Can We Debunk Mike Mentzer's Most Popular Philosophies (with science)

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0:00 Israetel discusses Mentzer
2:26 What is HIT?
8:56 Mike Breaks Down Mentzer Quotes
16:35 Mike Mentzer Quote 2
22:15 Mike Mentzer Quote 3
27:34 Mike Mentzer Quote 4
30:45 Mike Mentzer Quote 5
34:02 Mike Mentzer Quote 6
37:27 Mike Mentzer Quote 7
40:16 Mike Mentzer Quote 8
43:52 Mike Mentzer Quote 9
50:03 Mike Mentzer Quote 10
54:02 Mike's thoughts on Mentzer
57:40 Take Aways

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@Ro__fittt 2 ай бұрын

I can hear Dr Mike swinging his legs under his desk

@Willrell 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Your__fit__realtor 2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@jimi1943 2 ай бұрын

This is hilarious😂

@HkFinn83 2 ай бұрын

His little legs are sooooo cute!

@bingetobuff5468 2 ай бұрын

Dead🤣🤣

@mithilaum 2 ай бұрын

Mike on Mike crime.

@mann8098 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@mastermasih 2 ай бұрын

hahahahaha

@greggyfontane1487 2 ай бұрын

BROOOO LOLOL

@President.GeorgeWashington 2 ай бұрын

I laughed so hard my liver is failing

@fitz2917 25 күн бұрын

⁠@@President.GeorgeWashingtonsame (it’s cause I abuse steroids)

@Iron.Historian 2 ай бұрын

Mike Mentzer is having the last laugh, he’s doing zero sets per week.

@bad_money 2 ай бұрын

Man 💀

@nerdmode5210 2 ай бұрын

I feel bad for laughing at this one

@valoranttv1856 2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@grixx9707 2 ай бұрын

NIT (no intensity training)

@littlelebowski7714 2 ай бұрын

Mate 💀

@beewalk34 2 ай бұрын

"Why do bodybuilders spend 2-3 hours in the gym??? Do you not have anything better to do???" -Mike Menzer

@jorinsullivan1356 2 ай бұрын

I remember when someone asked Mentzer what should bodybuilders now do with their spare time and he was like "read a book." 🤣

@richbrake9910 2 ай бұрын

Wow. that's 10-20 hours per week...That's crazy. I'll take 2-3 per week

@BroJacksonTradez Ай бұрын

Not when you're addicted to the pump. No place I'd ever rather be than in the gym honestly

@w1nt3rolymp1cs3 Ай бұрын

@@BroJacksonTradezi only do hour sessions usually but I agree. When you’re on a roll hitting an intense workout the feeling is unmatched

@mrmap4875 Ай бұрын

I think I'll just stick to my 69 push ups before sleep

@warrenhenning8064 2 ай бұрын

Mike Mentzer the recovery advocate. Mentzer the log book advocate. Mentzer the systematizer. That is how he should be remembered. It is good that we know things now we did not know 40 years ago and can improve our training based on that knowledge.

@user-fn1cd6mo9z 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree. I feel like if Mentzer had access to the training data we have now, he's exactly the sort of guy who would adapt his method to the current science.

@LAK_770 2 ай бұрын

Radagast the bird tamer - Radagast the simple - Radagast the fool!

@flow1188 2 ай бұрын

@@TheBarbellBandit He was so paranoid about overtraining he Trained once every 10 Year to not get overtrained.

@stevegaspar 2 ай бұрын

He was also the "effort" advocate the last couple of reps of the set should be very hard 🤷

@ranfan1820 2 ай бұрын

@@flow1188one set, one rep every ten years

@Oscar-fi1ev 2 ай бұрын

The fact that people are talking more about Mike Mentzer today than 45 years ago when he was in his prime is absolutely amazing.

@funkahontas 2 ай бұрын

Right 💀💀 Would love to see blud lifting now

@mcfarvo 2 ай бұрын

Posthumous glorification is sometimes the case with luminaries that were under-appreciated by their contemporary audience/peers. Many poets, authors, political thinkers, philosophers, etc., are now more famous and respected than when they were alive. That said, it is often in these cases that the modern audience misinterprets or misrepresents or reduces (loss of nuance) the offerings of that dead person (and they are not around now, obviously, to offer any correction or clarification or challenge or demonstration of how their own thinking changed on the subject in their own life).

@1TieDye1 2 ай бұрын

Internet+increased popularity of bodybuilding and gym culture

@keithgeiman5530 2 ай бұрын

Historic people are generally talked about more after their death than while they're alive.

@user-he4ef9br7z 2 ай бұрын

Mostly just algorithm induced hype.

@ninasethi 2 ай бұрын

I will spend the next 1 hour, 1 minute and 37 seconds edging to the sound of Dr. Mikes voice. Glorious.

