@@executiveinvestmentswho gived a fuck if you're laughed at. Wear what you want, enjoy the gym and ignore the people who are unhappy enough in their lives to focus on others in the gym instead of themselves.
I met Ray Mentzer in approximately 1986 at Tarzan and Jane's gym, Seaford, Victoria, Australia. He was a wealth of knowledge, a gentleman and very inspiring. It was a pleasure to meet him. Thanks Ray.
After 30 years of training, I just started doing my workouts like this, slow on the eccentric stretching and holding at the bottom for maximum load under tension. OMG, i've never worked harder and the growth is amazing. Sheesh what took me so long!
Honestly people just need to look into how to workout. I have personally warmed up this way for over 40 years. How can you go from say doing 2 light warmup sets then directly using your heavier working sets. Your central nervous system has not been primed yet to fire your muscles properly. I was taught this by some gym vets back in the early 1980's.
Say what you want but H.I.T. is definitely the most EFFICIENT way to train and no one can intelligently argue against that point. Just 2 exercises for 1 heavy set each to failure; that's just 2 sets total for chest and you're done. Training this way it is not even physically possible to do more than one set per exercise. But hey, if you want to train all day in the gym with high volume for the same results then be my guest, that's your problem not mine. FYI, I have 51 years in the iron game as a bodybuilder and gym manager, and have trained literally THOUSANDS of people. H.I.T. still remains my favorite way to train for the best results.
Works for you. Best results I ever had was 7 days a week with 2 a days. No I'm not joking. People respond differently to different training regiments. If this was the universal best way to train it would be way more popular among bodybuilding professionals.
@@brandonball5971 you actually are wrong, but that is your loss and if you enjoy wasting so much time, you should keep doing what you are doing. Atleast you move and thats the most important
My current split is mon-wed-fri Chest and back Shoulders and arms Legs Followed by two days off after rest. What are your thoughts and or opinion on this? I’m 26, 5’11 160 lbs
I remember going to this gym as a kid and watching Mark train people... i wish i would of hired him as my trainer back then and took things more serious.
This really work, iv been training like this now for over 3 months its incredible but so hard. I think about my training a day before my workout because i know how much im gonna suffer 😅
In my experience, the first 3-5 weeks are spent really getting a feel for your "to failure" intensity. Knowing how it really feels in your muscles which, if done correctly, almost makes you want to throw your limbs from your body it burns so bad lol. And afterward, you are absolutely spent. Like falling asleep on the car ride home spent. Once you're there you can establish your baseline weight and really start making some gains. Mind you I still grew and had huge strength gains even in this learning phase.
I did biceps today. I incorporated his bicep workout instead of the one that I’ve been following for the past 10 years. If you follow directions like he says and use proper form it will burn you out pretty quick. You really don’t even need to work out that long. 20 minutes I was done. My arms are still burning. Mike put a lot of emphasis on proper form and he is 100% correct it’s very important.
Great to see these episodes without the annoying backgroundmusic and very good quality of Mike‘s voice! PS: It is said, that Markus now in 2023 is still regenerating from this HIT-Chest-Workout…;)
Do you have a video where he does this but with flat bench press? I so need this, bruh. Trying to incorporate Mentzer's pace in my flat bench press is hard. I just don't know where exactly I should keep the weight as long as possible to stimulate muscle growth as much as I can do with deadlifts and squats.
I'm starting in a few days. I was just hitting the gym every day doing random exercises, since discovering this system, I'm confident it will give me some size and more strength
Keep in mind that rest-pause training, as Mike explains, is only for advanced bodybuilders, and it is certainly very intense and difficult. Beginners shouldn't attempt it and should focus instead on perfecting technique and building muscle first.
I just started this with all my workouts and would do so many sets but now i maybe can do 3-4 , and feel like i just started lifting weights for the first actually being sore which hasnt happened in a long time
A great vid and especially seeing and hearing Mike, however it shows an inherent issue with heavy duty hit etc in that to fully embrace it you need really dedicated training partners, especially for the forced/negative rep aspects , such a shame Mike and Ray were taken from us too early,
Yesterday i've done this workout with chest and back, 1 set, same exercises and after 1 day of rest i already feel my chest bigger. I will come back after some time to report my progress. R.I.P Mike Mentzer!
