I switched to Master Mike's program and the result is happiness. Before, I spent my life in the gym. All kinds of injuries and still continuing. And burnout syndrome. I'm so happy now. There is no injury for a maximum of 30-45 minutes in the gym and the feeling of improvement is incredibly enjoyable. Thank you Master Mike MENTZER
I used to train six days a week and I cut down to 3-4 ...for less time per session because I had to. I noticed that I started to get stronger. Now I go to the gym and don't center my life around it....and I get MORE results
I'm 53 & used to train excessively for years. Upon entering my 50's I have noticed a decline in performance & put it down to age.....however upon discovering Mike's training methods I have been able to reduce the volume significantly and I'm done in 25 mins. My bodyweight is increasing & believe it or not I have noticed a strength gain & on some movements they are the strongest I've ever been....go figure 🤔😊😉
The basic requirement to have succsess with Mike‘s HIT is, that you‘re able to activate / control the muscle you want to train, with the few exercises / sets you do. If you‘re able to do this, Mike‘s HIT is the most effective muscle grow method💯
There is no other person in the industry that has ever spoken more the truth then Mike and Aurther.. Too many fall into the volume that is shown in the magazines 4X10 and 4 exercises 16 sets later is yes a waste of time.
I would credit Mike with my gains, and I should, but I really want to credit him with SAVING SO MUCH OF MY TIME. It's hard enough finding time to be successful in business, be a good father, be a good son, be a good husband, be a good citizen. Who could find the time to get ripped also? As it turns out, anyone can. 💪🏻
I did high volume for years and although it did give me some development, it gave me more injury, low mood and burnout. Switched to heavy duty 14 years ago and my physique BLEW UP in less than a year and I’ve never looked back since. I only train 3 days a week MAXIMUM 30 min sessions
sooooooo.... I'm a believer!!!!! I'm in the gym once/week now... and I'm ALWAYS looking forward to it! ...there's no inner resistance like before where I used to "force" myself because "consistency"... ...and almost every other week, I'm increasing the weight on my work/out load... it's insane! ...so anyway, this past weekend...gym/bro [looks like he works out everyday, 3hrs/day and all that....and he looks good, can't deny him that]... ...but gym bro approaches me saying he's "getting scared" because I'm using "too much weight" and I'm too small [I'm currently 150 lbs]... ...mind you that i've just started my workout, ...i haven't even finished my "ONE set", ...I'm NOT struggling and forcing myself with bad form... I'm just lifting heavy weights... that's all I'm doing! ...and using Mike's high intensity way, when I start struggling, I immediately stop because I know, "I'll be back here in the gym next week, AFTER seven days"... anyway long story short... I was able to lift heavy ass weight [with good form/NOT struggling] that shocked me and apparently gym/bro who looked like the cover of a magazine! he looked THAT good. let's go! [btw, i'm wearing my headsets next time i'm in the gym! sorry gym/bro! i ain't got time to listen to ur BS! i'm busy lifting heavy ass weights once/week and loving it!]
I have similar experience, doing 4 exercises once every 8th day, heavier weight but with control and this seems very interesting for the chiks in the gym cuz they never seen anybody actually to work hard and intense with the weights instead to just jurkoff set every 5 minutes while on the phone 😂 I am very motivated to train now as you said, full with energy and pumped for every session ⚡
@@HragFarraGaming THAT"S WHAT I"M SAYING! ha! ha! coz right now, ALL I'm doing at the gym is just deadlifting! that's it! there'll come a time I might feel like moving on and do other stuff.... but if I can deadlift heavy/ass weight and be done in 15 minutes.....i mean come on bro!! lemme cook! but you my friend, ur killing it! imagine being excited for leg day!! I'm happy for you! lezzzzzzgo!
@@User107D bro...i'm literally done with my workout in 15 minutes! I actually feel guilty sometimes! coz back in the day, you know how we used to do.... 2 hrs in the gym, jumping from machine to machine, then forcing ourselves to come back the next day and do it all over again! ha! fvck/dat! good job my guy! happy for you! keep doing ya thing!
That's the best video of Mike's - Cheers! You can definitely train hard and long - Ronnie Coleman is bright example but if you had him do every move slow and to squeeze the muscle I don't think he would be able to do such volume of work... Anyways it is great to hears the sassy voice of Mike!
Ronnie also used steroids, which is a huge factor. Steroids allow your body to recover and grow incredibly rapidly so that you can indeed work out 6 days a week 20 sets a day, but for anyone who doesn't want to blow their heart up at age 50, Mike's way is the best.
I switched from doing the 4secs up 2 sec hold 4 secs down to normal rep speed because it was taking me 7-8 days to recover on the ideal programm... this was just too much rest needed so im going to try and see how my nervous system etc handles the load. Any thoughts on this?
at the end of the day, this is actually how Mike used to train his trainees and they made good results, i heard he only started experimenting with the slowmotion reps just before he died, im no expert though.
Hm for me the slow speed does not tax me at all,I don't feel sore at all! If I do fast positive with 2 sec hold and 4 sec negative am getting very sore on the next day... You need to try both methods but my advice is to be guided by the results.
Started this program for 2 months and when is the time to change your workouts? Do we include let's say more incline presses, more defining exercises? Or do we stick with the Day 1-4 workouts consistently?
You are free to substitute exercises as you wish on this program, but keep a progress chart so that you know if you are recovering and adapting sufficiently between workouts - and also that the exercises you are using and the manner in which you were using them is actually stimulating an adaptive response. Mike advised that as you grow stronger on his program, you will need even less volume and frequency because the demands you’re placing on your body are increasing.