@tyvekhomewrap9164 2 ай бұрын

There's a replay button for a reason bro

@ninasethi 2 ай бұрын

It just hits harder the first time around, you can't recreate that rush once you've heard it bro@@tyvekhomewrap9164

@tomb8419 2 ай бұрын

Nothing makes me harder than doing HIT training while Dr Mike tells me how wrong and stupid I am

@debaronAZK 2 ай бұрын

seems like a joke but we both know better

@victorrockwood 2 ай бұрын

That is so hot❤

@i000110001100 2 ай бұрын

Avert your gaze miscreants. This is the members only version that was accidentally uploaded to SerfTube

@berniekerns4281 2 ай бұрын

So you're sayin there's a chance...

@mediaisthevirus 2 ай бұрын

Much needed W for the peasants

@joeblow5658 2 ай бұрын

😅

@microwavetechnician7493 2 ай бұрын

Im here to eat your content rich boy

@voightkampffchamp 2 ай бұрын

We're not worthy! But will take it

@user-hn9fr7mn3x 2 ай бұрын

I’m doing more of a Mentzer and Jones plan and I’m having the best results of my life with no injuries thus far. Thank you Mike and Arthur 🙌🏻

@collectivismkills 2 ай бұрын

Yeah. I mean, all I know is that when I started doing only one set push ups to almost failure only once every 3-5 days, my reps absolutely shot up. So,,:maybe HIT doesn’t work for everyone or every exercise...I don’t know...but it sure seems to work for me.

@JohnDoe-id5ih 2 ай бұрын

@@collectivismkills Anything will work, as long as you rest enough and then do it again. People who criticize Mentzer (or any other approach) are just mad over nothing

@HerkulesNorsk 2 ай бұрын

Me to, I did 2/3 different programs for a 1 year and a half. Discovered Mentzer last summer and the result has been amazing since. Not just muscles, but also my mind is better. I am much more focused at training and at my diet. I realy do not care anymore about everybody out there who wants to attack MM, his program for training, diet and resting has worked Wonder for me. First I was very sceptic, but then I just went for it and never looked back. He stil be wrong or very wrong about somethings, I have my self changed some of it, like not doing superset anymore, but if his program is wrong, my experince is that many other programs is much more wrong.

@collectivismkills 2 ай бұрын

@@HerkulesNorskYep. I hear you and agree. And for me, as an older lifter (51 years), doing more than like a 45min workout is too much. I noticed with doing only one set, maybe 2 here and there, to relative failure, and then taking a day or two off between workouts, I could still progress without burning out. As I’m not on PEDs or even any TRT, it’s a very delicate balance at my age between progress and burnout. I discovered HIT almost by accident. During workouts I would do some exercises only one set for times sake, and because they were not my favorite. Interestingly though, it was in these exercises that I saw the most progress…quite rapid actually. This was surprising to me, but then I ran into Mentzer on youtube and it made sense. Maybe his program is not the end all be all, but it seems to work for me rather well. The only mod I make is to not go to absolute failure, but only relative failure (one or two reps before).

@cwsmith17 2 ай бұрын

Same here

@kukken 2 ай бұрын

Respect for keeping the Shake Weight in the background, game recognize game

@mirrorcube3709 16 күн бұрын

lmfao busted

@jayt6183 4 күн бұрын

I thought I was imagining that

@joe80ss 2 ай бұрын

Mike was right about a lot of stuff, and so was Dorian Yates. Nothing but respect for them.

@justaguy5345 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. People who say their training philosophy doesn’t work either didn’t give it a fair chance or did not do it properly.

@icetray2727 2 ай бұрын

@@justaguy5345or they’re scared to try something different

@justaguy5345 2 ай бұрын

@@icetray2727Very true. Sad thing is I almost can’t blame them. When I first tried it I was worried it wasn’t going to work. It was a leap of faith, but when I saw my performance explode in such a short amount of time… I knew this would be the only way I would train for the rest of my life. Thank god I listened to Dorian and Mike.

@icetray2727 2 ай бұрын

@@justaguy5345 for me, I’m not a slave to the gym anymore and my social life isn’t suffering

@nestosauce Ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@justaguy5345I’ve been using his methods for close to two years now and tweaked it overtime. My way is a warmup set, light set close to failure at 12-15 rep range, then two sets 6-10 reps with a drop set or pause set to ensure failure and get more volume in. What’s your way of working out?

@soonahero 2 ай бұрын

That Ronnie Coleman impersonation is crazy

@corellianmerc5365 2 ай бұрын

That wasn't Ronnie stepping in for the shot?

@johnd5805 2 ай бұрын

where is it? I don't want to listen to the whole thing

@mk677hd 2 ай бұрын

25:10

@johnd5805 2 ай бұрын

@@mk677hd thanks

@tiphainer7143 2 ай бұрын

It was to make up for the upcoming terrible Bruce Lee impression 😆

@ReegalP 2 ай бұрын

As someone who also does this, I very much respect your ability to create unorthodox allegories or analogies like "the HIT Monster" and just run with them for extended periods of time.