Training is a deeply personal endeavour. If this works for you, great. Stick with it. If it doesn’t, change things up and find what works for you. To say this is rubbish and to dismiss it immediately is immature. To say this is the only way to train is to be misinformed. I’d be interested in seeing the results so keep us posted king
@@ryanmiskelly5236 it is. But you also see tons of kids in the gym that clearly don't know what there doing and wind up getting nothing done/accomplished. And about whether or not something works that's up to personal perception. Who knows if the goal is to stay lean or just not look like crap. If it's the latter then you can go years doing the program that "works"
I literally just tried a dumbbell chest workout using this time under tension technique for the first time. Literally had my chest on fire more than ive felt in years. Funny thibg is i had to use far lighter weight and less reps than i usually would yet it feels far better
i have to try this. i did that when i was a teenager and i had no clue what i was doing. i just saw my body get jacked but i left the gym in the summer and lost my gains. later i used more common approach simmilar to other lifters but did not do like mike did it or like i did it when i was clueless
I've try Mike's way- work fantastic, next day,- my body super- sore, as compared to a regular work- out, wich be kind little sore, soi good results, HIT- works- Rob- September, 2023
If you can still flex and pose after the workout is complete, then it isnt complete. :P but in all honesty that video is super motivating!! Thanks for sharing it :)
Just imagine the legend guiding you through your workout. Rest in peace, Mike 🙏🏻🙏🏻
After watching this, I'm getting a Mike Mentzer shirt made and wearing it to my workouts!
He’ll be guiding you to the sick bucket with the intensity here
@@executiveinvestmentsthey would laugh more if you wore an Arnold shirt
hes guiding me through every workout... rest in peace, legend
@@executiveinvestmentswho gived a fuck if you're laughed at. Wear what you want, enjoy the gym and ignore the people who are unhappy enough in their lives to focus on others in the gym instead of themselves.
Most dudes will never train like this. It’s really really tough to move your reps this slow. Their egos won’t allow them to.
true
The only downfall is you need a spotter or have to use assisting machines to do this sort of intensity 🧐
@@OcgtI do it until failure then do more reps at half the reps sometimes
@@skywayradio787 definitely giving it a try! Started this week with some. Insane how well i feel my biceps from that small workout 🏋️♀️💪🤌
I need a gym partner to train like this but no one gives a fuck
What an honor to have a legend put you through a house of pain.
Well that pain is what’s going to make you huge so embrace it.
"I hear you Germans are a special breed. Prove it to me." 😂
Yep, Germans lost 3 times the Russians. That do them a special breed ☝️🥸
Austrian painter was not only one who thought like that...
@@paulk9603It wasn't just the Russians, but pretty much the whole civilized western world together.
@@paulk9603 they lost once from russians
Funfact: Mentzer is half german
I met Ray Mentzer in approximately 1986 at Tarzan and Jane's gym, Seaford, Victoria, Australia. He was a wealth of knowledge, a gentleman and very inspiring. It was a pleasure to meet him. Thanks Ray.
What was he doing around that time? Training people?
was he with Mike?
RIP Mike, you're missed!
Grateful for all recordings of his.
Ray too
Rs he makes me laugh when I here him say look at those pics 😂 but then I see you guys say rip really breaks my smile
Not really
10 minutes workout.
Shorter than the time being spent to travel from home to gym.
It took me 25 minutes. I'm sore even after 3 days.
pero no entiendo bien, en una sola serie en cada uno y ya?? y porq el inclinado lo hace de una en una y no las 8 o 10 rep seguidas??@@unrealbot3027
Thats only chest, they will work back now xD
20 minutes in total@@animemugenarena
After 30 years of training, I just started doing my workouts like this, slow on the eccentric stretching and holding at the bottom for maximum load under tension. OMG, i've never worked harder and the growth is amazing. Sheesh what took me so long!
He said don’t hold at the bottom. Go deep but don’t hold it at the bottom.
Mike mentzer changed my life allowing my passion for lifting weights to not effect my time away from family.
Thanks for your post.
