@Edoardo Quarta Yeah it's him, lying because it doesn't work. Ask yourself this, is it working for you? are you getting bigger? then you know.

[@Lonewolf__666]

Great 👍 and great pics I’ve not seen before of Mike...

[@dannypolewchak9498]

Thank you for posting this man!

[@SonsOfThunder229]

I like the intro music, feels like an 80s film

[@BG-pd6os]

Well ahead of his time, amazing how many HIT trainers there are out there now!

[@dtm4071]

Shame it doesn't work. Con men.

[@privacyplease5164]

@@dtm4071 have you tried it or read his books, if it hasn’t worked have you had better progress with more volume

[@dtm4071]

@@privacyplease5164 Yes I have tried it, waste of time. Volume is better.

[@privacyplease5164]

@@dtm4071 post physique voltard

[@dtm4071]

@@privacyplease5164 Why don't you? skinny.

[@derekwilcox8437]

Do you have the 3rd part of this series?

[@haroonabassi1821]

bro please give us the intro song

[@tonybrick2095]

Volume training is what built his physique in the early years. WORK PAYS. He was a very confused man. He fancied himself a genius, but he wasn't.

[@dtm4071]

@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines He does no direct arm work, rear delt or side delt work. It's a joke.

[@Makindealz]

@Tommy Harris same here. 40 years of training and trying everything. 1 set always worked best for me

[@dtm4071]

@@Makindealz Yet you were complaining a few months back that you never got much size from HIT. So which one is it?

[@Naturalhit]

He did 4x a week training with 4 to 5 sets from 2 to 3 exercises for major muscle groups and 1 to 2 exercises for smaller muscles. In 1980 he trained with Roger Schwab and he did total body workout with 12 to 14 exercises 3x a week. Now compare that to the rest of the bodybuilders back then and today.

[@donjohnson2003]

Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines Exercise science could laugh off Mentzer, but not HIT. Exercise science recognizes that muscular hypertrophy is caused by 3 factors: muscle damage, metabolic stress, and mechanical tension. The principles of HIT, when applied correctly, will not only comply with these factors but will be geared towards the activation of the fast-twitch fibres of the muscle and the anaerobic metabolic pathway. This will lead to significant gains within a short amount of time. While it is a productive form of training, it is not sustainable; the sessions will require one-week to recover before being able to train again, and will lead to burnout if it is done extensively. The problem is that the "advocates", that you despise, we're trying to market it as the ideal form of training. When in actuality it is something to be used in a periodization program, for one split within a 3-month cycle.

[@carpediem6568]

A well balanced diet for a hard gainer will guarantee you no gains. Mentzer was never a hard gainer or he would have known that. And it's way much easier to gain muscle from fat than from skinny. Everyone seems to miss this crucial point. Bodybuilders don't skinny down during off season. They bulk up with fat.

[@carpediem6568]

@Proxima Centauri Right, but a well balanced, normal calorie diet won't work for a hard gainer.

[@carpediem6568]

@Proxima Centauri Yes but that fat gives you something to convert to muscle. Do whatever you want. I've seen it happen.

[@carpediem6568]

@Proxima Centauri That's why they call it a conversion. If it wasn't different tissue it wouldn't be a conversion. Good quality protein is necessary but so is some fat storage. Going from bone skinny to big muscles is almost impossible. Good luck.

[@carpediem6568]

@Proxima Centauri But that is exactly what I'm talking about. I was a bone skinny teenager who couldn't gain weight until my late 20's. My friend was the same way but he bulked up with gainers and gained a huge amount of weight within one month. Then started converting it to muscle, along with protein supplements. In a few years he looked like Superman while I was still bone skinny. Start skinny to build muscle or start fat, I'll take fat any day, all day. Some research. Goodbye. I need to get something to eat. Have a good one. Goodbye for good.

[@carpediem6568]

@Proxima Centauri My friend gave all the credit to Weider weight gainer and protein powder. He bulked and converted, something no one on YT has the guts to say happens. And being young, he had no baby fat. He looked fantastic, while I was still as skinny as he was before bulking. People are going to believe what they want, so go with whatever works for you.