Product Description

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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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7304 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

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.

From the Back Cover

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^TM 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
• • Advanced Heavy Duty^TM 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.

About the Author

John Little, longtime friend of Mike Mentzer, is the author of more than twenty-five books on bodybuilding, martial arts, history, and philosophy. His books have sold in excess of 600,000 copies and are now published in several languages.

Joanne Sharkey was Mike's closest friend and business manager. As the CEO of Mentzer-Sharkey Enterprises, Inc., she continues at the helm of the Mentzer legacy and operates Mentzer's official website at www.mikementzer.com

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Customer Reviews

Thank you Mike...
I have trained for years improvising,following routines from most well known bodybuilding magazines and off suggestions from people at gyms.Making some gains in strength but little in how my physique looked, as a result of training without any true insight to what I was actually doing.I am a type of person who can overtrain too easily and it was refreshing to study Mikes` HIT book.I have never been so enthusiastic about my approach to training.These past few months I have made more gains in strength and shape of my body by following the principles outlined in this book than ever before.I have improved so much physically and mentally that my wife and those around me have seen the difference.
If you are after answers,then get a copy of this book and open your world to a true alternative way of training.I can honestly say that this HIT book is something special from the great one himself.

ready for the truth?
Fantastic book, cant fault it at all. Mike was a very clever man make no mistake. I have wasted many hours volume training with very little to show for it but as soon as i used the principles outlined in this book i have been gaining regularly and continuing still. Ask any hard gainer what its like trying to build muscle and they will tell you its a nightmare, usually because they have been given the wrong advice. But with the advice in this book you will gain no matter how bad your genetics are for bodybuilding as long as follow the guidelines. The book is clear, well explained and above all makes sense. Another great book is-The wisdom of mike mentzer. I will add that this training is very uncomfortable! and can take alot of psyching up before starting your workout but the results are more than worth it. Give it a go you wont be dissapointed. thanks mike.

Wow, the worlds not flat after all!
Wow, this book has certainly opened my eyes to the new science of bodybuilding. At first I literally saw the principles of bodybuilding, like the old explorers who thought the world was flat and you'd be burned at the stake if you said otherwise, now this new approach which has completely amazed me, has been so well explained by the science behind it how we have been duped for so long with the old idea of 2-6 hours in the gym. After just one week of applying the principles i've so much time the dog has to take me a walk! and when i looked at my biceps i could have sworn they belonged to someone else, two weeks later my shoulders have made me chuck out a lot of my old t shirts and move up a size! I've never seen such quick results nor would have ever believed it possible. Well, mike will explain why!