This type of lifting gets me so hyped! If I'm not scared in that last rep I know I didn't go to that dark place.
Yes, my brother!!!
Lmao, yeah training this hard is much more fun, I felt like I could pass out for the first time after a leg day
The dread of knowing you have 3-4 reps left when you're already exhausted on the third rep is when you know you're doing high intensity
Steroid users
The only exercise where i get scared is squats because you have the weight above you
“Momentum is an outside force.”
My chest is pumped af just watching this. 💪🏻
Mike Mentzer you continue to inspire us every single day! Rest in peace legend🙏❤️
That Pec fly machine was a gem. Too bad the gyms now days don’t have it
Maybe you're going to the wrong gyms 🙄
Some still do.
Agree
at the beginning, the machine will put your rotator cuffs in a compromised position and stress your shoulders
@@naeembakht7157Man cut the crap. If you are scared to use a certain machine or do a certain exercise then don't. PERIOD.
Lol 😂🤣
Warming up with the second exercise is genius 🧠.
Honestly people just need to look into how to workout.
I have personally warmed up this way for over 40 years.
How can you go from say doing 2 light warmup sets then directly using your heavier working sets. Your central nervous system has not been primed yet to fire your muscles properly.
I was taught this by some gym vets back in the early 1980's.
Mike was always so smart for his time
Rest in peace Mike you’re teachings will be passed on to new generations.
Ray and Mike legends. Thank you for all. Rest in peace 💪🏼❤️
Say what you want but H.I.T. is definitely the most EFFICIENT way to train and no one can intelligently argue against that point. Just 2 exercises for 1 heavy set each to failure; that's just 2 sets total for chest and you're done. Training this way it is not even physically possible to do more than one set per exercise. But hey, if you want to train all day in the gym with high volume for the same results then be my guest, that's your problem not mine. FYI, I have 51 years in the iron game as a bodybuilder and gym manager, and have trained literally THOUSANDS of people. H.I.T. still remains my favorite way to train for the best results.
Agreed on all points, amazing to experience how little we actyually require (as the legends said them selves)
Works for you. Best results I ever had was 7 days a week with 2 a days. No I'm not joking. People respond differently to different training regiments. If this was the universal best way to train it would be way more popular among bodybuilding professionals.
@@brandonball5971 you actually are wrong, but that is your loss and if you enjoy wasting so much time, you should keep doing what you are doing.
Atleast you move and thats the most important
@@brandonball5971they use steroids to increase muscle recovery. If you are natural then lifting every day is antithetical.
My current split is mon-wed-fri
Chest and back
Shoulders and arms
Legs
Followed by two days off after rest.
What are your thoughts and or opinion on this? I’m 26, 5’11 160 lbs
Mike’s eloquence is just amazing
"the cadence is very important" - love it, what a gentleman!
😂
I remember going to this gym as a kid and watching Mark train people... i wish i would of hired him as my trainer back then and took things more serious.
I've been taking this approach as a novice, this stuff works so well. This man was a gift and deserved so many more flowers.
I need to see more videos of this. Old school technique are golden
Mike mentzer. The real 1980 mr olympia
No. Arnold was best of the best at that tournament. Mentzer was only 5th.
Watching this is pure gold to me. This is hardcore. You can see how it all makes sense
Just did this workout yesterday morning. Loved it.
Now u don’t have to workout for 2 weeks
@@devonreid1646no 1 week
@@devonreid1646
@@devonreid1646nonsense
Do you finish the proper heavy hit set of incline and then mov on to flys or superset it? The video is kind of confusing
Bruutal 🔥 You have to go to a special place in your mind to truly take this on the way it’s meant.
"See now how easily he can hold it?"
*Grunting in pain*
Need more of these videos
Glad I found Mike Mentzer channel
reallly awesome guy, F**** all the haters
Mike, what a guy!
im getting sore watching this. amazing workout.
I’ve been doing this lately and idk why I haven’t done it sooner. I’ve noticed size and strength!!!!
I wanna try this, but Im a solo Gymrat. And for correct HIT you need a gymbro
@__Ashape__ I'm the same way but with these machines you can achieve this with discipline and determination. We've got this!
