@@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!
I trian Hit in 8 week increments and in the second increment I got on the scale 14 pounds heavier. I've been given compliments that I've added on considerable bulk. At 38 it's working well for me!!!
@@kirilhristov5739 I do Biceps Barbell curl 6-10 X close grip pull down superset contacting biceps and pausing and slow eccentric to failure Also 2 sets of hammer curls should probably do less Triceps Rope or tricep pushdown x seated dip superset I usually do a set or two of overhead movements to failure (if I can, sometimes my elbows hurt a bit, if they do I stop) Chest Pec dec x incline dumbell chest press same 6-10 progressive overload Also 2 sets of either dumbell flys or flat dumbell chest press Shoulders Barbell shoulder press X lateral raises x 2 Rear delt reverse flys (not pinching back) 2 sets to failure I can also throw a Arnold press to failure instead of one of those rear delt movement if I am wanting extra front delt activation Back Bent over row X middle grip lateral pulldown slow eccentric releasing weight up Also do 2 wide grip pull downs while leaning a bit back to work my upper back Legs Leg extension x goblet squat Lunges or extra set of squats Hamstring curl and some calf raises (not all of these) but I alternate on leg days but always the leg extension and squat superset the other stuff, I do if I have the energy By no means am I a gym rat, I do this all in my garage I love this workout bc I do 3 muscles per exercise every other day, then when I go on the road truck driving for 5-8 days, I don’t do any weight training I completely rest and recover bc I work for 5-8 days and take a week off of work for family and health. Hope that helps
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.
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.
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
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'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.
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,
Absolutely loved this and needed this going into a Chest workout tomorrow. But I'm confused a little. Why's Mike adjusting the weight and calling it rest-pause, when it should be called drop-sets?
The reason it is not drop sets is the rest pause method involves a single set where every rep is a maximum effort to muscular failure. With drop sets it is multiple arbitrary weight reductions with only the last rep of each drop being to or close to failure. With Rest pause you can maybe do two singles to maximal effort with about a five to ten second pause inbetween and a third or fourth require reducing the weight about 15-20% and about a ten to twenty second Rest in between. It is a very physically taxing form of training and a rest pause set of three to four singles to failure is a lot more intense than doing mere drop sets.
@@shawnm4189 My question is, in drop sets, you drop the weight. Here Mike drops the weight. So, are rest pause/drop sets only about the effort and not the drop in weight?
@@bobdeni244I’m not professional, but you are exactly correct. That is the epitome of any kind of growth, strength size or otherwise- effort and intensity. There’s been studies so I’m not just talking out my ass I just can’t directly reference them because I remember the important part not who studied it. But that’s why mike drills into your head INTENSITY because as long as it’s really INTENSE and you are putting a true 100% EFFORT (to where your body cannot push any more), you’ll get better. The actual methodology doesn’t matter per se. That’s why people can do high volume training and get big or do it mikes way. As long as it’s intense and actually hard to where your body goes, “oh shit, I need to get bigger/stronger/both to be able to do better next time”
@@bostonclark1721 Yes. It works like a charm, when you know one set of this exercise is all you need and you don't need a second exercise or a third one or a third set. Intensity, without a trainer like Mike, will not be easy to understand immediately. You warm up to it after a few sessions and then you know how you can train intensely and go to failure in each exercise in a month or so.
@@bostonclark1721Yep. As long as its intense and effort is there it doesnt matter what type of training you do. Maybe if you want the extra 1-3% or whatever but thats for enhanced bodybuilders not us mere natties. Do what you enjoy and do it with full effort. I enjoy orthodox many sets last few reps being vital more than HIT, so i do that. If you enjoy HIT, then do HIT, dont be peer pressured to workout how everyone else does, youll grow as much or probably more if you enjoy the process and go full effort.
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
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.
Gave it a try when I returned to the gym, although I warmed up normally then with 3 sets of chest flys with lighter dumbbells. Then 1 heavy work set on chest flys and incline dumbbell press. My chest workout literally took 10-15 minutes and it was sore for 6 days...
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
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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 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?
He lived this life like a king…
What a great coincidence Kevin, you are lucky.
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!
Same here, bro. 😂💪🏽
@@BaronLaneKing who carws about science when it works on us.
