Can't stress enough what Dr. Mike said there. If you can't recover before your next workout, drop the volume. If you can easily recover, increase your volume. It literally is that easy. Stop looking at training programs from your favourite influencers or from your friends. Every body is different and needs to be treated different.

@nolanwardy7409

5 ай бұрын

Boom!

@4.8Flatbed

5 ай бұрын

honestly never looked at it this way. love that

@dive2drive314

5 ай бұрын

and if your strength isn't increasing week to week, insert another rest day. I just started his routine yesterday but it's going to be a challenge only going to the gym every 4-7 days...

@ruan441

5 ай бұрын

@@dive2drive314 I go 3 times a week, started doing the original Heavy Duty program, but ended up adapting for my needs. I kept most of the exercises and added a few more (Dumbell preacher curl, Bent over barbell row, RDL). Doing pretty good.

@himesh2006

5 ай бұрын

Dr. Mike >>> Mike Mentzer

“I Trained like Mike Mentzer for a Week” is a funny way of saying “I worked out once”

@MikeJohnMentzer

3 ай бұрын

Mike personally worked out 4 times a week 30 minutes per session But he admitted natural people can't do that and need 3-4 days rest in between..so yeah Mike's program for naturals had you work almost less than once a week

@vvoof2601

3 ай бұрын

@@MikeJohnMentzer You're responding seriously to a clear joke.

@MikeJohnMentzer

3 ай бұрын

@@vvoof2601 LoL

@Nufatec

3 ай бұрын

​@@vvoof2601 well those are really facts😂😂😂😂

@mattflynn5925

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing lol!

I'm 66 years old. I've been training since I was 15. I have used Mike Mentzer's HIT, off and on since the early 80's. It has always worked well for me. Because of his HIT program, I attained 17 7/8 inch biceps, 50 inch chest and 28 inch thighs, with a 29 inch waist, at 5'10", up to 2018. And I was, and still am natural. The reason I have gone off and on is because of my job. I work all over the world and gyms are sporadic, have different equipment and sometimes are so limited that I have to do HVT (High Volume Training) with light weights, just to get some sort of "feel" or "pump". Plus I have to accommodate my time in accordance to my job and travel time. (I've had 176 flights this year) I ruptured my left achilles tendon during the pandemic lockdown, by simply stepping off a curb. I was bed-ridden for 6 months, had a $28,000 surgery, and the gyms were closed, and the ideal foods were scarce. I lost 65 pounds.{29.5 kg). Now I've been using HIT to try to come back. I've gained back 18 pounds (8.2 kg) in 17 months. I'm doing it slowly, because I want muscle not water and fat. My doctors have told me that my left calf will never regain it's size or strength. But I'm working it, and it's coming along nicely. Mike promoted carbs in his diet, but it was mostly complex carbs, veggies and fruit. Not simple carbs like bread, fried foods and pasta. I went to 3 of Mike's (and Ray's) seminars when I was in college. His seminars were more informative than his books, although I have his books. The keys are: Proper warmup. SLOW reps, 3-4 seconds up, 1-2 second hold, 3-4 seconds down, adequate rest (48-96 hours). He also wasn't "stuck"on the 6-10 rep regimen. He said, in every seminar, "If your goal is to get 6 to 10 reps, and as you're working out, you realize that you can get 12 to 15 or even 17 reps, then do it! Your objective is to work to failure. So if you can get 15-17 reps, now you know you need more weight. So in the next workout , increase your weight. THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE PROGRESSING". I've found that as I get older, HIT works best for me. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE. BUT NO "WORKOUT FORMAT" WORK'S FOR EVERYONE. I took Mike's HIT and adapted it. I have 3 warmup sets (compound), then the same compound exercise 6-10 X 2, to failure, and one isolation exercise 6-10 X 2 to failure, per body part. This works great for me. I know I'll never be as big as I was, but that's not my goal. I just want to be healthy. And I am. I'm 66, and I'm still working at my job. Not because I need to, but because I want to. And it's because of my training that I'm still capable of doing so.

@Russellviews

5 ай бұрын

176 flights in one year. Thats insane.

@wintertime331

5 ай бұрын

I tore my Achilles 22 years ago and yes it never fully regained the original size ,I did recover a good portion, as far as strength goes it took some time but have recovered most as well .

@billytwomey3810

5 ай бұрын

@wintertime what split did you use and what exercises, same as this vid?

@paddymcdoogle4025

4 ай бұрын

Tldr

@wildbeast1016

4 ай бұрын

​@@wintertime331you should try the ATG program then

he was pretty adamant about the 4 second cadence in both the positive and negative portions with 2-4 second holds at peak contraction (depending on the exercise). the slow reps are BRUTAL

@roguegorilla8981

3 ай бұрын

I do about 4-5 sec on every rep and I go to failure. It's legit the most hurtful thing you can do. Pushing that hard though I have backed off my set and exercises. Like Mike always said it's so easy to overtrain and I do believe that's a lot of people's issue. This high volume stuff just isn't it. You can't recover fast enough.

@MikeJohnMentzer

3 ай бұрын

THe slow rep almost caused a muscle tear to me during lateral raises

@KenMagnet2

18 күн бұрын

That's partly what I don't understand. He says 4, while on the Casey Viator he trains and emphasizes 3 Candence. What's right? Is it that they just have different ways⁉

@KenMagnet2

18 күн бұрын

video

Will is definitely my favorite fitness content creator. He seems like a genuinely real guy, no forced persona for videos

@asof6421

5 ай бұрын

I agree except for the “no forced persona” part. Its not a bad persona but hes clearly playing a character the whole time

@santoscarrillo2996

5 ай бұрын

He's just playing a social media character but his content is good

@albinwikgren6921

5 ай бұрын

Will, Sam and dr Mike are my favourites

@toufue_yang

5 ай бұрын

100%. His content is never boring.

