MIKE MENTZER: MIND AND BODY  

I love that Mike has been such a cultured person. Greetings from Peru 🇵🇪

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we have better word than Bodybuilding in Italian language: Culturismo which means build the entire being

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There are still many parts of life I do not understand, but high intensity training is not one of them, he made it so evident and so clear, so rational and logical that he fully understood the metaphysics of reality, a firmly grounded philosophy that magically explained what so many kinda, sorta knew but couldn't explicitly and intelligently pinpoint the factors underlying the progression of their biological mass.

Hello john thanks for the video Today i was explaining heavy duty principals to my friends and they were just laughing for what i am doing in the gym but deep down i know this philosophy is best and later or tomorrow they will also follow it

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Never liked 1 set only for most muscles but 4-6 sets seems quite good. I've been customizing a workout with intensity but increased frequency & it rocketed my Bench press 10KG+ I've been throwing in full intensity failure & occasionally forced reps on Bench. Full body workouts is too exhausting..... Sometimes chest is so blasted & body is fatigued from doing extreme intense & also sometimes trying a 1-2 rep failure at the end of the sets (exhausted) that sometimes chest is all that can be done, full body is a no go after that It's difficult to know what works best, I've tried it all lower intensity (trash), higher intensity, full body, 7x a week, 6x a week, 5x a week, 4x a week, 3x a week workouts, etc. Split routines, upper, lower, 10x10, 8x8, push, pull... I prefer a split routine that's customized day 1 : Chest (70%) Shoulders (15%) triceps (15%) (As in primary focus on the day, since shoulders/triceps are already destroyed by the bench press) Day 2 no rest (sometimes feel a rest day would be ideal as Mentzer also says NEVER train twice in a row except he used to do it in his original) - Back/Bicep/(Optional legs) Usually pullups with some supersets with some variations. Day 3 chest again - possibly not as heavy but still intense day 4 - same as before day 5 - chest/rest I find 2 days off in a row lowers my strength for the next workout, such as chest or it's difficult to get back into (as steve reeves used to say) I think 1 day off between both would be ideal. I'm still mastering what works best but you can't go wrong with a day off between each workout

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hey bro i have a question , did mike train 30mins per muscle part or 2 muscle parts?

Is one set to failure enough for building strength & size - yes! In order to make this to work you need find your training frequency and the correct amount of nutrients you need. One who doesn't use any performance enchantment drugs can reach generic potential just doing 1 set to failure. With how much extra muscle mass you will end up is genetics and takes couple of years. Most people can tolerate moderate to high volume but it is counter productive and is better in such case to just train more frequently. Our expectations for how big and muscular we should be are very twisted by the heavy steroid induced bodybuilding culture but reality shows otherwise - accept it or live in the dream world 😂

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Hi John, what is the reasoning for training on a split routine? If you rest 4-5 days, Why not train full body?