Mike was 40 years ahead of our time

I would say 50

There's still people trying to say calories don't matter. it's crazy how ahead of the curve he was.

Best exercise in the world, and it's free!

@@jonathanpratte1988 true that, best exercise for fat loss

40k steps a day for last 4 months

For how long?

@@fuuuuaa 40 to 60 minutes is a good place to aim imo (it changed my life and is the sweet spot I found for myself).

Thanks for your post.

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE are you the same John Little who's HIT articles I used to read in Flex years ago?

@@drugfreelifter I am -- that was a LONG time ago.

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE it was and who would have thought that I'd be in contact with you on here years later. Used to enjoy your HIT articles in Flex and no doubt will continue to do so on here from now on

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE Is there anywhere we can access those articles now? I stupidly gave away all my old Flex mags, but I can still remember much of what you said, practically word for word. Same with the interview you did with Mentzer too. Would be amazing to read them again though.

Agreed. Thanks for your post.

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE No you are very welcome. I always favoured his physique over Arnold’s. I believe he had way better conditioning and aesthetics. It was a shame what happened in was it the 86 Olympia. I believe that’s when Mike decided he was not going to compete on stage there after.

@@AscendHumanity why bring Arnold into this?

@@harryhirsch8527 because that was one of the reasons he retired from bodybuilding

@@harryhirsch8527 if Arnold had any moral compass he would have handed the prize over to the real winnner

Thanks for your post

Ok Gayligan.

I cried too. Mike was way ahead of his time. Lots of what he espoused was proven correct by PhD research that I had to study.

@@johnnys4782 Ok troll.

@@davidmaerz2756 whatever emo

Agreed, Chris. Thanks for your post.

Also because junk food does not contain a lot of important micronutrients (minerals and vitamins) that are essential for proper bodily functions. Things like magnesium, zinc, B vitamins, choline, etc. Along with an excess of things like trans fats, sugar and sodium. Eating nothing but junk food would destroy your blood profile

Satiation is not about filling your belly. Food has to taste good. I prefer a piece of cake with coffee than a pound of boiled broccoli. The first gives me energy, tastes good and doesnt bloat me, while the latter would do the opposite.

You can be on low carb diet but for not too long

Amphetamines will do that for ya. Great speaker nonetheless.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for your post!

Well said. Thanks for your post.

Yeah except you’re not going to feel like being very active if you eat pure sugar.

eating suger makes it harder to lose fat that just a fact no matter who said otherwise.. Especially if you're a natural person who aren't using roids

@@sugarcooki03 And it would unhealthy to eat nothing but pure sugar, which is why Mike said in the video "I'm not advocating that" but was, instead, making the point "theoretically" that if you are eating less calories than you require to maintain your present weight (your maintenance need of calories) your body will use your stored body fat to make up the difference, even if the calories you are consuming come from sugar.

@@infinity697 Your body needs sugar (glucose) to function properly. As Mike pointed out, if you don't get enough sugar in your diet, your body will manufacture its own by converting protein to glucose. So, not only does sugar NOT make it harder to lose fat, it's actually a necessary part of the fat loss process -- to the point that if you don't provide it, your body will manufacture it. Over consuming energy (calories) makes it harder to lose fat. This is true whether you're on steroids or not as you are still possessed of human physiology, which means all of us burn fat the same way.

You're welcome, J. Nico. Thanks for your post.

How are you doing after 5 months after this comment sir?

2 years strong im still at it myself

You don't just go out and decide to ''get'' healthy and fit, the desire should not have to be ''reinvigorated''.... It should just be your lifestyle. You should not desire to poison your body with garbage food and destroy it with inactivity. You overcomplicate it.

How?

@@bonechip01 I maybe heard his name a couple time but never looked into his work or knew of him.

Thanks for your post, Paul.

Thanks, Chris!

Thanks for your post, Chris.

Thanks for your post, Jeremy!

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE welcome 💪

Problem is mentzer was wrong....a calorie isnt a calorie...let's say you eat 800 calories of table sugar and I eat 800 calories from a steak....your insulin is gonna spike signaling fat storage..my steak will not spike insulin near as much...you are indeed what you eat

@@richardlawson6787 incorrect sir!this has been proven wrong time and time again with many university studies.please do more research sir!

@@jeremywscott9090 nope...correct...simple sugars cause weight gain over proteins

Pois é

even their mantaince calories i'm sure much higer than 2,5k calories.

“Overeating is the most dangerous part of bodybuilding” - Jay Cutler

Carry a notebook, write everything you eat or drink with calories in it, google the calorie counts at the end of the day. A food scale helps with accuracy so you know exactly how much of something you are actually eating as opposed to estimating or measuring by volume.

@@speakingmoistly9912 Notebook?

