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This ultra rare video, shot on May 31, 1983 in DeLand, Florida, captures a moment in history. Mike Mentzer had been brought to Florida at Arthur Jones’ request to learn about Arthur’s burgeoning video production business. Boyer Coe had originally been brought to Florida to help Arthur publish a fitness magazine, but soon Arthur had other plans. He decided that Boyer should take part in a training experiment in which Arthur Jones’ training method (training the whole body, one set per exercise, three workouts a week on Nautilus machines) would be employed. Unlike the Colorado Experiment, Arthur wanted Boyer to on a very low (1,500 a day) allotment of calories to see if liberated energy from body fat could be used for building muscle. Boyer was off steroids (and had been for some time), but as the video will reveal, he was growing stronger in his workouts. This video captured what exercises, weights, sets and reps he was performing during his 52nd workout of the experiment. Boyer had an “A” workout and a “B” workout that were alternated - this was his “B” workout. Originally, Arthur Jones supervised Boyer’s workout sessions, but as his business responsibilities increased, he asked Mike and sometimes Ray Mentzer to take over for him. This workout contains a lot of the humorous banter between Mike and Boyer, which alone makes it rather special and fun to watch. It must be remembered, however, that the workouts Boyer was utilizing were designed by Arthur Jones - not Mike Mentzer. Mike was simply making sure that Boyer followed the protocol that Arthur had laid out for him. It should also be remembered that this was recorded 10 years prior to Mike formulating his principles for Heavy Duty training (his revised version) and 13 years before the publication of Heavy Duty II: Mind and Body, in which he refined the principles even further. That bit of context out of the way, I hope you enjoy this historic video.
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