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
Mike mentzer changed my life allowing my passion for lifting weights to not effect my time away from family.
Thanks for your post.
I trian Hit in 8 week increments and in the second increment I got on the scale 14 pounds heavier. I've been given compliments that I've added on considerable bulk. At 38 it's working well for me!!!
What do you do exactly in your training? Funny, I am 38 yo and HIT is a successful journey for me too
@@kirilhristov5739 I do
Biceps
Barbell curl 6-10 X close grip pull down superset contacting biceps and pausing and slow eccentric to failure
Also 2 sets of hammer curls should probably do less
Triceps
Rope or tricep pushdown x seated dip superset
I usually do a set or two of overhead movements to failure (if I can, sometimes my elbows hurt a bit, if they do I stop)
Chest
Pec dec x incline dumbell chest press same 6-10 progressive overload
Also 2 sets of either dumbell flys or flat dumbell chest press
Shoulders
Barbell shoulder press X lateral raises x 2
Rear delt reverse flys (not pinching back) 2 sets to failure
I can also throw a Arnold press to failure instead of one of those rear delt movement if I am wanting extra front delt activation
Back
Bent over row X middle grip lateral pulldown slow eccentric releasing weight up
Also do 2 wide grip pull downs while leaning a bit back to work my upper back
Legs
Leg extension x goblet squat
Lunges or extra set of squats
Hamstring curl and some calf raises (not all of these) but I alternate on leg days but always the leg extension and squat superset the other stuff, I do if I have the energy
By no means am I a gym rat, I do this all in my garage I love this workout bc I do 3 muscles per exercise every other day, then when I go on the road truck driving for 5-8 days, I don’t do any weight training I completely rest and recover bc I work for 5-8 days and take a week off of work for family and health.
Hope that helps
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.”
"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
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
Mike Mentzer you continue to inspire us every single day! Rest in peace legend🙏❤️
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.
My chest is pumped af just watching this. 💪🏻
Rest in peace Mike you’re teachings will be passed on to new generations.
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 😂🤣
Mike was always so smart for his time
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
"the cadence is very important" - love it, what a gentleman!
😂
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
Mike mentzer. The real 1980 mr olympia
No. Arnold was best of the best at that tournament. Mentzer was only 5th.
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
Mike’s eloquence is just amazing
Ray and Mike legends. Thank you for all. Rest in peace 💪🏼❤️
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.
reallly awesome guy, F**** all the haters
im getting sore watching this. amazing workout.
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.
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"
"See now how easily he can hold it?"
*Grunting in pain*
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've been taking this approach as a novice, this stuff works so well. This man was a gift and deserved so many more flowers.
Is it just me or is it just looking at this video it’s motivating in itself 😅
Marcus is an awesome bodybuilder in his own right!
Watching this is pure gold to me. This is hardcore. You can see how it all makes sense
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 😅
Just two machines as intense slow and isolated as possible the min maxing of time is so efficient.
Mike, what a guy!
You gotta give this guy credit, he did GREAT, you are in the gym less time overall, but the workout is BRUTAL
Glad I found Mike Mentzer channel
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 😂
I need to see more videos of this. Old school technique are golden
Man i would love so much to have mike train me just once
The fact that “more and more” from tiesto’s energy 2000 set is playing in the background makes this even better
Thank you ❤
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.
Bruutal 🔥 You have to go to a special place in your mind to truly take this on the way it’s meant.
10 minutes goes like 2 minutes. That's literally magic!
I have tried this technique
nothing can mach this
MM was an Einstein of bodybuilding
Marcus physique looking real good
Need more of these videos
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. 🗿
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.
4-5 second count is truth. Make 40lbs feel twice as heavy. Started training like this and haven’t looked back.
Safer too
Anyone can say whatever they want, Mike Mentzer was a genius
Always remembered never forgotten
Warming up with the whole stack
I love these kinds of videos they're so vintage
This dudes voice makes this 100% more legit lol
I just play these to hear this guy's voice. No Diddy.
This is the right way to do a chest the speed matters . He is very right momentum is an external force .