@biglew421 2 ай бұрын

One of us...

@StayTh1rsty 2 ай бұрын

The line about gaining wisdom through intelligently absorbing what the crowd is doing is a great example of why I love my membership here. The gems about life.

@rene9892 2 ай бұрын

I loved that too. Reminds me of Bruce Lee's philosophy. It was something along the lines of "Take in what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own."

@davidwalker8754 2 ай бұрын

Chat gpt-4.....Hitt monster frienz....

@tree9306 2 ай бұрын

its free hehehe

@rayzerot 2 ай бұрын

Definitely true though. If you work your way smartly through that crowd it's very likely that there are both experts and professional practitioners in the crowd. They've got the good stuff

@naruto8646 2 ай бұрын

Honestly you can counter a lot of teachings of Mike Mentzer with modern science be it a single set per muscle or holding muscle in concentric position for a time. But you can't deny the fact that dude was way ahead of his time considering his views on high intensity, recovery and removal of junk volume from training. Dude pretty much set up the foundation of modern exercise science.

@yt_hatesfreespeech 2 ай бұрын

modern science lol, modern science is only modern today, tomorrow it will change, science is the only profession where you can be wrong over and over again and still not lose your job, all you have to say is the science has changed.

@Steven_DunbarSL 2 ай бұрын

@@yt_hatesfreespeech And then back up your claim so you can get scrutinized 😂

@stevenroberts5741 2 ай бұрын

@@yt_hatesfreespeech😂😂😂😂 I don’t think you have really grasped what the scientific method is..😂😂

@tillburr6799 2 ай бұрын

@@yt_hatesfreespeech well yeah, that do be the point of science

@flow1188 2 ай бұрын

first opinion counters second. Makes no sence sorry Fanboi

@Pengyz 2 ай бұрын

56:43 That Arnold accent was spot on

@MamaSwole 2 ай бұрын

shoulda wore a fake mustache for this video

@solidus818 2 ай бұрын

I used to have one 😂

@MarcillaSmith Ай бұрын

True. Missed opportunity.

@bratdfortd 2 ай бұрын

"cutting slack" is something you do when on a line (rope) like in rock climbing, but i'd imagine the term comes from sailing. by cutting slack, you give them more rope to move around with, thereby giving them more freedom. when you take slack, it makes the rope tighter so it's harder to move around

@drinkinouttacups2665 2 ай бұрын

Tried cutting slack then I tore my pecker off!

@DILFDylF 2 ай бұрын

But why is it "cutting" slack? Does that part of the expression use a different expression? Give me some slack makes sense, but you're not cutting the slack off and handing it to them.

@vnm.eyeless 2 ай бұрын

@@DILFDylFMay just be linguistics at work like with many other expressions in the english language. The only other origin I know for slack is the movement between train carts, meaning the space between them as they are often tied loosely. 'Cutting' may refer to 'cutting the distance' between them, making the bond tighter and reducing movement.

@DILFDylF 2 ай бұрын

@@vnm.eyeless Yeah I just went back and forth with ChatGPT about it and nothing got cut, even in the nautical sense. Rope was untied to allow for more flexibility. Soooo it's just kind of a dumb expression. Give me some slack would make more sense but 🤷🏽

@kodymcgrath7148 2 ай бұрын

@DILFDylF have you never worked in any trades? There's tons of expressions like that.

@genewalters 2 ай бұрын

I finished my 2 HIT workouts for the week before this video finished playing.

@jamalbryant3139 Ай бұрын

You still doing it?

@bogrunberger 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see dr. Mikes take on how David Goggins train. That dude is insane.

@SuperheroRockstar 2 ай бұрын

Dr. Mike is Goku in that everything he approaches is science based. Absolutely work your ass off, but be efficient and intelligent about it, and remember to eat and rest properly. Goggins is Vegeta, work until you pass out, then get up and work again.

@Iron.Historian 2 ай бұрын

David isn’t really training for the purpose of hypertrophy or getting jacked, he just wants to inflect the most amount of pain upon himself and go beyond his capabilities, I read both his books he’s inhuman lol

@uuh4yj43 2 ай бұрын

that would be interesting but i dont think their specialties overlap a lot. it might be a mess

@winthelottery4685 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say Goggins works out per se. He just administers great amounts of pain to himself. He is professional pain-applier. I think he would die before he starts getting sufficient rest and limit himself so as to not overtrain.

@rustneversleeps85 2 ай бұрын

@@Iron.Historian Self destructive behaviour comes in many forms

@imactuallyimmortal 2 ай бұрын

Did Dr. Mike just end the Mentzer beef and start an Arnold beef?

