Here’s another interesting quote from Mike Mentzer on steroids and recovery (John Balik photo)…
The reason some bodybuilders have gained muscle with volume training relates to the fact that steroids act primarily as recovery-ability enhancers. Were those same bodybuilders to train for two hours a day six days a week without steroids, they would begin to lose muscle mass almost immediately. High-intensity training is tailor made for the non-steroid natural bodybuilder because of the painstaking precaution to properly regulate the volume and frequency of exercise to prevent overtraining.
Mentzer is right, but remember that he was on steroids as well. So his high-intensity workouts could be extremely damaging without causing overtraining. And they were…
Those “supplements” allowed him to train to failure as well as add forced reps and negatives to almost every work set. He pushed to total exhaustion at every workout.
Without the drugs, he would’ve had to pull back. For example…
In Old Man, Young Muscle, there is a complete Mike Mentzer pre-exhaust workout—but with no forced reps or any intensity tactics other than Slow-Twitch Exhaustion and Speed Sets; however…
Both of those REDUCE muscle damage while amplifying fast-twitch fiber activation in as few sets as possible—and without the use of joint-crushing poundages.
Learn how to accelerate your mass gains with the STX method, Speed Sets, and complete ideal-exercise-based training. The 35-minute workouts also include the best stretch and contracted add-on moves. Get Old Man, Young Muscle.
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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
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