You don't need a partner for anything for this style of train. It 100% helps if you have a partner absolutely but it's not a requirement. Do you want to do force reps just do a drop set. Is closest you're going to get to a forced rep in terms of intensity
Was just looking at one of mentzers programs I find the long recovery periods aspect very interesting as being an older guy in my 40’s and a beginner and having difficult living conditions (overcrowding ) my sleep is not good which effects my lifestyle which effects my eating , etc. I could do a lot of exercise if I wanted to , that’s the easy part , but the more I do the more it effects the time it takes to recover . Matt Wenning told a story about how he was training firemen and they just were not ready to take on a serious workload and it took maybe over a year of building up their GPP (fitness ) with lower weight, high rep, no rest inbetween sets type stuff to lay a foundation
I like the idea of the mentzer stuff but I really don’t like having to wait so long before working out again . But then I’m a beginner Maybe if I was intermediate to advanced I would be willing to give it a go A lot of it makes sense But as you say , the proof is in the pudding . Try it and see I’m sure it could work for beginners but my only concern is that for me I really like to feel warmed up and pyramid up to working weight . I’ve probably never felt or experienced the intensity of low rep stuff. Plus I’m still learning and dialling in good form. Getting injured from lack of experience or weight that exposes weak links would be my only concern as a newbie, but a year or two under my belt and I might feel confident to try 1-3 reps on incline press
Yeah I wouldn’t advise HDT to a beginner (Mike mentzer probably recommends the same) I would prescribe a more traditional approach like 5x5, Full body or Calisthenics to build a good foundation for a year or so. I’m not personally a fan of HDT but by no means do I think it’s a ‘bad’ programme, it’s worked for people so that’s all the proof there lol. My personal training style I enjoy is higher frequency with low-medium volume with reps between 5-12.
I train HIT. I don't wait that long before working out again. Only one week. I train 3 times a week each muscle group 1 times a week. People take what Menzter said out of context. He said if you don't feel fully recovered the next week then you wait another few days or week to train. Although towards the end he was obviously trying to market some gimmicky bullshit with saying you could train once or twice a month lol
@@TomEssTrainz aye , it seems like “some programmes will work well for some people at some times” but it’s all a bit of a lottery. As you said in the video …. Try it and report back . Good advice . With most things in life , opinions and testimony can be trusted, buts it’s best to go take a look for yourself
@@TomEssTrainz I sent a link to a macho man Randy savage cream of the crop RU-vid video to encourage you but I think you tube deleted . I said cool thumbnails etc, keep bringing the great content and the cream will rise to the top
And when I was just about to ask you if doing 1 SET of pull-ups, push ups and inverted rows EVERYDAY to failure is going to work, but I guess you're going to tell me to try it out and see if it works. :D
It's just the meme of the year. I remember mid 2010s it was 5x5/powerlifting style routines for everyone. Before that it was bro splits. A few years back all you heard was “volume is the driver of hypertrophy” until more recent research was published and now they just say “mechanical tension is the driver of hypertrophy” (as if that isn’t inherent to performing resistance exercise) charading as scientifically literate. Now it’s the obsession with failure training and also fear of bulking with all the maingaining nonsense. Not to mention, I’d bet my life that the majority of people who claim they’re going to failure aren’t.
True, but the science behind it is sound and very simple to understand, muscle requires anaerobic training aka weight training in order to get micro tears in the muscle which allows your body to rebuild the muscle stronger and bigger, this is a irrefutable fact and is backed my heaps or research. Now HIT (high intensity training) does just this as does any other program. All programs work but HIT training is by far superior because it provides realistic expectations as a natural bodybuilder unlike for example the Arnold split, which is only achievable if you have great genetics and are on a shit ton of roids. HIT avoids overtraining and over exertion so that the body can first recover and then grow. All the people that follow workout splits with only one rest day are highly misleaded to belive that it is achievable as a natural bodybuilder when it in fact is not.
@@tablesalt4487 Your response veers off the tracks from stating something obvious is "irrefutable fact and is backed my heaps or research" to "HIT training is by far superior" with no supporting evidence, which is dogmatic and overtly opinionated. I lift every day; I don't take rest days. Completely natural, I weigh 220 and have no issues with recovery. On top of that, if you want actual credentials, I'm a physician and I did my undergrad in kinesiology and nutrition. Like I said, Mentzer's philosophy is a meme and it'll be mocked a year or two from now. That doesn't mean his style of training doesn't work, it just doesn't mean it's superior or better. At best, it's as effective as other styles of training. At worst, it's terrible because the necessary stimulus required to produce results is 100% failure which most trainees can't and won't feasibly achieve because they don't know what that is.
I agree its the meme of the month but again it's just for another form of training. Find what works for you and do it. Like you said people are going to respond In different ways