@iamapokerface8992 25 күн бұрын

arni is a scum so i see no problem

@fourcheesewhopper1927 2 ай бұрын

This is what I like about the fitness industry right now different school of ideas colliding at each other and me as a consumer pick up what I can learn to accommodate my own training needs thank you for this dr mike

@user-nc8gi5ti3w 2 ай бұрын

So glad this is released. This is awesome! Thank you Dr Mike. I’ve tagged RP in a few Mentzer video looking for these answers.

@aliyma 2 ай бұрын

Before critiquing Mike Mentzer's training method, better 1st have a look at this book and the links: High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way book Mike Mentzer and the science of heavy duty training kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNOAmMyF2sm0mXU.html Mike Mentzer did not build all his size with volume training kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fZh8Zrxoq7askac.html

@ViktorM1 2 ай бұрын

10 years of natural bodybuilding and I've tried every training style, a modified variant of HIT works the best for me, closer to Dorian Yates style of training. I've made the best muscle and strength gains on HIT as a advanced lifter

@flow1188 2 ай бұрын

Than you cant be an advanced lifter.

@ViktorM1 2 ай бұрын

@@flow1188 According to who? I’m as advanced as you can get, training and health is my passion and my full time job.

@Eustres 2 ай бұрын

@@ViktorM1 with advanced you mean that you have your fundamentals dialed in (nutrition, sleeping, recovery and technique) and also that after properly done training (example few mesocycles) you see minimal results, because you are so close to your potential that returns are diminished.

@Eustres 2 ай бұрын

@@ViktorM1also advanced would take like minimum 10 years of optimal training (im not saying you aren't im only stating what advanced is)

@ViktorM1 2 ай бұрын

@@Eustres That’s your definition of an advanced, I would say after 5 years of dialed in training and nutrition. I’m dialed in and advanced according to your definition. And with adjustments in my training program and training style I’ve made better progress than the previous years

@stefanpp1155 2 ай бұрын

Mike Mentzers voice sounds as if he was constantly talking through an old phone.

@DarkoFitCoach 2 ай бұрын

He was. Tapes recorded through fone

@gloccry2184 2 ай бұрын

his voice was muffled by the moustache

@merrickbryan85 2 ай бұрын

The technology used then is a pretty long time ago

@WiredTenshi 2 ай бұрын

And I love it

@ryankolbe365 2 ай бұрын

Drive out to the sticks in Pennsylvania and it'll sound like that when you're buying gas or getting an oil change

@westhamdan72 2 ай бұрын

Why have I only just realised Mike counts on the back of his hand

@President.GeorgeWashington 2 ай бұрын

He is a robot

@zackdavis7562 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the Space Ice recommendation, shit’s pure gold.

@tonysims9892 2 ай бұрын

A very well done review and offering of different perspectives mixed in with modern research updates. Opening minds with humor and knowledge is the best combination.

@charlesjohnson873 2 ай бұрын

I've never been a podcast or KZfaq guy until I found your channel. Your advice and input has certainly broadened my view and helped me look at everything from the gym to life in another light. I certainly enjoy the content and always love seeing more

@danielescada6785 2 ай бұрын

If you're going to talk about HIT, you should also do a video on how Dorian Yates trained.

@RBC0405 2 ай бұрын

Mike should train with him. That would be fun... but not for Mike :-)

@Scion15 2 ай бұрын

@@RBC0405I would pay to see the tables turned on Mike lol

@gporr7004 2 ай бұрын

Yates didn’t do just one set. High intensity sure but not one set. And neither did Mentzer.

@Scion15 2 ай бұрын

@@gporr7004 yes they did wtf?

@adam_toddster5367 2 ай бұрын

@@Scion15 Yates didn't lol. Mike did after he reached his peak

@thunderkat5282 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video for so many reasons! Loving the hypertrophy app btw!

@collemwillst1810 2 ай бұрын

Yo Dr. Mike, just want to thank you. I bought your book, built my weight loss plan and my diet from what I know from you. Works fantastically well.

@VernCrisler 2 ай бұрын

"I'll just block you." -- Most of Mike's humor goes over (or under) my head, but this one got me lol. So did his "beast" imitation and Ronnie Coleman imitation! ... Another great video that is sure to stir up all the Mike Mentzer fan boys, maybe the Randroids, too.

@NicholasBurdohan 2 ай бұрын

Making me glad I didn't get those Rand tattoos when I was 18. Sorry for your luck. Love the content bro!

@ahmedtahir8391 2 ай бұрын

My new favorite thing on the Intranet now is Dr. Mike saying "slay" 🤣

@Vintage_geek 2 ай бұрын

Dr. Mike doing Mentzer justice. An awesomely nuanced critique of a legendary bodybuilder that certainly deserves more respect than he gets...

@danzoilokingsrd3117 2 ай бұрын

I would love more of this philosophical long videos, very entertaining, interestin, and your houmor is great to keep one interested. Amazing video, more please!

@Torgomasta 2 ай бұрын

If you’re interested in hearing the ideas of the specific philosophy in the video, the Ayn Rand Institute’s YT channel has a lot of good information on the history of philosophy in general as well as objectivism specifically. It’s cool you’re intrigued about philosophy 😎

@chrism5126 2 ай бұрын

Yup, and I never get sick of his humor.