Mike, the original gym influencer
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,
Bruh this guy Mike deserved to be stepping up on Arnold’s head
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
Imagine having a gym this empty - heaven 🙏
The way Mike laughed sneaky when the new body builder gave pose.. lol
This is the shit. Great video, great info, great science!
Fucking love this shit, i do get excited for every work out now, thanks mike!!
Maturing in the gym is realise mike mentzer was right
I’m doing Mike’s workout and it’s incredible. It’s a hard hitting workout, but I’m out of the gym in a matter of 45 minutes.
i wish mike were still around
Damn I'm pumped just watching!
I love it. This is a real hard training 💥🤯
So, do I only do 2 sets each workout with one of the sets being a warmup??
Absolutely loved this and needed this going into a Chest workout tomorrow.
But I'm confused a little. Why's Mike adjusting the weight and calling it rest-pause, when it should be called drop-sets?
The reason it is not drop sets is the rest pause method involves a single set where every rep is a maximum effort to muscular failure. With drop sets it is multiple arbitrary weight reductions with only the last rep of each drop being to or close to failure. With Rest pause you can maybe do two singles to maximal effort with about a five to ten second pause inbetween and a third or fourth require reducing the weight about 15-20% and about a ten to twenty second Rest in between.
It is a very physically taxing form of training and a rest pause set of three to four singles to failure is a lot more intense than doing mere drop sets.
@@shawnm4189 My question is, in drop sets, you drop the weight. Here Mike drops the weight. So, are rest pause/drop sets only about the effort and not the drop in weight?
@@bobdeni244I’m not professional, but you are exactly correct. That is the epitome of any kind of growth, strength size or otherwise- effort and intensity. There’s been studies so I’m not just talking out my ass I just can’t directly reference them because I remember the important part not who studied it. But that’s why mike drills into your head INTENSITY because as long as it’s really INTENSE and you are putting a true 100% EFFORT (to where your body cannot push any more), you’ll get better. The actual methodology doesn’t matter per se. That’s why people can do high volume training and get big or do it mikes way. As long as it’s intense and actually hard to where your body goes, “oh shit, I need to get bigger/stronger/both to be able to do better next time”
@@bostonclark1721 Yes. It works like a charm, when you know one set of this exercise is all you need and you don't need a second exercise or a third one or a third set.
Intensity, without a trainer like Mike, will not be easy to understand immediately. You warm up to it after a few sessions and then you know how you can train intensely and go to failure in each exercise in a month or so.
@@bostonclark1721Yep. As long as its intense and effort is there it doesnt matter what type of training you do. Maybe if you want the extra 1-3% or whatever but thats for enhanced bodybuilders not us mere natties. Do what you enjoy and do it with full effort. I enjoy orthodox many sets last few reps being vital more than HIT, so i do that. If you enjoy HIT, then do HIT, dont be peer pressured to workout how everyone else does, youll grow as much or probably more if you enjoy the process and go full effort.
Amazing I’m inspired
Mike was amazing
His definition of lightweight warm up 💀
dont compare yourself to others, leave your ego and do this. The results are unbelievable
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
Slowing down the rep can make light weight feel intense
I think that’s why most guys stay away from training like this. It requires less weight and most guys’ egos can’t handle it. Especially in the gym
That's awesome, that's how winners should train
Greg o Gallagher is “inventing” mikes system now lol way ahead of his time
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
"Momentum is an outside force."
Mike the man the myth the legend🤙
Guy: “I got one more!”
His body: “No…you don’t.”
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 workout was 10 min. Damn.
Gave it a try when I returned to the gym, although I warmed up normally then with 3 sets of chest flys with lighter dumbbells. Then 1 heavy work set on chest flys and incline dumbbell press. My chest workout literally took 10-15 minutes and it was sore for 6 days...
شكرا لك.فديو رائع💪💪🤝🙏🌷🌷🌷🌷
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
I absolutely love that the preview image looks like a gachi video.
Mike reminds me a lot of another legendary trainer Vince Gironda.
Me too!
I got a pec tear watching this
Literally what I was thinking 😂😂😂
This is safer for injury as there's no massive weights being chucked around without form
People don't train anymore. They just go to the gym....Big difference
Wish my gym had an old school pec dec machine like that!
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
The good old mentzer ... 👍👍