That is false. They didn't eat just 2500 calories. Maybe pre contest, but in order to gain muscle they consumed a lot more calories. The laws of thermodynamics already existed back then.

Mmm corrected yourself you did , much learned, you have

@@patrickmurphy5842 Love a Jedi bodybuider, respect you, and love you, I do!

You're welcome, sir.

Boy oh boy

Were u in a caloric surplus all that time???

Yes but only a small one, 3-500 calories surplus

Pbs ??

Glad you like them!

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE brilliantly made videos and something about Mike I never get bored listening to him. How he speaks, and writes inspires me.

@@Lonewolf__666 I’m glad to hear that. In all candor, I actually created most of these videos a couple of years ago. I had the audio from Mike’s seminar on cassette tape, and I knew that my tapes were starting to demagnetize, particularly ones that were 40 years old. Rather than just convert the audio to MP3, I thought a better way to preserve them would be to couple them with video and store them in my computer. However, I’ve had a lot of interest as of late in Mike’s approach to diet and bodybuilding and thought it might be interesting for people to hear his own thoughts in his own words rather than to hear it from me.

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE love to hear from you John. Loved the interview you did about Mike with John Hansen. And have most of your books on bodybuilding.

@@Lonewolf__666 Thank you, sir. Much appreciated.

You're welcome, sir!

Glad you liked it.

He wasn't very big. Under 200 lb

@@bigyosh8151 Still, I'm 152 lbs. at 5' 9", somewhere at 8-12% body fat, and my maintenance is 2700. Mike was a hell of a lot beefier than I. I wonder if he is referring to his contest maintenance, closer to 5% body fat, being 2500.

He was on steroids. Thats why he was mostly still beefy while cutting.

I don't eat carbs and when I do it's no more than 10-15g. So what's my point? I have more to give at the gym, than when I used to eat carbs.

Waiting for your time to see this

I've been doing this myself for about a month now and have had really good results so far. It took a few days to adjust but now I'm not nearly as hungry between meals as I used to be. Probably not for everyone but definitely works for me.

Bascially it’s intermittent fasting

Congratulations and thanks for your post.

It is a great pose, and became Mike’s signature pose in his final contests. However, I don’t believe he ever had a name for it.

You're welcome.

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How often do you have cheat meals?

@@robbenvanpersie1562 Once every week or so and they're usually only 10% of my caloric intake. The rest of my food is all clean

It may well be. But that is why everyone should figure out their own maintenance need of calories and start out gradually by reducing to, say, 500 cal below maintenance levels initially. Then make the decision as to whether or not it’s worthwhile to reduce the calories further, or attempt to make up the differential by burning calories through activity levels.

Hi Tod. Yeah, no kidding. He was in great shape.

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE Hello John. What state do you live in? I'm in New Hampshire now.

@@todbeard8118 Hi Tod, I don't live in the States anymore (I lived in California and Idaho for a while in the 90s). Living in Canada now.

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE Right on.

Thx for the history

My mate got ripped to shreds eating not much more than chocolate chip cookies while experiencing poverty one time. He was walking 7 miles to work and back at the time though which led to his ripped condition. So Mentzer was right

Someone on anabolics could easily get ripped with that kind of diet. As for someone with proper hormonal balance (or just not on steroids), you’re right.

@@DamaniJones anabolics just help you maintain ur muscle in ur deficit. dont talk if you dont know what ur talking about.

@@BuJammy You can if you take a different test.

People with degrees are dumb

eating low carb also helps but yes gaining muscle is the most important thing for body comp and probably general health

So what is the optimal training regimen for fat loss other than nutrtion ? Doing Mike's HIT along with Cardio, or just focus on Cardio until you reach your goal ?

Ohhh yeaaaaa. He was just like you…pompous turd

Fyi: its been 3 weeks I have been eating 1600 to 1450 cal and I am 131 kg now so I’m not sure is this fat or just water?

​@@mhashim4639keep going that's good 👍

You will lose fat a lot faster than you will put on muscle. 10 lbs muscle equates to 12 grams of protein eaten a day for a year. Mentzer mentioned losing more than 2-3 lbs of fat a week is unhealthy and you should be cautious as you may be losing muscle and/or sick. Everyone is different. If it’s working for you, continue to gain knowledge and seek the truth, your body will tell you if it works or not. Swimming will help more than running long distance will. Also a calorie counting book he was an advocate for 5 days of everything you eat divided by 5 to get your daily average. If you lose or gain weight after this then that’s also your daily maintenance level. What’s needs to maintain your existing physical mass at optimal level at that time, it will change as your change as well.

There are calorie counting books, calorie counting apps, and even webpages devoted to the caloric content of virtually every type of food.

@@HEAVYDUTYCOLLEGE but what about like your local pastry shop that doesn't necessarily have caloric information?

@@BasilMasters if the majority of your calories come from pastries, you might have a problem.

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