@danzoilokingsrd3117 2 ай бұрын

@@Torgomasta Thank you! If i was going to know more about a specific philosophy, then i would read about it. I would also say Dr. Mike's other youtube channel is good if you wanna see specifically him discuss ideas, which was kinda what i was requesting, but i would also like to see that philosophical discussion with exercise science too, because nerding out is fun. But cool, i'll check out Ayn Rand, thanks for the suggestion.

@MrBlick76 26 күн бұрын

I def piss myself alot with Dr mikes jokes

@kaldordraigo4020 2 ай бұрын

Volumegoober can't fathom the high intensity chad

@logomarkz 2 ай бұрын

Hit goober can't fathom the volume chad

@muscleandmath2910 2 ай бұрын

Voltensity can't fathom gooberchad.

@kaldordraigo4020 2 ай бұрын

@@logomarkz lift heavy, lift hard, lift with intensity or remain the same

@kaldordraigo4020 2 ай бұрын

@@Titan_ooo mans the type of guy to do light weight volume training and wonder why he's not growing or making progress mans also keeps up with the lastest lifting literature and still makes no gains

@Yoitsbobbyboy 2 ай бұрын

@@kaldordraigo4020I used to think you have to lift heavy too. Till I constantly kept getting hurt and would have to almost felt like start over. Started using less weight with better form and I’m larger than I’ve ever been and most importantly I haven’t gotten injured in forever. Kudos to the people who constantly lift heavy but I can’t do it. Too many injuries lol.

@radekstudeny6480 2 ай бұрын

Just awsome stuff as always👍

@DizGuys 2 ай бұрын

THIS!! Great post.

@sxhrgvs 2 ай бұрын

Loved the part about getting work focused, not goal focused. I think this is so important. People ask me what I’m training for… I’m not training for anything. I’m training to get better, forever, or for as long as I possibly can. It’s about habits for me, not end goals. Goals give you a reason to quit, stop or question yourself, if you get there.

@erinodonnell386 Ай бұрын

Not sure that I fully agree with this. Having smaller goals that build towards a greater trajectory of achievement can be really great for sustaining motivation. Keeps me not just going, but pushing myself to do better.

@gotomychanneltoseemyname 29 күн бұрын

That’s true but I also agree with the reply above me😂😂

@AndusDominae 2 ай бұрын

Cut slack = to cut a length of rope/chain/tether slightly longer than necessary, to account for length lost in context such as use of knots/bindings/variability(eg, tide coming in/out)/whatever. Cut, because it's literally cut. Slack, because if you pull the length across a space as long as the length strictly required, having 'slack' will literally leave the length slack as opposed to taut. Intermediary to the saying, to give slack on a tether (think letting a dog's lead/leash go a bit) you're giving a little freedom to whatever/whoever is tethered. So, colloquially, cutting slack = giving someone a little extra leeway because of context or to avoid being unduly restrictive.

@sobakuf584 Ай бұрын

Just subbed. Such a good bodybuilding channel

@JayKey1505 2 ай бұрын

Definitely some good advice you had at the end of the video… find then do what works for you.

@Oliver__5 2 ай бұрын

Do the Mike Mentzer pre-workout challenge

@Smellslikegelfling 2 ай бұрын

What about the part where Mentzer speaks on realistic amounts of muscle that can be gained and the amount of calories and protein required for gaining muscle? Especially the part where he talks about how muscle is primarily composed of water. I think that would be an interesting topic to dissect.

@jimi1943 2 ай бұрын

He was in med school so he know quite lot about that stuff

@LowTierFallout 2 ай бұрын

@@jimi1943We didn’t know dick about nutrition 40 years ago. Most “educated” people TODAY still don’t know dick.

@ClosersLife 2 ай бұрын

Love the thoroughness

@spec24 Ай бұрын

Conductors are responsible for keeping ALL of the instruments aligned in tempo, as well as increasing a decreasing the volume of any group of instruments or individual to better match the music being played. They also are responsible for indicating where inflections of certain instruments come into play. They don't just wave their wands to the beat.

@Ace_52 2 ай бұрын

I agree with Mike on this one

@vybezD 2 ай бұрын

I am trying to get as strong as possible, but i have to also do alot of endurance training and i fund that 1 set till failure and 2 sets per muscle group works really well for me and prevents over training.

@EastSaintNick 2 ай бұрын

Dope vid, Lot of insight to be made

@Pnw208 2 ай бұрын

People get so caught up in one way of doing things when in reality they are all great. There are tons of approaches that work. It’s best to cycle through all of them rather than just do 1. If you only do high volume light weight bro split it works great for a while but progress slows so instead of staying with that you should switch low high intensity low volume, then go to full body circuits, then push/ pull/ legs. Then back to the bro split. Keep your body guessing and get the benefits of all these programs.