@Harem__King

5 ай бұрын

Are you dumb he’s playing a role

The reason the muscle mind connection was so difficult on 6-8 is because you lift faster than mentzer. Check out the heavy duty routine where he is instructing a client. He usually does super slow 4 second concentric/eccentric. This means lighter weight but around 3x slower reps than you were doing. Compensates

@DuBstep115

5 ай бұрын

Imagine dedicating a whole week of your life to Mike without actually watching a single Mike instruction video in your life.

@user-kg1od9es5d

5 ай бұрын

exactly. I dont know how to say this nicely but Will's form is trash. He is not activating the muscle fibres properly with his form.

@NapsterRulez

5 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter, Mike's idea doesn't work anyway

@austin6996

5 ай бұрын

​@NapsterRulez it does but it's necessary to have a partner and also train those failure sets to the point that you are going to feel like you're dieing lmao

@iAmAlwaysCreepy

5 ай бұрын

@@NapsterRulezThat’s something you would say if you’re weak. I think you’re weak.

I think the problem with doing this for only a week is that you need at least a few weeks to figure out what your weight's going to be. Kind of like the issue you had with the squats. I've been doing the Mike Mentzer heavy duty ideal program since July and I'm really liking it. Like you, I couldn't believe that this was going to work with such little volume, but it's working for me.

@tomowen9412

5 ай бұрын

he also done pretty much everything incorrectly. mike recommended 3-4 days recovery after every workout. will took one days rest. the form was completely different to what mike recommended too.

@tvmeyer

5 ай бұрын

Good point@@tomowen9412

@hdvictoryford5329

4 ай бұрын

MM is incorrect, LMAO So the Mr O's he trained and praised him were also wrong. And watching you do your work. You did not read his book. You have too many mistakes to list. I am 73 and started using MM HIT methods for quite a while. They work and work well. HIT is not perfect but, when done correctly you will see results. The very first time I tried them I could not believe the way the muscle felt. And MM said you can only make 3 mistakes when doing HIT and you are making them all. Read the book carefully and try again. Hope this helps. Reply

@doyourownresearch7297

3 ай бұрын

it is silly

You are one of the most entertaining folks out here. Have me rolling every few minutes and you’re consistent. Love your stuff man. Thanks.

@SMathai

4 ай бұрын

An educational comedy show, possibly made me laugh more than your typical comedy show actually.

Mike also advocated for failing on the negative part of an exercise after failing on the concentric in order to actually push to failure, because failing only on the concentric is like half of the intensity needed for his plan to work. Great video Nevertheless Will 🔥

@joemomma8369

5 ай бұрын

silly question, but how tf do you fail a negative? I’m pretty sure gravity goes down

@BenoitC69

5 ай бұрын

@@joemomma8369Like after you fail to lock out your last rep on the leg extension, as your going back down, still fighting as hard as you can to do it as slow as physically possible. This is ofcourse not possible for safety reasons on all exercises, like squats and bench press.

@ryland69420

5 ай бұрын

@@joemomma8369The key is controlling eccentric movements. It is one of the largest factors for muscle stimulus. Take some simple dips for example. Lower yourself down as slow as possible and explode up quickly. Once you reach concentric failure, put yourself back on the bars and lower yourself down, step off, repeat. Or on bench, have your friend pick the weight up for you and then you lower it down. You will see improvements

@DuBstep115

5 ай бұрын

11:02 Mike would cringe if he saw that, he was all about controls and no momentum. He does one rep in 2 seconds, also I didn't see a single lift done to a failure. Did he actually dedicate a whole week of your life to Mike without doing any research?

@ironcladnomad5639

5 ай бұрын

​@@joemomma8369it's about failure to control the descent; if you're doing DB curls with a three-second lower and you literally cannot keep the descent slow enough to maintain for three seconds, that's failure.

The reason Will didnt really feel the 6-10 rep range is due to him skipping over the fact that Mentzer was very adamant on using about 3 seconds in the positive and negative portion of the rep, as well as a second or two in the static contracted part of the rep.

@pearce123456789

5 ай бұрын

Yeah studies show, I've heard, that you can grow from 6 to 30 reps. That said it depends on the individual most times.

@nab5999

5 ай бұрын

he actually even said 5 sec negative 2 seconds hold and 3 seconds positive

@DuBstep115

5 ай бұрын

@@nab5999 11:02 he does 1 rep in 2 seconds, the real Mike way would be 3 second lift 2 second hold and 3 second lower i.e he is ego lifting and control his weights. 10 reps should take him 80 seconds, but will rushes it in 20 seconds

@tellingmamom6823

5 ай бұрын

yu can grow from 3 reps its just not as good@@pearce123456789

@silverhost9782

5 ай бұрын

@@DuBstep115 that part was obviously a joke😐

“This screams I was raised by great depression era parents” bro this is why you are 100% the best entertainment fitness KZreadr. Keep it up king.

Thank you for actually trying the Mentzer program seriously and not self sabotaging it like other peeps on KZread. I've been doing the Mentzer approach (modified) for the past 5 weeks and my results have been spectacular! My modifications is that I only do each exercise once per week (I noticed you did squats twice in that 7 day period.) I also go up to 15 or 20 reps on some exercises. However, generally I have been going with the 6 to 10 rep range on most things. Every week I have been gaining 3 reps or 5 lbs of strength on just about all my lifts. I'll stick to my modified Mentzer workouts for now. When it stops working/I stop making gains, then I'll add more volume.

