Legs are given a little more reps than the upper body. But it sure is the only way for me to train now after i was lucky enough to meet my mentor and friend mike mentzer in the late 90s. See more ideas about bodybuilding, mr olympia and olympia fitness. This oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques pioneered by the late mike mentzer, the legendary bodybuilder, leading trainer, and renowned bodybuilding consultant. One of the things that kind of turned me off in his other book high intensity training. As such, he used several methods, such as forced reps, to achieve maximum muscular failure. Today, everage gym goers are over trained, injured and the majortiy. Bodybuilding routine mike mentzer hit training video. The advanced and super advanced techniques were fully researched and tested by mike in the late 70s, but following the infamous 1980 mr.
May 11, 20 highintensity training the mike mentzer way, john little. High intensity training or hit is a type of progressive resistance exercise characterized by a high level of effort and relatively brief and infrequent workouts. Mike mentzer s complete book of weight training book. Nowadays hit enthusiasts often perform fewer reps, preferring the 610 range. I have finally decided to write about the myth of h.
Mike mentzers high intensity weight training motleyhealth. This book is wayahead of its time when it comes to weight training. For more than ten years, mentzers heavy duty program involved 79 sets per. John little is the coauthor with mike mentzer of high intensity training the mike mentzer way new york. Here is a classic mike mentzer hit routine from his early training. Jan 03, 2016 i have read alot of about mentzer on this site with people pro and against his training ideas. The advanced techniques, most productive workouts, and lifetransforming personal philosophies of bodybuilding legend mike mentzer. In the article, posted below, jones set out the importance of vigorous training as well as promoting his new brand of exercise machines. Heres a fact you might not be aware of, mike mentzer started using h.
Mike mentzers hit high intensity training exercise video shows you the real thing, the worlds leading hit advocate, the only man to win mr. The mike mentzer way was that it stated in the beginning that 5 lbs of lean muscle growth per year is a realistic goal. Greg walked away knowing that hit was a load of shit. Besides his original developments of the first nautilus variable resistance machines in the 60s and 70s, jones was also an ardent advocate of. A paperback originalhighintensity bodybuilding advice from the first man to win a perfect score in the mr. You see mentzer created quite a lot of commotion with his heavy duty training articles. Mentzers training courses books and audio tapes, sold through. And finally, i have my own n1 success story which can be read in this article less is more. Mentzer even believed that no more than one set to muscular failure per body part was all that was required. Nov 16, 2010 today, november 15th 2010, would have been mike mentzers 59th birthday. A paperback original highintensity bodybuilding advice from the first man to win a perfect score in the mr. Olympia, which prompted his retirement, is well documented. The history of high intensity training in the fitness world this started with arthur jones and ellington darden.
Olympias, as highintensity training rode the crest of its foremost adherent, mike mentzer, it seemed on the verge of transforming bodybuilding. While many people know the basics of heavy duty training, the advanced techniques are known by only a few. Allow mike mentzer to dispel the myths surrounding the training programs recommended by todays drug taking strength atheletes. Volume is the most common form of weight training program seen in gyms and. For those who dont know, they were the creators of nautilus and the workout method that came with it that has now come to be known as hit, or high intensity training. High intensity training the mike mentzer way by kasi. Little is now available for phone consultations regarding mentzer s revolutionary heavy duty training system. The training focuses on performing quality weight training repetitions to the. In weightlifting, doing more sets, more reps, more frequently may not give you better results. Top 8 bodybuilding books and best bodybuilding book. A serious injury stopped my weight training efforts during 2003 and after. Different strength training authors from ellington darden and mike mentzer to dorian.
High intensity weight training routines hit motleyhealth. Bodybuilders experience with mike mentzers heavy duty. When greg asked mike if hed abandoned hit, mike snapped mentzer was an asshole btw that it was the last set that only counts. His training philosophy involves doing different exercises for each body part with maximum intensity for only one set to failure, excluding warm up sets. Through mikes wisdom in his books from the original heavy duty, then excitedly. High intensity weight training takes a different approach to the high rep workouts that were popular before, and still popular today. Bodybuilding muscle physique weightlifting strength fitness workout. Mike was ahead of his time, and those who try to refute heavy duty doesnt work, i have seen enough trainees over the past four decades to see how people short change themselves.