@alexvillalpando7837 2 ай бұрын

As someone who has been in band and orchestra since 6th grade and now teaches orchestra, I feel honored to be made fun of by Dr. Mike.

@paullane7489 2 ай бұрын

😂😂. Yes it’s hilarious because he is a PhD, no bigger nerds out there. Right? So on some level he has to respect the educated. But he is a meathead too. Which makes it funny. Also funny because what side does he really stand on, PhD or meathead? I’m joking because of course you can be both. But it’s funny to play the total gym meathead too. 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

@josesibi 2 ай бұрын

This actually felt like a one hour comedy session. I'm working while listening to this and burst out laughing especially at the end. Thank you Mike :) Educative and hilarious at the same time.

@segaming1461 Ай бұрын

This is a great conversation

@debreakification 2 ай бұрын

We need to get subtitles for Scott in every video

@Cam_Lane 2 ай бұрын

Lots of hookups in band class. We had practice rooms with locks on the doors. Field trips with overnight hotel stays and access to school property well outside of regular hours.

@haydencapps 2 ай бұрын

Sounds pretty

@haydencapps 2 ай бұрын

Ghhheeeey

@VillaG89 Ай бұрын

That is very nice.

@RaveyDavey 25 күн бұрын

You should report that teacher.

@jerryappleton6855 13 күн бұрын

If a new or intermediate comes up to me and asks "which bodybuilders program should I copy", which answer is best? Ronnie Coleman? Jay Cutler? Arnold? No: Mike Mentzer. Why? For 2 main reasons: 1) It teaches proper technique, intensity and appreciation of recovery from the get go, and 2) It can be expanded upon. Starting with 3 workouts a week, 1-2 exercises per bodypart is a great foundation. Perfect it then starting adding. Add to the Leg Extension and Leg Press a Hack Squat and see what happens. Add to the Chest Fly and Chest Press some Cable Crossovers and see what happens. But with it all done with: 1) Full ROM 2) To or near failure 3) Emphasis on the negative 4) With plenty of recovery It's a great foundation.

@christianbell4413 2 ай бұрын

I bought the “partial reps don’t count” tank and I’ve gotten several compliments. Thanks Mike.

@dylanrearick6227 2 ай бұрын

Fun thing about Dorian, he didnt do ONE set. He would do one or two top sets per lift and worked up to it with multiple warmups, so his volume was higher than descriptions of his workout would let on, some of those probably more than close enough to working sets themselves to “count” for everyone but Dorian.

@gporr7004 2 ай бұрын

Agreed. Mentzer didn’t just do one set either.

@kelilemoore1998 2 ай бұрын

Can we all agree Mike Mentzer voice has the ability to make you believe the unbelievable

@h-k7804 15 күн бұрын

Not just his voice but his logic and proven methods

@luka5580 2 ай бұрын

My new favourite youtube channel.

@omidnamadi9262 2 ай бұрын

36:19 I believe cutting slack is referring to tailoring pants, if you have a pair with more material you have more play room to maybe size it up or down easier after the fact.

@Juggernaut-fg2up 2 ай бұрын

I got the biggest and strongest I've ever been doing Doggcrapp. Stayed away from it for years and years because I thought there's no way that's enough to be effective, boy was I wrong

@skeletonorama 2 ай бұрын

Only 3k views in 10 minutes? They did not fall off 🎉🎉🎉

@deadlyalliance8281 Ай бұрын

3 workouts a week. Back and bi's, chest and tri's, legs and core. Some moves overlap some muscle uses from workout to workout but that's inevitable. Everything is to failure and it's all high volume since it's only 3x a week. So high intensity, high volume 3x a week. Around 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight every day. My back and bi's(including shoulders) is around 20-22 sets, two-four of them being warm ups. Chest and tri's is around 13 sets, two of them being warm up, and same with legs and core with only 1 squat set being a warm up set.

@samsutton77 Ай бұрын

To your point at about the 12 min mark. When i started lifting. I was over training. But the results were cool to me. In 6 or 8 months. I was in a facility "job corps". I just lifted in all of my free time. I never gained weight. But muscles were hard. At 155 i could curl 60 lbs reps of 3 sets of 10 eazy. They didnt have 70's. Chest shredded. Benching around 185 3 sets 10. . Its nothing major. But i started around 95lbs. (6 months) Its just i wasnt eating extra. Just stayed in the gym. A 16 yo. Point its. You can train not eat and be thin shredded and strong. Prolly gained about 5 lbs in that time. Wish i knew what you were preaching now. I wanted to be big. But i was amazed at my change regardless. .

@ColourOfTheGods 2 ай бұрын

I think that Dr Israel should don the "Mentzer Moustache" and short-shorts..... he'll be a HIT advocate in no time

@ReDuVernay 2 ай бұрын

I think there a T in there.