@jasonglessner1932

3 ай бұрын

Update* still making incredible gains on the Mentzer program. I add one extra set to an exercise if I didn't gain anything from the week before. I've only had to do that a few times, though. It's mostly just one set to failure or near failure still.

@tempestindustries9446

3 ай бұрын

Respect bro keep it up if it works for u!

@jasonglessner1932

3 ай бұрын

@@tempestindustries9446 thanks man!

@appusgrstudio5260

Ай бұрын

Brother can u pls tell me ur exact workout split bc I am farmer from India I am very active And fallowing nobro split And after workout or next of my workout I am not get soreness Is it ok I do always up to failure And 48 hours rest between workouts So how do I know I recovered from Is Mike workout method work for me as a farmer between I am 22 So pls help me brother 🙏 What’s ur workout split and nutrition

@jasonglessner1932

Ай бұрын

@appusgrstudio5260 Hello! First of all, I don't claim any of my advice is fact, just my personal opinion. I think only 48 hours of rest is not enough. It doesn't matter if you're sore or not. I do each exercise only once per week in a 5 day split, then on Saturday and Sunday, I usually don't do any exercise at all. My split currently is this: Monday: Chest & Legs (squats) Tuesday: 20 minutes of cardio, arms Wednesday: Back Thursday: 20 minutes of cardio, shoulders Friday: Forearms, legs (leg extensions, leg curls, toe raises), abs (ab machine with weighted resistanc) My nutrition totally depends if I'm on a cut or a bulk. Right now, I'm on a cut with about two weeks remaining. 1800 to 2200 calories a day 120 to 160 grams of protein Very low fat consumption at 20 to 40 grams The rest is carbohydrates (about 55 to 65% of my calories I try to get from carbohydrates) I have found that Greek yogurt is an excellent bodybuilding food because it's extremely low in fat, good protein, and good carbs. I hope that helps!

The 6-8 rep range is a guide for you to select the weight. If you can get more reps, then keep going to failure and adjust the weight the next week to get you in that 6-8 rep range.

@YeahTheDuckweed

2 ай бұрын

Mhm, mhm. Then you can start dialing it in even further! Got 6 reps with a weight? Stick with that weight until you can get 8! Then progress to the next weight Something simple like that

@lewisseddon4351

2 ай бұрын

@YeahTheDuckweed Yeah, if you're not hitting the high end of the rep range I wouldn't move up in weight.

@Rivalunknown

Ай бұрын

@@YeahTheDuckweed Yep this is a type of progressive overload technique.

Hey Will, about the exercises that require 6-8 reps like lateral raises, I think the idea is not to up the weight and struggle, but have a lighter weight and keep your movements slow and controlled.

@iang8169

5 ай бұрын

Yep , for lateral raises didn't mike want 4 secs up , 2 sec hold and 4 secs down. To do 6 to 8 for that you need to drop the weight from what you can do 12 normal reps

@dive2drive314

5 ай бұрын

@@iang8169 Correct. The way Will performed those reps went against what Mike was trying to teach.. He would have cringed.

@gunnerrn

5 ай бұрын

Always up the weight or stay weak and skinny

@eddylorenzo5033

5 ай бұрын

Facts I thought the same

@jujuliftz

5 ай бұрын

I was about to comment exactly what you said until I saw this. The point of his trianing is to pick a weight you can fail within this rep range but with good form and tempos

Great research and applied knowledge. Love the humor throughout. Keep up the great work. New sub. ☑

I’ve heard him say if you can’t do 6-10 and end up doing 14 or even just 4, it’s ok, just go to failure and it’s how you also find out what your next weight should be! So glad you made a video about Mentzer bc I’m very inspired by his bodybuilding philosophy and bought his book & still waiting for it to show up! You rock man, you’re hilarious & always love your content, keep it up!

@MannyCarlos714

5 ай бұрын

What I do is if I overshoot the weight a little bit (where I could only do 5 reps), I just stick to that weight for the next workout with the intent to surpass the number of reps from that previous workout. If I did more, than I did something right regardless.

@Russellviews

5 ай бұрын

I tried to order his book and gave up waiting and had to cancel. It is so in demand. I shall get it eventually. Whoever has teh rights to his royalties is making bank.

@kylezdancewicz7346

5 ай бұрын

@@MannyCarlos714That’s another thing he says, if you fail your rep range only by a little, you will probably reach it the next week. Ultimately with progressive overload you should either always go for at least 1 more rep or add some weight from the previous session.

@MannyCarlos714

5 ай бұрын

@@kylezdancewicz7346 Yep. In my experience so far, whenever that happens, I always rep out more on the next workout

@chaosflower4892

5 ай бұрын

The science seems pretty clear today. Number of reps doesn't matter if it is taken to failure. 10 reps. 100 reps. If taken to failure they both yield the same muscle gain.

Mike emphasized that there is genetic variance in workout recovery. He would prescribe sometime 4-6 days between lifts for some of his clients. He was brilliant because he was calibrating and tailoring his muscle growth concepts to each individuals genetics.

@MikeJohnMentzer

3 ай бұрын

Yes he himself took only a day or two rest between lifts but he knew non steroid users need more

love the vlog style of your videos as always!

Slow down your tempo both on the concentric and eccentric (4 seconds, 2 seconds hold and 4 seconds). Remember that doing 6 reps doesn’t mean you have to go crazy in weight, but you can go crazy on time under tension.

You can tell how hard core this routine is as Will just looks progressively more tired as the week goes on.

