Here’s another quote from former pro bodybuilder Mike Mentzer that’s especially pertinent today…
The average bodybuilder finds himself impotently bewildered, awash in an oceanic proliferation of new theories on training and nutrition. Unable to even begin to properly evaluate or judge the flood of conflicting, contradictory misinformation. Most bodybuilders flounder helplessly, taking years and years to develop a physique they could have and should have obtained in only months.
He made that statement before the Internet. With the advent of the Web, it’s now a veritable tidal wave of misinformation on every platform. And the explosion of steroid use has made it even more complicated…
Despite Mentzer’s overuse of a Thesaurus, he always hammered home the point that the majority of bodybuilders overtrain—and recent studies are now backing him up…
Bottom line: Efficiency in the gym, as well as high intensity coupled with sufficient recovery, are your keys to fastest hypertrophy.
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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
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