@ice-xv1hi 2 ай бұрын

I've come to the realization that Mentzer and Arnold were the two extremes. Very low volume to extremely high volume (two workouts per day). Most people need something in the middle. The trick is to figure out what's optimal for you.

@sumdudenorris106 2 ай бұрын

simply become Tom Platz

@idx1941 2 ай бұрын

That is not how Arnold actually trained. Don't believe the bullshit that Hitters say about him.

@coltonkosto98 2 ай бұрын

Basically what I've come up with as well. Using RP techniques/protocols is a good place to start. At least for me it was

@BrockO7 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant conclusion! Use what works for you and be inquisitive enough to read and experiment and figure it out.

@damin1916 2 ай бұрын

Yet another wonderfull and truly inspiring video from RP team, thank you!!

@screwball69 2 ай бұрын

Oh god its a hour long, hell yeah

@StayTh1rsty 2 ай бұрын

I'm gonna fold so much laundry, I'm hype 😂😂

@chrism5126 2 ай бұрын

@@StayTh1rsty If ur hype your mom is probably folding your laundry! jk jk

@bhuvaneshs.k638 2 ай бұрын

Can we get an optimal workout routine for 3 days a week? Which combines sufficient volume and HIT High Intensity Training philosophy. Like a Modern HIT. Make a video on this.

@PlanetWiper 29 күн бұрын

3 working days, spaced apart by 2 days of rest is what I do for deloading/HIT phase.

@arthurdownes5198 2 ай бұрын

The take aways are extremely wise!

@jlevans1985 2 ай бұрын

What drew me most to HIT training was seeing Dorian tearing his tricep due to not recovering enough & ronnie coleman's injuries due to over training. What I get most from his work is a set of principles in to apply individually which was what he actually recommended outside of his books which were just examples of what he was philosophy to training. 1 set & consolidated programs were not what he prescribed for everyone but based on how you recovered from lifting to failure with proper form. as far as quote 7 i think its in reference to being the hero of your own life, like only you can really change your life

@Tiffany_Waiting 2 ай бұрын

Volumegoober can't fathom the high intensity chad.

@Wetterwet 2 ай бұрын

Is that a shake weight in the background?

@quinnjones6168 2 ай бұрын

Your anecdotes and dead pan humor is right up my alley.

@yoelmorales208 23 күн бұрын

This is an amazing video

@planetlumi4138 2 ай бұрын

An hour of glory

@citrixgateway 2 ай бұрын

So true! My preworkout routine consisted of this video and food- baller! Lol!

@Shon52 2 ай бұрын

Mike Mentzer keeping you big as hell

@bradleymahurin5582 Ай бұрын

Omg listen to 19:17-19:19 out of context. Thats hilarious. Also I just found ur videos tonight from a friend from the gym and I'm hooked

@ethicusgames3348 2 ай бұрын

Dude I absolutely love this content and you’re funny as fuck 😂 I’m sticking with you!

@joachimjustinmorgan4851 2 ай бұрын

Even if you prove 1000 times that more volume is better, once you discover that you can still make gains from fewer sets a few times /week, it’s hard to justify going balls to the wall on volume ever again. Even when I add more volume beyond a few sets per body part (normal), I do not feel like I make better gains.

@TiberiusX 2 ай бұрын

Honestly, if nothing else, I put so much more into my one set that I ever did 3x10. And though I've considered going every 3 days instead of every 4, I get so pumped to workout on gym days, and I sometimes still feel soreness on day 3.

@joachimjustinmorgan4851 2 ай бұрын

@@TiberiusX same, 100% same.

@hooktraining3966 2 ай бұрын

especially since not everyone is rich enough to workout all day and they have a limited time frame to get a lot of work done in the gym

@Meta_Meech 2 ай бұрын

You all are saying exactly what I’ve been saying

@silatguy 2 ай бұрын

You can make gains off anything so long as you have recovery figured out. I've done HIT but get a lot more size and strength gains from more volume and higher frequency

@srleplay 2 ай бұрын

This might be the definitive video on the issue. There are many good points Mentzer made but this resurgence of HIT is one of the most baffling things that happened in the fitness space and I was there in the early days of KZfaq fitness when even bosu balls had their day in the Sun

@TiberiusX 2 ай бұрын

Honestly, it's probably because the fitness influencer space is 90% on gear and if you're a natural you shouldn't train like someone on gear.

@EnigmaticAnamoly 2 ай бұрын

@@TiberiusX same case could be made for HIT. PEDs can also let you get away with less work and still grow rapidly quicker than a natural. A happy balance between volume, intensity, and recovery is all it takes. Sht's really not as complicated as some people make it seem. You don't need 20-30 sets per muscle....but that doesn't mean you only need 1 or 2... and lately everyone seems to think it has to be one or the other, without considering all the in between and the nuance.