@Broskiemode444

5 ай бұрын

it makes sense because mike was blasting every steroid known to man

@nicklaskristensen5484

5 ай бұрын

Cuz he does it wrong

@AthishPV

5 ай бұрын

He literally gave 2 days of rest lol, that's as anti Mike mentzer as you can get. And his words were "I'm not even remotely recovered from workout one" 😂

@fernandoangelessoto9301

3 ай бұрын

This video showed us how se didn’t train like Mike Mentzer.

Will has been PUMPING out the content lately, and every video has been a banger - thanks for keeping us well fed Will 🙏🔥

@tellingmamom6823

5 ай бұрын

Not the only thing hes been pumping if you know what i mean

@thiccluigi304

5 ай бұрын

@@tellingmamom6823 currently edging to your comment

@user-em2nz8bp9g

Ай бұрын

The info here is incorrect, though.

Thanks for the comedy! I've been starting this workout recently and have been doing the 4 -5 secs. concentric and 4 - 5 secs. negative and I tell you I start losing count on how many reps I have done because of concentrating so much on each rep. Getting to the last rep is very intense. Unfortunately Will, you need to slow down your rep speed then you will feel the full intensity. Thanks for the videos!

@rafaelgurgelroselli4589

3 ай бұрын

That is it! He is performing the exercises very quickly. He should do it slower and more isolated without moving his body like he is doing.

Excited to see my gym (Iron Fitness) in this video. Had the pleasure of chatting a couple of time with Mentzer in 70's 80's; seemed to be a good chap.

I used to do the high volume training when I started lifting and I stopped seeing progress after two years of training. When I started Mike's method it was like a miracle. I am seeing progress every workout like he said.

@QueenToKingOfSpades

5 ай бұрын

It’s like you have to vary training protocol regularly every once in a while to keep seeing adaptations, or something… woooooooow

@zwryy7622

5 ай бұрын

Bet you weren't pushing your intensity properly. Nothing special about this system, it's pretty shit actually.

@blakealtonen9858

5 ай бұрын

@@QueenToKingOfSpades i did the opposite more volume less intensity more soreness, your body gets used to the same thing law of accommodation.

@Ryan-wx1bi

5 ай бұрын

Same. I think his training is best for natty lifters too. Too much volume and not enough recover when you go with other routines

@sampetersson5887

5 ай бұрын

Changing routines is the mpst important

Havent watched willson for like a month or so and man i forgot how much I love his humour and his persona, just actually my most favourite youtuber ever. Cozyness factor 100/10. Will keep going, you look absolutely massive.

Awesome editing, didn't bored any minute watching this fun video I mean u have done everything like a superhuman whether it's diet or workout 😂 but brother this is insane but on point 👌

I love how the SMG music fits for what's going on! I would definitely try this style of exercising, but one day lol.

Thank you Will for your hard work! We appreciate your research, filming, editing, your humor, and putting your body through some difficult/weird situations. Thank you. Hope you and Katie have a great holiday! Oh and great sponsor transition🎉🎉 smooooth!😎😎

Will! Huge fan. I NEED you to put out more content like this. Youre so good at recreating past wrkout regimens. This is what drew me to your channel. 😌

Ive gotten results and enjoyed mikes training style a lot. In 1 month I was able to do 2 rounds of his 4 part beginner workouts with 4 days rest in between each workout. I added significant strength with almost all 2nd cycle of exercises adding around 3 reps to each exercise. I would suggest focusing on slower quality reps and pushing for failure to the max. This is better done with machines/partner. Overall I really like this style of training. It’s very efficient for people who don’t want to be at the gym all the time and enjoy pushing hard. I still do cardio on some off days but really benefit from more days off idea. Sometimes it can be 3 for me and I feel good.

What Will says about the mindset of only getting one shot to get it right is so spot on for me. Been following HIT for almost 2 years and I can say that hands down, this is the best I’ve ever done. I get better results with full body workouts 1-3x/week than I ever did with my “bro splits” 4-6x/week and every other program I’ve tried. My shoulders got jacked and my arms are more vascular than they’ve ever been. Whoda thunk that less is more? Unbelievable to me the progress I see workout to workout. You have to go past the pain threshold and not stop when it hurts, but when you get to failure. (Not with squats.) Be creative. Like I do single leg presses every other workout and keep the non working leg at bottom to “spot” myself. 6 second negatives add to intensity. Love it. Great post.

his advice to use a straight bar on curls vs ez bar is clutch. That and with a reverse grip pull down gives me the legit pump for biceps that we all want.

@iamh95

23 күн бұрын

True. I am now using straight bars in my curls along with his advise on the negative, man it really feels like my biceps are tearing apart.

Every video you've been posting for the past couple of weeks has been an absolute banger! I don't know how you can do this constantly, but congrats on the awesome videos Will (and editor Josh, since the editing has been superb too)!!

@TheIronMusket

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Nicolau! And yup, Will is indeed killing it

I like to switch to Mike's way every 4 to 6 months to reset and see where my progress really is. Do it for about a month, taking 3 days in-between workouts and throw some Dorian Yates in as well. He prefected Mike's way of training in my opinion.

You deliver the message amazing as always my dude, i feel HIT training program is goated (not the diet tho) when adding the time under tension principle. Manageable heavy weight with controlled movement 1 set to failure 3 times a week... That's a win.

I have been following Mentzer's program for a couple of months (training 2-3 times a week), and my progress is insane and I am stronger than ever!

@nikola_korneta

5 ай бұрын

Also the diet?

@thijs257

5 ай бұрын

Not really, but I like to think my diet is pretty good..

@za0za0648

4 ай бұрын

@@thijs257what is it like

@l042987

Ай бұрын

Hows your results been

Love seeing Dr. Mike more on this channel, my two favorite fitness people coming together

Please do more bodybuilder and golden era related content?? This was awesome to watch

Blocking the banana bite, Solid! This is the best informational/instructional video out there on the Mentzler workout.