@@__Ashape__just use machines it will do
I love these kinds of videos they're so vintage
After 40 years weights, I've just started to train like this, 1 week in, good lord, its intensity on another level...💪😎🍺🇳🇿
Some of his original books are for sale on the mercari sellers app.....
You gotta give this guy credit, he did GREAT, you are in the gym less time overall, but the workout is BRUTAL
This really work, iv been training like this now for over 3 months its incredible but so hard. I think about my training a day before my workout because i know how much im gonna suffer 😅
I love it. This is a real hard training 💥🤯
Marcus is an awesome bodybuilder in his own right!
Is it just me or is it just looking at this video it’s motivating in itself 😅
In my experience, the first 3-5 weeks are spent really getting a feel for your "to failure" intensity. Knowing how it really feels in your muscles which, if done correctly, almost makes you want to throw your limbs from your body it burns so bad lol. And afterward, you are absolutely spent. Like falling asleep on the car ride home spent. Once you're there you can establish your baseline weight and really start making some gains. Mind you I still grew and had huge strength gains even in this learning phase.
Amazing I’m inspired
Man i would love so much to have mike train me just once
Damn I'm pumped just watching!
I did biceps today. I incorporated his bicep workout instead of the one that I’ve been following for the past 10 years. If you follow directions like he says and use proper form it will burn you out pretty quick. You really don’t even need to work out that long. 20 minutes I was done. My arms are still burning. Mike put a lot of emphasis on proper form and he is 100% correct it’s very important.
Great to see these episodes without the annoying backgroundmusic and very good quality of Mike‘s voice!
PS: It is said, that Markus now in 2023 is still regenerating from this HIT-Chest-Workout…;)
Is he still alive? Where is he now?
@@mohamadhariz9613 he has a TH-cam Channel
@@mohamadhariz9613nah he died with 50 or sum
He's goal was a maximum failure. Well, doesn't work with a heart failure...
Is Markus really dead?? I have known him since back in 1986 in Stuttgart-Germany. How, and when did he die? @@marvin2736
Just two machines as intense slow and isolated as possible the min maxing of time is so efficient.
Fucking love this shit, i do get excited for every work out now, thanks mike!!
Always remembered never forgotten
This is the shit. Great video, great info, great science!
Mike was amazing
Just did my first MM workout this morning…man am I whooped. I felt jacked all day though. Ready for a 4 day rest for sure lol
Mike the man the myth the legend🤙
I have tried this technique
nothing can mach this
MM was an Einstein of bodybuilding
Do you have a video where he does this but with flat bench press? I so need this, bruh. Trying to incorporate Mentzer's pace in my flat bench press is hard. I just don't know where exactly I should keep the weight as long as possible to stimulate muscle growth as much as I can do with deadlifts and squats.
The fact that “more and more” from tiesto’s energy 2000 set is playing in the background makes this even better
Thank you ❤
Every time I doubt Mike's teachings, I look up what he used to look like.
I love Mike's teachings. But be fair to yourself, he didn't actually train HIT to get his own physique
This is the right way to do a chest the speed matters . He is very right momentum is an external force .
it works great 💪
Imagine having a gym this empty - heaven 🙏
Thank u
I e been doing his routine now for 2 months and it’s working. It took awhile to get used to the 4 day rest between workouts
How exactly do you do it brother?
I'm gonna start next week with this
@@somelatindude6347i also wanna know
@@somelatindude6347you should probably start with a full body 3x a week.
I'm starting in a few days. I was just hitting the gym every day doing random exercises, since discovering this system, I'm confident it will give me some size and more strength
@ak74z10/12 rep range on every exercise? Did you forget progressive overload? Come on now 😂
Mike, the original gym influencer
Marcus physique looking real good
The good old mentzer ... 👍👍
Wish my gym had an old school pec dec machine like that!
This video is definitely a help for training
Keep in mind that rest-pause training, as Mike explains, is only for advanced bodybuilders, and it is certainly very intense and difficult. Beginners shouldn't attempt it and should focus instead on perfecting technique and building muscle first.
I absolutely love that the preview image looks like a gachi video.
Warming up with the whole stack
"Momentum is an outside force."