@TiberiusX 2 ай бұрын

@EnigmaticAnamoly I think most people are somewhere in between from what I've seen. Not even the channels named after Mentzer think that his final workout plan was as good as his earlier plans. Most gear is designed to decrease recovery time which is why high volume works for them. I think perhaps it might seem like there are so many idealogues now is because his actual recordings are finally being published on KZfaq so more people are giving it a try. If you've been taking advice from people on gear who claim they aren't, then you try HIT you'll see results. Probably just because so many over train. Also, it's highly likely that most of the people who are espousing his routines DON'T plan to compete. They aren't working out to compare to anyone but themselves, I'm certainly never planning to compete, so why would I risk injury with overtraining if I'm personally seeing good results. I have considered experimenting with doing two sets instead of one, or working out every other day but with the same exercises to see if I get better results, but so far I've just pushed my working sets to the absolute limit and went home to eat a steak and it's worked pretty well so far.

@Tony_Technique 2 ай бұрын

mike you are the best teacher! Thank you :)

@erinodonnell386 Ай бұрын

My personal opinion is that goals can be helpful for me as short term benchmarks along my overall trajectory of desired achievement. They keep me working hard and motivated. For a while it was trying to get my first body-weight pull-up. So I modified my training to work in that direction for a couple months. Really pushed myself hard. Then it was trying to build a stronger, more powerful chest because I was having trouble pushing against people in BJJ. So I modified my training and really focused on a controlled but powerful concentric and a slow, controlled eccentric. For a while there I focused on shortening my 5k run time to get to a pace that’s under 9.5 min/mile. Because my overall goal is total body health and fitness, in addition to performing well climbing and for BJJ purely for my enjoyment. This kind of cyclical training works for me because it keeps me not just working, I’ll do that regardless, but working hard.

@spurzo-thespiralspacewolf8916 2 ай бұрын

Wish you would’ve wore a fake mustache and glasses for this video! LOL

@IrvingOOO23 2 ай бұрын

Well said 🙌

@kredonystus7768 2 ай бұрын

A good personal trainer is just like a good conductor. They aren't there for you when you're on point, they're there to point in a direction and to get you back on point when things go wrong.

@shaklla369 2 ай бұрын

Mike Mentzer is long dead. He can't defend his approach and can't debate you either. But, Dorian Yates is alive and in great health. He also has started his own podcast lately. Why not address him and debunk the HIT methodology? Or start a debate with him. At least he's alive and able to talk. Also, very important to note: Quotes don't represent any philosophy fully. They are just part of a larger ocean. And can easily be taken out of context. Mike Mentzer has also written books. Did you read them? I highly doubt it. With all my respect, but your take is just 'coffee talk'. This is not how intellectuals engage in analyzing and 'debunking' others philosophies and methodologies.

@miltkarr5109 2 ай бұрын

Stronger you are the less work you can do to get a response. Platz worked out legs every 2 weeks at his peak. Sterons definitely help from going catabolic in the off time.

@JM-83 2 ай бұрын

What’s a steron?

@karelenhenkie666 2 ай бұрын

I dont know , ehats a steron with you😂@@JM-83

@_baller 2 ай бұрын

The visualization part, makes it more real, Arnold was big into that too, when visualizing his muscles, it makes it more real, or more comparable to current reality and then easier to move towards, vs if it was just written down

@richbrake9910 2 ай бұрын

Fortunately, it's not all about science. Some people just need an effective abbreviated routine due to other obligations; however, as we know, ,there are not big differences in results from different routines. The big difference lies in genetics. Hard to debunk something that has thousands of satisfied customers, and unless if you've used it for at least six months (a year is better) one cannot make a judgment.

@KyleDayne 2 ай бұрын

Forced choir through middle school and orchestra. Went and played college football to balance it out.

@Nobodyyoucarabout 2 ай бұрын

Youre still gay in my eyes tho

@Meta_Meech 2 ай бұрын

Mentzer literally recommended 5 working sets per muscle group, a week. He went on to say train to failure and once you reach the intermediate level, to increase intensity instead of volume by doing things such as: Pre Exhaustion Peak contraction Forced reps Negative reps Rest pause training Partial reps Static contractions All of which has been backed by modern meta analysis so I’m not sure why we’re still debating this

@hooktraining3966 2 ай бұрын

It's hard to find a compilation of all of Mentzer's teachings and I think Dr. Mike doesn't want to go and track down everything he ever said (fair enough) so he is making assumptions of what Mentzer meant based off of little context. I'm with you though. Pretty much all that Mentzer has said should compile the routine of an advanced lifter are backed by studies that Dr. Mike frequently references.

@aliyma 2 ай бұрын

@@hooktraining3966 Before critiquing Mike Mentzer's training method that progressed throughout the years, I wish Dr. Mike 1st had a look at this book and the links: High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way book Mike Mentzer and the science of heavy duty training kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNOAmMyF2sm0mXU.html Mike Mentzer did not build all his size with volume training kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fZh8Zrxoq7askac.html