One thing to remember Mike often had a training partner with him (his brother), so he was confident to push absolute failure and then some. I think when you don't and you're doing heavy squats (especially when you havent BB squat in a long time), it would be fine to replace this with a pendulum or hack squat. I think that explains why you felt you left a bit in the table.

Hell yeah. Mike is my favorite bodybuilder. Clicked on this video immediately.

@Moon.themetalguitarist

5 ай бұрын

Same bro

@Amag0

5 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. The more I learn about mike mentzer and Tom platz the less I like Arnold, he doesn't seem like a very good person (or at least he didn't)

@ZeroFlowers

5 ай бұрын

@Amag0 This was my initial take, but I've developed a new take. Arnold was a young egotistical gifted man who was at the top of his game and didn't want anyone taking his crown away from him. He may have cheated. Probably. But he is still an icon in the bodybuilding world, and deserves much respect for his contributions. He has matured as he's aged, and while still not perfect, he is someone who really set modern bodybuilding into the public eye. While learning about Mentzer did change my view of him, I just take the good with the bad. While Mike is my number one favorite bodybuilder, and I consider him one of the most intelligent men to ever compete, he let his hatred of Arnold get the best of him, and his anger consumed him and made him bitter. I love Mike, but I think he could've handled the situation with more open mindedness. Nonetheless, both are great, great men, who have inspired young men around the world to get off the couch and do something with their lives.

@Parnassoss

5 ай бұрын

​@@ZeroFlowers So imma deal with it like an open minded Mike Mentzer for you. I congratulate Arnold, shake his hand, click a photo with him and move on. Again Start working hard towards my goal and compete in the following years and they are still rigging it for Arnold and his buddies. Do you see any difference? in him being open minded about it? You are sugar coating his egotisticalness and insecurity as something good but why wasn't he being open minded about competing the right way. And he would have won since he was a gifted man. but nah he opted to rigged shid for himself cuz he was bussy. my english is not that great but hope you get the gist of my message.

@ZeroFlowers

5 ай бұрын

@Parnassoss I'm not condoning cheating, he should not have done it, he should have been reprimanded as WELL as the inside corrupt people that he bribed. But that didn't happen. What happened has happened and been lonnggg over with. Absolutely not giving Arnold a pass. He was a dick, 100%. I'm just pointing out that past his failures, he has done a lot for the sport. And as great as Mike was and as much as I love him as my favorite, he made mistakes too.

Mike mentzer has a lot of great info. Modifying his workout plan to your recovery ability is probably the best approach

@Amag0

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree, I want to work out more than once every 4 days, but I love his low volume extremely high intensity philosophy of training. So I now run a modified 4 day a week bro split (I find it easier to focus on just one muscle group per day rather than a PPL split) and just do 2 sets with 3-4 excercises per workout for like 6-10 total sets and I'm out of the gym in less than an hour. It's actually amazing how much progress I'm making rn

@DarkLord_Immoran

5 ай бұрын

​@@Amag0This is what I did, I follow his notion of high intensity but instead of one set per exercise I do two.

@WLWLWLW

5 ай бұрын

​@@Amag0nothing like Mike Mentzer

@WLWLWLW

5 ай бұрын

​@@DarkLord_Immoranyou re doing something wrong after my set there is no chance on earth i can do another one close to the intensity as the first one you have to all out

@Amag0

5 ай бұрын

@WL like I said, I have taken techniques and the philosophy and applied it in a practical and efficient way in regards to my life and how I like to train. I may eventually drop to just one set, but at the moment, it's a bit challenging for me to ONLY do one set. I know Mike said only ONE set, but like I said, 2 sets work well for me right now. Relax

'I Trained Like Mike Mentzer For A Week' is comparable to 'I fasted for one hour'.

I'd just like to take a moment to thank you for mentioning exertion headaches, Will. I've had plenty of them myself but I always felt crazy when I'd talk to people about them. I know now that the mere ability to lift a certain weight does not mean I should. 😂 I'm taking my fitness training much easier now (thanks, Dr. Mike; good to see you in this video).

Mike is my personal bodybuilding GOAT. Even had his quote on my graduation book in college and I just graduated last June! I'm a bit nerdy so maybe I gravitated towards his style more but huge huge inspiration on my life for sure.

@justaguy5345

5 ай бұрын

What was the quote? I’m a huge Mentzer nerd too lol

@kornisonkiseli3248

Ай бұрын

I appreciate his style and approach to training. But even more his independence of mind and philosophical orientation with regards to beauty and heroism.

dude you did not train till failure which is an essential part of his ideal workout

@DuBstep115

5 ай бұрын

and he did the lifts waaaay too fast because he used too heavy weights and couldn't control his lifts.

@matthewsipe8905

3 ай бұрын

Maybe, but he also has No spoter

@dynapak951rotti

2 ай бұрын

Nothing was go failure

This video had me laughing out loud, which I needed great job Will!

I switch to the Mike style work out a year ago and I have never seen strength increases like that before. I have a pretty physical job so I can do maybe 3 workouts a week. But even still some weeks I will do arms on Monday and they won’t be recovered by the following Monday lol

@AkshatGuliyan-hs6ew

5 ай бұрын

Can you give me a split please?

@OkPe-ww5rs

4 ай бұрын

Nice lol, probably calm down on the weight though

Mike also advocated for warm ups , the last set is the one that counts not just one set literally, he meant one working set that was til failure.

As someone who does train high intensity, the sets looked hard but weren't to failure.

@flynn425

5 ай бұрын

exactly. mike always preached training to failure, and here Will not only didnt go to failure, but very clearly had multiple reps in reserve.

