Just imagine the legend guiding you through your workout. Rest in peace, Mike 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Most dudes will never train like this. It’s really really tough to move your reps this slow. Their egos won’t allow them to.

What an honor to have a legend put you through a house of pain.

"I hear you Germans are a special breed. Prove it to me." 😂

I met Ray Mentzer in approximately 1986 at Tarzan and Jane's gym, Seaford, Victoria, Australia. He was a wealth of knowledge, a gentleman and very inspiring. It was a pleasure to meet him. Thanks Ray.

After 30 years of training, I just started doing my workouts like this, slow on the eccentric stretching and holding at the bottom for maximum load under tension. OMG, i've never worked harder and the growth is amazing. Sheesh what took me so long!

Mike mentzer changed my life allowing my passion for lifting weights to not effect my time away from family.

10 minutes workout. Shorter than the time being spent to travel from home to gym.

“Momentum is an outside force.”

This type of lifting gets me so hyped! If I'm not scared in that last rep I know I didn't go to that dark place.

RIP Mike, you're missed!

Mike Mentzer you continue to inspire us every single day! Rest in peace legend🙏❤️

My chest is pumped af just watching this. 💪🏻

Ray and Mike legends. Thank you for all. Rest in peace 💪🏼❤️

Say what you want but H.I.T. is definitely the most EFFICIENT way to train and no one can intelligently argue against that point. Just 2 exercises for 1 heavy set each to failure; that's just 2 sets total for chest and you're done. Training this way it is not even physically possible to do more than one set per exercise. But hey, if you want to train all day in the gym with high volume for the same results then be my guest, that's your problem not mine. FYI, I have 51 years in the iron game as a bodybuilder and gym manager, and have trained literally THOUSANDS of people. H.I.T. still remains my favorite way to train for the best results.

Warming up with the second exercise is genius 🧠.

That Pec fly machine was a gem. Too bad the gyms now days don’t have it

Rest in peace Mike you’re teachings will be passed on to new generations.

Mike was always so smart for his time

I've been taking this approach as a novice, this stuff works so well. This man was a gift and deserved so many more flowers.

Watching this is pure gold to me. This is hardcore. You can see how it all makes sense

I need to see more videos of this. Old school technique are golden

Mike’s eloquence is just amazing

I remember going to this gym as a kid and watching Mark train people... i wish i would of hired him as my trainer back then and took things more serious.

"the cadence is very important" - love it, what a gentleman!

Bruutal 🔥 You have to go to a special place in your mind to truly take this on the way it’s meant.

Glad I found Mike Mentzer channel

Need more of these videos

Mike, what a guy!

In my experience, the first 3-5 weeks are spent really getting a feel for your "to failure" intensity. Knowing how it really feels in your muscles which, if done correctly, almost makes you want to throw your limbs from your body it burns so bad lol. And afterward, you are absolutely spent. Like falling asleep on the car ride home spent. Once you're there you can establish your baseline weight and really start making some gains. Mind you I still grew and had huge strength gains even in this learning phase.

I love it. This is a real hard training 💥🤯

You gotta give this guy credit, he did GREAT, you are in the gym less time overall, but the workout is BRUTAL

This really work, iv been training like this now for over 3 months its incredible but so hard. I think about my training a day before my workout because i know how much im gonna suffer 😅

I love these kinds of videos they're so vintage

I did biceps today. I incorporated his bicep workout instead of the one that I’ve been following for the past 10 years. If you follow directions like he says and use proper form it will burn you out pretty quick. You really don’t even need to work out that long. 20 minutes I was done. My arms are still burning. Mike put a lot of emphasis on proper form and he is 100% correct it’s very important.

Marcus is an awesome bodybuilder in his own right!

Just two machines as intense slow and isolated as possible the min maxing of time is so efficient.

im getting sore watching this. amazing workout.

reallly awesome guy, F**** all the haters

Amazing I’m inspired

Always remembered never forgotten

Damn I'm pumped just watching!

"See now how easily he can hold it?" *Grunting in pain*

Mike was amazing

The fact that “more and more” from tiesto’s energy 2000 set is playing in the background makes this even better

Man i would love so much to have mike train me just once

Just did this workout yesterday morning. Loved it.

After 40 years weights, I've just started to train like this, 1 week in, good lord, its intensity on another level...💪😎🍺🇳🇿

Do you have a video where he does this but with flat bench press? I so need this, bruh. Trying to incorporate Mentzer's pace in my flat bench press is hard. I just don't know where exactly I should keep the weight as long as possible to stimulate muscle growth as much as I can do with deadlifts and squats.