Realest way👌
I just started this with all my workouts and would do so many sets but now i maybe can do 3-4 , and feel like i just started lifting weights for the first actually being sore which hasnt happened in a long time
A great vid and especially seeing and hearing Mike, however it shows an inherent issue with heavy duty hit etc in that to fully embrace it you need really dedicated training partners, especially for the forced/negative rep aspects , such a shame Mike and Ray were taken from us too early,
1:02 "Although some don't" Bro just roasted Arnold I'llbebacknegger 💀.
Arnold used suicide grip often on the incline bench.
IllBeBacknegger💀
He said “Germans are a different breed show me “ he knows he can’t match Arnold’s greatness
Arnold is Austrian, he never have been in Germany. Hitler also was Austrian, and he killed 10 millions Germans and 60 millions Europeans.
10 minutes goes like 2 minutes. That's literally magic!
شكرا لك.فديو رائع💪💪🤝🙏🌷🌷🌷🌷
Yesterday i've done this workout with chest and back, 1 set, same exercises and after 1 day of rest i already feel my chest bigger. I will come back after some time to report my progress. R.I.P Mike Mentzer!
Lol i already feel my chest bigger. The only thing u can feel is placebo, muscle hypertrophy doesn't happen overnight bud
@@bleekwater6176it's like a child who still believes in Santa lmao
@@bleekwater6176doesn’t matter. Placebo can also be motivational. Today swell, mogged in 6 mo
Training is a deeply personal endeavour. If this works for you, great. Stick with it. If it doesn’t, change things up and find what works for you. To say this is rubbish and to dismiss it immediately is immature. To say this is the only way to train is to be misinformed. I’d be interested in seeing the results so keep us posted king
@@ryanmiskelly5236 it is. But you also see tons of kids in the gym that clearly don't know what there doing and wind up getting nothing done/accomplished. And about whether or not something works that's up to personal perception. Who knows if the goal is to stay lean or just not look like crap. If it's the latter then you can go years doing the program that "works"
Bruh this guy Mike deserved to be stepping up on Arnold’s head
Anyone can say whatever they want, Mike Mentzer was a genius
cadence is important is to eliminate momentum and create more time under tension, apply this to your own routine.
The way Mike laughed sneaky when the new body builder gave pose.. lol
I just play these to hear this guy's voice. No Diddy.
I literally just tried a dumbbell chest workout using this time under tension technique for the first time. Literally had my chest on fire more than ive felt in years. Funny thibg is i had to use far lighter weight and less reps than i usually would yet it feels far better
Yeah I press 55kg dumbells for reps cause I didn't take my time but now after slowing everything down 35 kg is sufficient
i have to try this. i did that when i was a teenager and i had no clue what i was doing. i just saw my body get jacked but i left the gym in the summer and lost my gains. later i used more common approach simmilar to other lifters but did not do like mike did it or like i did it when i was clueless
That's awesome, that's how winners should train
4-5 second count is truth. Make 40lbs feel twice as heavy. Started training like this and haven’t looked back.
Safer too
I love High Intensity.
I do a few sets but can finsh in 15/16 minute's
i wish mike were still around
Mike Mentzer is right I rested for 7 days, then trained my chest and I Increased my flies weight from 25 to 30 (20% increase)
Same. Rested for 7 days and 20x8 became 20x12 (warmup) + 25x8. 🗿
Holy crap that’s intense
His definition of lightweight warm up 💀
I've try Mike's way- work fantastic, next day,- my body super- sore, as compared to a regular work- out, wich be kind little sore, soi good results, HIT- works- Rob- September, 2023
Everyone will eventually workout like this ❤💪🧠
No they will not. This is beyond an advanced form of training. Too many have EGO. Even if they did train like this you still have to get the cals in
So, do I only do 2 sets each workout with one of the sets being a warmup??
If you can still flex and pose after the workout is complete, then it isnt complete. :P
but in all honesty that video is super motivating!! Thanks for sharing it :)
It's actually better he didn't win olympia cause then he would get a giant ego like arnold and the other winners, mike was always humble
It's not just one set, it's the last rep!
I saw a lee priest reel where he’s pressing slow and it inspired me to do it also now I understand why pressing nice and slow is important