@DerekIwasiuk

5 ай бұрын

@@flynn425 and how wiped out he was the next day makes me question how hard his high volume workouts are.

awesome footage keep it up loved it

Slow down, 4sec positive and 4sec negative with no rest pause and muscle under constant tension.

was waiting for this...thank you sir. Also, 6x mr. olympia Dorian Yates was greatly influenced by Mentzer and espouses a similar training philosophy to this day. Dude was arguably the pinnacle of bodybuilding when it came to crazy size plus unbelievable conditioning. Maybe a video with Dorian is in order....the guy is extremely interesting if nothing else.

@michaeldonnelly8068

5 ай бұрын

@user-le8dn2jr4j sources? He has went on record saying that he used a similar low-volume, high-intensity training methodology like Mike mentzer. He actually used around 2 sets for a lot of exercises and eventually cut it down to one set (doing so after actually training with mike mentzer)to failure...I would recommend you actually read the Dorian Yates biography.

@michaeldonnelly8068

5 ай бұрын

@@Psych1_- oh shit, my bad. thought you were referring to Dorian lol. Will did okay here. The HIT principles were pretty much applied, coulda done a little better, but meh

@iang8169

5 ай бұрын

Michaeldonnelly8068 Yates followed only a h.i.t hybrid of his own design . he still did the usual 4 to 5 days of workouts a week but only 45 min at a time . His typical workout for one body part was Ex 1 2 warm up sets , 1 failure set Ex 2 1 warm up set ,1 failure set Ex 3 0 warm up sets , 1 failure set So 6 total sets ,3 warm ups ,3 failure sets per body part .

@michaeldonnelly8068

5 ай бұрын

@@iang8169 yeah, that's correct. Although I don't know about "hybrid", he just applied the basic HIT principles to his training regimen. A little extra volume with the warm-up sets because of the heavy weight he put up. Really, with his unreal training intensity, his version of HIT is more or less the best example of the best example of the effectiveness of real high intensity training.

@mikafoxx2717

5 ай бұрын

​@@michaeldonnelly8068he went way too fast, need to under tension for 60-90s before true failure. The start of your set is the warm up and should feel "easy" enough..

Going to say it again, Will, we appreciate all the hard work with these videos. It’s a lot harder to film everything by your self.

I've recently subscribed to your channel, after binge watching several episodes. Great content mate 👍🏻 and the best part is your quick witted humour 😂 you are one funny dude! Cheers from Australia mate 🇦🇺

9:45 "hey call me Pam cuz I'm just excited to be back in gym" 🤣🤣

Finally started going to the gym because of you Will! So happy to Finally do what I always wanted to do.

Been working out following mike mentzer style for a while and i love it. I think the key is to do slow reps and have a training partner to go to complete failure. Think Wills reps were too fast

@markbennett4617

5 ай бұрын

Agreed ! All This work and he didn’t even follow the workout ! Twat

@caseyrobinette805

5 ай бұрын

Too fast and cut short of failure

So I wanted to point out a few things, in his book he mentions, you can perform a few warm up sets to find the correct weight range to meet failure at the desired rep, especially for legs. Here is my Mentzer plan that I just started yesterday and let me tell you, today I feel like I got hit by a bus, and last night when I finished my first workout I was vibrating everywhere, also finished in about 30 mins. Here is the plan, Day 1: Chest and Back Pecs Deck 6-10 reps Incline Press 1-3 reps Close Grip Palms Up Pull-downs 6-10 Dead-lifts 5-8 reps 2 days off Day 2: Legs and Abs Leg Extensions 12-20 reps Leg Press 12-20 reps Standing Calve Raise 12-20 reps Sit Ups 12-20 reps 2 days off Day 3: Shoulders and Arms Standing Lateral Raise 6-10 reps Bent Over Dumbbell Laterals 6-10 reps Barbell Curl 6-10 reps Triceps Press-downs 6-10 reps Dips 3-5 reps 2 days off Day 4: Legs and Abs Leg Extensions 12-20 reps Squats 12-20 reps Standing Calve Raises 12-20 reps Sit-Ups 12-20 reps 2 days off Day 5: Chest and Back Pecs Deck 6-10 reps Incline Press 1-3 reps Close Grip Palms Up Pull-downs 6-10 Dead-lifts 5-8 reps Give that a go mate.

I've done Mike's program, did it for around 2 years and I grew. It's intense, especially when you slow down your reps. I'm still training with heavy duty principles. I've written my own program, still growing, still getting stronger in my mid 30's. My body responds very well to this form of training. Is it for everyone? No. Should people try it? Yes! The thing is that people don't do it long enough to give it a chance. Good video, influencer whom I don't follow

I’ve been doing the Mentzer routine for a couple months now. I plan do it for at least half a year of continuing to track data before I decide its effectiveness. I think there’s 100% something to it though because I’ve noticed the biggest and strongest I’ve been is when I was consistently pushing myself until failure on exercises. And it’s logically sound since why would the body build muscle if you don’t provide it the proper reason/stimulus to do so? It’s all about intensity and volume is a lever that helps you reach intensity, but Mike advocated not to over-use that lever

@iang8169

5 ай бұрын

Before you hit that one failure set for say quads and chest , how many warm up sets do you need ? I've found that I need 4 warm ups for quads and 2 for chest , 2 for back ,2 for laterals , 1 for shoulder press , 1 for bis and tris so my total volume is still pretty high

@PryorGaming

5 ай бұрын

I generally do like 2-3, but for some isolation lifts I sometimes do 1 set of warmup. Also I keep the warmup sets below an 7 intensity level@@iang8169 But for chest, I do a few 1-3 rep sets as heavy as I can do before my set to ensure I'm increasing my 1 rep max. That communicates a slight lack of faith in Mentzer's program but I do just love strength training chest

Great video, happy to see Mentzer getting more respect for his style. To be fair, there's a couple of things not completely following his example (absolute failure, also on the negatives, using primarily nautilus machines because the form is the most important thing, and not using the EZ bar because your biceps would not be fully engaged), so I am officially asking for a part two.