As i close in on 41 years of mikes teachings, this book stands the test of time. Hit, of course, is the system of highintensity training developed by arthur jones and codified and popularized by darden, who was director of research for nautilus sportsmedical industries, the company jones founded, for more than 20 years. Whatever your level of fitness, you can kick your musclesand your mindinto high gear with the radical training philosophies and advanced bodybuilding techniques of mike mentzer, the first bodybuilder to ever garner a perfect score in the mr. Highintensity training hit is a form of strength training popularized in the 1970s by arthur jones, the founder of nautilus. I mentioned mike mentzers heavy duty system of training is really no. But one glaring detail is anyone actually posting results of them being on the workout. Jul 12, 2014 outlined in highintensity training the mike mentzer way, fewer than five working sets were performed each session, and rest was emphasized, calling for 47 days of recovery before the next. The ideal workout by arthur jones physical culture study. Dorian yates workout routine, diet plan and training. May 30, 2016 mentzer came to highintensity training after losing a contest and finding that the winner, casey viator, trained that way. High intensity training, espoused by mike mentzer, arthur jones and others and my personal experience with the training philosophy.
In it, he detailed the principles of high intensity weight training. Read this and anything else by mentzer if your training has hit a plateau. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way by mike mentzer. Mike mentzers last days by muscular development magazine. Buy highintensity training the mike mentzer way book online.
Mike mentzers complete book of weight training by mike. Mike mentzers high intensity training system youtube. Nautilus inventor arthur jones helped define and popularize hit in the 1970s, often summarizing the general philosophy as train harder. Universe competition this oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques pioneered by the late mike mentzer, the legendary bodybuilder, leading trainer, and renowned. May 01, 2003 between them they have authored more than 14 books and hundreds of articles outlining a more rational approach to bodybuilding, and it was not surprising that mentzer chose little to be the coauthor of what would be his last book on the subject of highintensity training high intensity training the mike mentzer way. Jul 21, 2015 the ideal workout by arthur jones in june 1970, arthur jones, the father of high intensity training, published the ideal workout in bodybuilding magazine muscular development. I just purchased his latest book hit the mike mentzer way and was very impressed by his training methods and ideas. It was his heavy duty column in iron man magazine that got me to start training properly and finally getting worthwhile results after having wasted years following the blind, nontheoretical volume. This oneofakind book profiles the highintensity training hit techniques. His highly effective, proven approach enables bodybuilders to get resultsand win competitionsby doing shorter, less frequent workouts each week. T in 1971 after meeting casey viator and arthur jones so from that point on he was no longer using any type of volume approach so while he didnt start his training using h.
Mentzers tips on weight training make a lot of sense, its difficult to argue with what. The hit or high intensity training methodology was popularized by the legendary arthur jones who many still consider to be one of the most brilliant innovators in the field of exercise science. Even yates was known to do periods of high volume training at times as was witnessed by lee priest. Weight training, he insisted, had to be brief, infrequent, and intense, to attain the best results in the shortest amount of time. Mike mentzer heavy duty bodybuilding muscle training original book rare htf. Here we look at some of the history of hit, reasons to try it, research concerning its limitations, a few hit cycles and then dorian yates hit routine. Mike mentzer heavy duty bodybuilding muscle training. The key to highintensity training is the promotion of intensity over other measures of musclebuilding, namely volume, load, and frequency. Mike said that all bodybuilders were overtraining and this was slowing down their progress, and while most bodybuilders like arnold were training for 2 or more hours a day 6 days a week and doing 20 or more sets per body part, mike was only doing 30 minutes. Ive used mike mentzers consolidation routine on and off with very good results. Mike mentzers heavy duty workout sucks for naturals. Most trainerstoday train 56 days a week, lasting an hour or longer.
High intensity training instructional video by mike mentzer, legendary ifbb bodybuilder. Mike mentzer s heavy duty, highintensity training is the hottest topic in bodybuilding. Mentzer adopted the hit philosophy of arthur jones and expanded it into his own radical system, named heavy duty. Sep 11, 2014 mike mentzer was a complex and gifted man who left an indelible mark on the bodybuilding landscape. Highintensity training, mentzerstyle rogue health and fitness. Mike mentzers complete book of weight training mike mentzer on. Mike mentzer and dorian yates have both called their training system hit. I have finally found a copy of mike mentzer s comptete book of weight training. Whats the difference between hit, mike mentzers heavy duty.
Dorian yates was greatly influenced by mike mentzers hit training method and started following it from his early days in bodybuilding. The heavy duty site provides the latest information on training, nutrition and the minds relationship to bodybuilding. In highintensity training the mike mentzer way, mentzer wrote, carrying a set to a point where you are forced to utilize 100 percent of your momentary ability is the single most important factor in increasing size and strength. Highintensity training the mike mentzer way mike mentzer. I mentioned mike mentzer s heavy duty system of training is really no different than hit with a few funky read. Heavy duty by mike mentzer meet your next favorite book. He previously had been spending up to 3 hours a day in the gym. Thank you, mike mentzer high intensity training by drew baye. Mike mentzers complete book of weight training book. This book explains in detail the heavy duty or hit type of weight training. Most bodybuilding and weightlifting authorities do not take into account the.