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High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way profiles the high-intensity training (HIT) techniques pioneered by Mike Mentzer, a legendary bodybuilder who wrote the highly popular monthly column "Heavy Duty" in Ironman magazine until his death in 2001, after which time co-author John Little took over authorship of the column. Mentzer was also a leading competitor, trainer, and bodybuilding consultant. Mentzer was the first person ever to earn a perfect score in the Mr. Universe competing against other iconographic bodybuilders including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. Even after he retired from competition, Mentzer enjoyed a huge following and fans whose devoted have endured past Menzter’s recent death.Although high-intensity training has been practiced by champion bodybuilders since the 1980s, there are few if any other books published on this highly effective approach. The hook here is that bodybuilders can get results--and win competitions--by doing shorter, less frequent workouts each week. HIT sessions are extremely time-efficient, requiring that bodybuilders spend roughly 40 minutes per week training. (Many bodybuilders would expect to spend three times that long working out every single day to see results.)The text is written by Mike Mentzer with editorial assistance from John Little. The photographs offer a huge array of inspirational and instructional shots of Mentzer (all from noted professional bodybuilding photographers), both in national and world competitions and in the gym.The focus of this book is on Mentzer's proven-effective workouts and training techniques, along with pictures of a world-class bodybuilder. Biographical information on Mentzer rounds out the text and will hold particular appeal to fans now that Mentzer has passed away. Please keep in mind that we are not targeting casual weightlifters here: This book is clearly one of our straight bodybuilding titles for the hardcore, primarily male, audience.
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This title presents the advanced techniques, most productive workouts, and life-transforming personal philosophies of bodybuilding legend Mike Mentzer. Whatever your level of fitness, you can kick your muscles - and your mind - into high gear with the radical training philosophies and advanced bodybuilding techniques of Mike Mentzer, the first bodybuilder to ever garner a perfect score in the Mr. Universe competition. The thinking man's bodybuilder, Mike revolutionized the art of training with his Heavy Duty[trademark] system, proving that "less is more" when it comes to making great gains. But Mike's most advanced ideas have never been revealed - until now.Direct from Mentzer's inner circle - friend and colleague John Little along with Joanne Sharkey, the CEO of Mentzer-Sharkey Enterprises, Inc. "The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer" gives you an insider's look at his most intense, in-depth lessons.Inside these pages you will learn all the fundamentals of: hunger - the code of integrity for displaying a heroic physique; philosophy and character building - why you need never again fear your competition; the science of productive bodybuilding exercise - Mentzer's fail-safe principles for building maximum size and strength; consolidation training - a lightning-quick workout that works "like magic" for producing phenomenal muscle growth; and, advanced heavy duty[trademark] techniques, such as omni-contraction training, infitonic training, and rest-pause training. "The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer" provides readers with a unique insight into the world of Mike Mentzer - the man, the philosopher, and the legend.
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High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way profiles the high-intensity training (HIT) techniques pioneered by Mike Mentzer, a legendary bodybuilder who wrote the highly popular monthly column "Heavy Duty" in Ironman magazine until his death in 2001, after which time co-author John Little took over authorship of the column. Mentzer was also a leading competitor, trainer, and bodybuilding consultant. Mentzer was the first person ever to earn a perfect score in the Mr. Universe competing against other iconographic bodybuilders including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. Even after he retired from competition, Mentzer enjoyed a huge following and fans whose devoted have endured past Menzter’s recent death.Although high-intensity training has been practiced by champion bodybuilders since the 1980s, there are few if any other books published on this highly effective approach. The hook here is that bodybuilders can get results--and win competitions--by doing shorter, less frequent workouts each week. HIT sessions are extremely time-efficient, requiring that bodybuilders spend roughly 40 minutes per week training. (Many bodybuilders would expect to spend three times that long working out every single day to see results.)The text is written by Mike Mentzer with editorial assistance from John Little. The photographs offer a huge array of inspirational and instructional shots of Mentzer (all from noted professional bodybuilding photographers), both in national and world competitions and in the gym.The focus of this book is on Mentzer's proven-effective workouts and training techniques, along with pictures of a world-class bodybuilder. Biographical information on Mentzer rounds out the text and will hold particular appeal to fans now that Mentzer has passed away. Please keep in mind that we are not targeting casual weightlifters here: This book is clearly one of our straight bodybuilding titles for the hardcore, primarily male, audience.
Synopsis
This title presents the advanced techniques, most productive workouts, and life-transforming personal philosophies of bodybuilding legend Mike Mentzer. Whatever your level of fitness, you can kick your muscles - and your mind - into high gear with the radical training philosophies and advanced bodybuilding techniques of Mike Mentzer, the first bodybuilder to ever garner a perfect score in the Mr. Universe competition. The thinking man's bodybuilder, Mike revolutionized the art of training with his Heavy Duty[trademark] system, proving that "less is more" when it comes to making great gains. But Mike's most advanced ideas have never been revealed - until now.Direct from Mentzer's inner circle - friend and colleague John Little along with Joanne Sharkey, the CEO of Mentzer-Sharkey Enterprises, Inc. "The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer" gives you an insider's look at his most intense, in-depth lessons.Inside these pages you will learn all the fundamentals of: hunger - the code of integrity for displaying a heroic physique; philosophy and character building - why you need never again fear your competition; the science of productive bodybuilding exercise - Mentzer's fail-safe principles for building maximum size and strength; consolidation training - a lightning-quick workout that works "like magic" for producing phenomenal muscle growth; and, advanced heavy duty[trademark] techniques, such as omni-contraction training, infitonic training, and rest-pause training. "The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer" provides readers with a unique insight into the world of Mike Mentzer - the man, the philosopher, and the legend.
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Those readers who have been engaged in serious bodybuilding for more than a year probably have realized that the growth of muscle tissue beyond normal levels is a relatively slow process. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Those readers who have been engaged in serious bodybuilding for more than a year probably have realized that the growth of muscle tissue beyond normal levels is a relatively slow process. Read the first page
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