@austin6996

5 ай бұрын

I agree I feel like he didn't do enough research on mentzer or his training programs... if you aren't feeling your muscles are going to explode you're probably not doing his training style correctly lmao

@Amag0

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've also watched another video of someone doing the same thing, and people only do the mike mentzer routine by using his lower volume lower reps approach and forget to fully dive into his training and use every technique given to truly push to absolute failure and sometimes beyond. Also, mike said that before jumping into his heavy duty workout style, you should take 2-3 weeks off the gym to let your body recover before hand. And the last thing I want to mention is that Will Tennyson only does this for one week. Like dude, you can't make a decision about something based off of 1 week of trying it.

@joshlovsbball

5 ай бұрын

@@austin6996I agree but honestly it’s not that bad compared to other influencers like Alex Eubank

Exactly what I have done. Read my first book in 2003 and I thought he was crazy, I couldn't understand and at that time I was training 6 times a week for 2 hours, just imagine when I was expose to that information I just couldn't handle it. But... I started facing problems, I wasn't recovering well from training and it was getting worse with time i was always tired and it was afecting me in other areas of my life like my job for example. Another thing was I couldn't progress with the weights I was using and in some movements I got weaker. So I thought I needed to learn to train for strength, I thought that was the problem, so I reach for help in a small Powerlifting gym I found and THAT was my first lesson, the first thing they teached me was about proper Recovery, so I couldn't help to remember about that book, so I started to be more open to that. We trained 3 times a week and I was psychologically shocked, I said what am I gonna gain training 3 times a week?..... well first thing that happened was I started feeling stronger, I started progressing on every movement really fast it was like my body was waiting for that for so long that I exploted, I gain 10 lbs in 10 months of training just for strength. Also I noticed that Heavy Duty is like hybrid between Powerlifting and Hypertrophy or that was how i.saw it. So after 10 months I went back training on my regular gym but with modifications, I cut from 6 to 4 days a weeek, I starting reading and learning more about Mike Mentzer but also Arthur Jones and Dorian Yates and I understood that all of them used the same principles but they made their own personal modifications. So I started doing that same thing, I kept reading, applying and learning from trial and error. Since then ( 2011 ), I've been developing my own style of Heavy Duty Training, for alot of years people told me I was crazy and I got criticisms every time ( I'm a personal trainer ), but since 2021 things are starting to change in the direction of this style of training, first change I saw was the newest IFBB PROS started to train alot slower emphasizing on the negatives, then the volume they use now is alot less than a few years ago, and as time goes by I see more and more inclination to Lower Volume / High Intensity, even videos like this are starting to surface and belive me 5 years ago NOBODY was talking about Mike Mentzer and Heavy Duty it was all about High Volume and doing more and more. So st the end Mike won the battle its sad he ain't alive to enjoy it.

Will, you get me pumped to hit the gym and inspired to eat better!

Keep going will this series would be fire ❤

Later in Mike's career he recommended training every 4 - 7 days, to maximize recovery.

The sneaky Kai Green traps photo slipped in there was gold😅

Bro ur references are so damn relatable. its crazy😂 the tinder notifications at like 9 min mark

He's great, but with how great his philosphy is, it should be gatekeeped 💯

@haydnebryant6090

5 ай бұрын

Gatekept*

@carlosthejakl8493

5 ай бұрын

Gatekept for only the select few people who see the hundreds of KZread shorts in circulation using his voice overs

@Zeemac

5 ай бұрын

"Hey Avengers was so great. LET'S GATEKEEP PEOPLE FROM SEEING IT" 🤡

@TensaiHARDSTYLE

5 ай бұрын

You have to do a lot of research to properly understand HIT. I mean you'll need to read and watch a lot of hard to find material, if you only read the first blog that pops up on heavy duty you're fucked

@arnoldprathap

5 ай бұрын

Best way is to test it and one can find it out

love that Mike is getting the attention. he was definitely on to something

9:41 I can't believe the editor incorporated this little sound from Mario Bros. when you hit a P switch. What a nice little touch.

Hey willy boy, u missed a few key things on mentzer's training method. He didn't eat 2000 cals a day, but he would eat only in smthn like a 200-500 cal surplus or deficit (I may be wrong with the numbers). Also, he did support higher rep ranges for certain exercises like calf raises (12-20 reps) or lat pulldowns (6-10reps), and it was a point of his that the rep ranges were just numbers he threw out there that felt good for the muscle depending on it's size and use, but stressed that ROM, form, and slow intense reps to absolute failure were key, and if you exceed the rep range then keep going and raise the weight next workout.

Damn post workout meal and Will vid 🥹 perfect day

I actually get excited when I see one of your new video notifications. Keep up the great content man♥️

@WillTennyson

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Absolutely hilarious hahaha. So witty, funny as. Love these videos

Perfect idea for a video. I tried it years ago. Lots of rest, lots of heavy reps, supersets. I got stronger but looked smaller and missed the cardio and workouts.

been loving low volume high intensity training lately and my progress has been great

"It literally screams we were raised by great depression era parents." That aged tremendously well for the times we're in

@wcm8909

5 ай бұрын

Imagine living through a world war, the Spanish flu, a worldwide depression and then another world war only to listen to people now complain…

I started doing this style. With my own variations. I can blast through workouts, and my strength went crazy in about 6 weeks time.

