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Mass Mantra #47

Mike Mentzer onstage with arms out, John Balik photo

Here’s high-intensity advocate and pro bodybuilder Mike Mentzer’s answer to those who asked how he accounted for the success of all of the top bodybuilders who used high-volume workouts (John Balik photo)… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: heavy duty, high volume, low volume, mass mantra, mike mentzer

Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 9

Dorian Yates looking absolutely massive in a double biceps pose (black and white image)

Mike Mentzer’s training concepts work for many bodybuilders. Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates trained in that style… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Dorian Yates, genetics, heavy duty, high-intensity, mike mentzer

Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 8

Jonathan doing incline Smith machine presses with Steve spotting

So training to all-out failure does get to the most fast-twitch fibers, but it also produces the most stress and damage, specifically on the last rep… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, fast-twitch fibers, heavy duty, high-intensity training, mike mentzer, slow-twitch fibers

Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 7

In the last training newsletter I said that volume, intensity, frequency and choosing the correct exercises are all factors governing damage that produces overtraining… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: fatigue, genetics, heavy duty, mike mentzer, muscle growth, overtraining, recovery

Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 6

Jonathan spotting Steve for hammer curls

Mike Mentzer’s quote on overtraining in Monday’s Mass Mantra newsletter is thought provoking…

He, along with some researchers, believe that it can lead to serious illness, such as heart disease and cancer, if it’s prolonged… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: heavy duty, ideal exercises, mike mentzer, ultimate exercise

Mass Mantra #33

Mike Mentzer on a beach in Australia, cropped

It’s becoming more clear that training efficiency that avoids damaging your joints and muscles is best for the fastest mass gains as well as for your future health.

Here’s a quote from high-intensity advocate and former pro bodybuilder Mike Mentzer on that subject (Wayne Gallasch photo). [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: heavy duty, high-intensity training, intensity, mass gains, mass mantra, mike mentzer, overtraining

Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 5

Tom Platz doing freehand sissy squats

Yesterday I mentioned that Mentzer’s high-intensity workouts weren’t as efficient as they could’ve been due to not emphasizing the biomechanically ideal exercises as well as not applying the latest hypertrophy research (he died in 2001).

His methods could’ve been significantly better at stimulating mass with a few tweaks. Let’s review his go-to quad routine: [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: heavy duty, high-intensity training, ideal leg exercise, leg exercises, leg workout, mike mentzer, tom platz

Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 4

Mike Mentzer in a leg-and-abs pose on stage - photo by John Balik

A few pieces of key mass-building information have been revealed over the past three parts on Mike Mentzer’s high-intensity training: [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: heavy duty, high-intensity training, mike mentzer

Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 1

Arnold vs. Mentzer in "relaxed" poses

Q: You’ve quoted Mike Mentzer a lot, and your current workouts are similar to his. But you’ve also featured Arnold’s training and mentioned that your Positions-of-Flexion method has some roots with him. Do you agree more with the Heavy Duty high-intensity approach or Arnold’s volume style? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, heavy duty, high-intensity training, mass building, mike mentzer, POF, positions of flexion, volume

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 210: Mike Mentzer’s Mighty Shrugs

Mike Mentzer doing shrugs with Casey Viator on his shoulders

Then there’s the time Mike Mentzer lost a bet and had to cart Casey Viator around the gym in a makeshift rickshaw. Mike’s Heavy Duty belly shirt was not part of the bet. Good times at Gold’s… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arthur jones, bodybuilding zen, genetics, heavy duty, high-intensity training, pre-ex

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