Thank u

Is it just me or is it just looking at this video it’s motivating in itself 😅

I’ve been doing this lately and idk why I haven’t done it sooner. I’ve noticed size and strength!!!!

Fucking love this shit, i do get excited for every work out now, thanks mike!!

I have tried this technique nothing can mach this MM was an Einstein of bodybuilding

Mike mentzer. The real 1980 mr olympia

Every time I doubt Mike's teachings, I look up what he used to look like.

This is the right way to do a chest the speed matters . He is very right momentum is an external force .

Mike the man the myth the legend🤙

I just started this with all my workouts and would do so many sets but now i maybe can do 3-4 , and feel like i just started lifting weights for the first actually being sore which hasnt happened in a long time

This is the shit. Great video, great info, great science!

A great vid and especially seeing and hearing Mike, however it shows an inherent issue with heavy duty hit etc in that to fully embrace it you need really dedicated training partners, especially for the forced/negative rep aspects , such a shame Mike and Ray were taken from us too early,

I’m doing Mike’s workout and it’s incredible. It’s a hard hitting workout, but I’m out of the gym in a matter of 45 minutes.

Just did my first MM workout this morning…man am I whooped. I felt jacked all day though. Ready for a 4 day rest for sure lol

Imagine having a gym this empty - heaven 🙏

it works great 💪

I e been doing his routine now for 2 months and it’s working. It took awhile to get used to the 4 day rest between workouts

Mike, the original gym influencer

Marcus physique looking real good

I just play these to hear this guy's voice. No Diddy.

Wish my gym had an old school pec dec machine like that!

Yesterday i've done this workout with chest and back, 1 set, same exercises and after 1 day of rest i already feel my chest bigger. I will come back after some time to report my progress. R.I.P Mike Mentzer!

The good old mentzer ... 👍👍

Warming up with the whole stack

10 minutes goes like 2 minutes. That's literally magic!

i have to try this. i did that when i was a teenager and i had no clue what i was doing. i just saw my body get jacked but i left the gym in the summer and lost my gains. later i used more common approach simmilar to other lifters but did not do like mike did it or like i did it when i was clueless

I've try Mike's way- work fantastic, next day,- my body super- sore, as compared to a regular work- out, wich be kind little sore, soi good results, HIT- works- Rob- September, 2023

cadence is important is to eliminate momentum and create more time under tension, apply this to your own routine.

Anyone can say whatever they want, Mike Mentzer was a genius

I literally just tried a dumbbell chest workout using this time under tension technique for the first time. Literally had my chest on fire more than ive felt in years. Funny thibg is i had to use far lighter weight and less reps than i usually would yet it feels far better

4-5 second count is truth. Make 40lbs feel twice as heavy. Started training like this and haven’t looked back.

Bruh this guy Mike deserved to be stepping up on Arnold’s head

Realest way👌

Mike Mentzer is right I rested for 7 days, then trained my chest and I Increased my flies weight from 25 to 30 (20% increase)

I love High Intensity. I do a few sets but can finsh in 15/16 minute's

The way Mike laughed sneaky when the new body builder gave pose.. lol

i wish mike were still around

I absolutely love that the preview image looks like a gachi video.

This video is definitely a help for training

His definition of lightweight warm up 💀

"Momentum is an outside force."

- 🏋 Warm-up is crucialbefore starting any exercise routine to prevent injuries and prepare the muscles. - 💪 Gradually increase weights during warm-up sets to prepare neuro-muscularly for heavier lifts. - 🛑 Keep the thumb wrapped around the bar to prevent shoulder injuries, especially crucial for beginners. - ⏳ Control the lifting cadence to ensure proper muscle engagement and prevent momentum. - 📈 Aim to increase strength in every workout session by either increasing weight or repetitions. - 🔄 Utilize rest-pause sets for maximum intensity, but they should be approached with caution, particularly for intermediate or advanced bodybuilders. - 💥 Focus on maximizing intensity rather than quantity of sets, as demonstrated by the effectiveness of just two intense sets. - 🚑 Intensity training, when executed correctly, can yield remarkable results even with a minimal number of sets.

شكرا لك.فديو رائع💪💪🤝🙏🌷🌷🌷🌷

That's awesome, that's how winners should train

It's not just one set, it's the last rep!

1:02 "Although some don't" Bro just roasted Arnold I'llbebacknegger 💀.

Holy crap that’s intense

If you can still flex and pose after the workout is complete, then it isnt complete. :P but in all honesty that video is super motivating!! Thanks for sharing it :)

So, do I only do 2 sets each workout with one of the sets being a warmup??

I saw a lee priest reel where he’s pressing slow and it inspired me to do it also now I understand why pressing nice and slow is important

What can I use instead of Nautilus pull over?