The only mistake I noticed Will making was that Mike Mentzer wanted you to go 4 seconds up, 2 second hold and 4 seconds down. Will was lifting at his normal pace

3RIR on leg extensions and 2RIR on leg press. No forced reps, emphasised eccentric, paused reps, the list goes on. Mike did not train as easy as this. Neither did Dorian. This is not training to failure. Title correction: “I TRIED training like Mike Mentzer for a week”.

@kylezdancewicz7346

5 ай бұрын

Correction: Training like Mike Mentzer, without the important parts.

@sman53

4 ай бұрын

Correction : absolute garbage video

I will say this style of training is underrated I spent years training with less intensity than I should because some “influencer” said I should do 5 sets. 2 sets with maxed out intensity so way more beneficial. And if you’re only training 3 days a week the intensity isn’t an issue because you have plenty of rest

@Amag0

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I totally agree. I'm only in the gym for around an hour including warmup as well because I only do 2 sets and waaay less total volume as well. Getting a spotter to assist you past failure is really good as well I've found

A lot of good information and I enjoyed the witty humor sprinkled throughout

Incline leg press is my FAVOURITE exercise.....the stars you see afterwards are insane

On leg press especially when doing higher weight amounts, you should practice raising the back rest all the way and allowing your legs to naturally extend past your torso on the sides. It’s a bit wider than what most people do but it opens up the hips and allows for full range of motion. Ever since I switched to this my legs blew up. The only reason I tried is because I injured my back squatting and leg press was the only relief. I highly recommend to anyone to give it a try, check out Eric janickis leg videos for more depth on this technique but it’s so helpful

@YawningOfficer

5 ай бұрын

Doesn't raising back will just give back pain?

I love training to failure. It’s a true test of your Willpower

Lmaoooo omg i had to stop right at 12:21 it was too funny plus the scary theme 😂 had me dying

Tempo,pausing etc is SO IMPORTANT with this as is WARM UP for every diff body part.Later Mentzer added more reps..Its ALL about more time outside the gym. eg studying if a Student say.

Being a lifelong lifter, as I've gotten older I have enjoyed doing periods of doing 3x5s and focusing on heavier weight. This is only for 3 days a week on my second workout, the first being cardio-focused. It is nice to hit the heavy stuff to break a plateau and just to simply push some weight.

@gangsterSoup

5 ай бұрын

How old u is

@gangsterSoup

5 ай бұрын

U lik real old lik 40 ?

We love you Will, please never stop creating videos!

Happy that Mike's work is appreciated now. Working for a week or month like Mike mentzer isn't gone yeild result for that matter any form of training. I'd you really want explore and understand a system you have spent time and energy on it. It's trend to do video I tried for a 'week and month' but that serve the purpose apart from views.

Mike mentzer said, he alowwed warm up set but don't go to heavy just do as much as you need (1-3sets warm up), and go to working set until faillure, and you need to control the movement, 3 second positive move 3 second hold and 3 second negative move, never stop at the relax position only stop at flex position, and for the last reps hold at the peak of movement untill failure (10-25second) (hope you guys understand what i say, bc my english isn't that good😅) (always control the movement if you can't control the movement lower the weight)

8:46 I swear you are one of a kind 🤣🤣🤣

I've been working out for 10 months, and on my 4th month is when i found Mike Mentzer. Progress has been crazy the past 6 months once I discovered high intensity training. Hitting failure took a while to learn, since i had to callous and strengthen my mind. As long as you hit all out failure (partial reps, rest pauses, drop sets), all you need is one set per muscle group.

@arnoldprathap

5 ай бұрын

Amazing. Keep up the great work. Mike' s system definitely works

13:29 That running transition. Editor crushing it with the little touches again.

Mike is who I followed n my training yrs ago! Low sets heavy weight after warmyps!! Dorian Yates style!❤

Ive been using mike mentzers training style for a few months but adjusting it so I’m still enjoying my time in the gym so that I keep wanting to come back. I’m doing PPL with 6-7 working sets per muscle group and training every other day. So each muscle group is getting 5-6 days of rest. It’s been working wonders not just for growth and strength, but giving me more rest days to catch up on personal life things

@YawningOfficer

5 ай бұрын

Can you explain it better?

@za0za0648

4 ай бұрын

@@YawningOfficeryeah that was confusing lol

You missed the time under tension aspect of his training. So heavy weights wouldn’t necessarily be the way to go. Medium weights moved really slowly would be the way to go for those rep ranges

There is alot to say about Mr Mentzers philosophies and his body of work but one thing that cannot be taken away from him is that 53 years later people are still talking about it scientifically and personally and no one has proven his beliefs wrong.

I trained most of my life using heavy duty .From age 16 to age 32, short, intense and productive. I never got injured and was playing football at the college level. I would say that my body was durable and strong, never injured on the field but looking back, it was probably more difficult to get really high numbers on the big 3, squat, deadlift and bench simply because you don't but in the volume or practice to drive up the numbers. I did come up with a variation which is safe, short and highly productive.Its 1 set to failure, 3 different exercises per muscle group, aim for failure around 20 reps on the first exercise, 10 reps on the second exercise and 5 reps on the third exercise. Example for chest would be flat flys to failure 1x20, Incline dumbell press 1x10, flat bench 1x5. The concept is that you try to beat your reps everytime you train, if you get 26 reps to failure you increase the weight the next time. Split was 3 days a week, Monday- chest and arms, Wednesday- legs, Friday - back and shoulders. Write down everything and try to better yourself every training session. I am 52 now and remember how strong I got within 2 months back in the 90s.