Heavy dutyMike Mentzer
Heavy duty
by Mike Mentzer · first published 1993
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…back into it, but the constant pain and lack of progress finally made me give up. Also, I don't understand why his routine is so lopsided as to favor the lower body. Right now I'm doing Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty routine, which after 3 months has been fantastic. It uses HIT principles, where you are only doing the minimum work necessary to stimulate the muscle. This translates to 1 set per exercise twice a week…
on “The Scientific 7-Minute Workout” ↗…luxury of constant optimum conditions within which to grow. Real life kind of gets in the way. My routine was based on the theories and practices of Mike Mentzer, a strong science-based proponent of the Heavy Duty method of training, which Tim Ferriss’s method seems very similar to. It’s a real difficult call to make—not being able to examine the Tim Ferriss’s results first hand—but I’m gonna stick my neck out…
on “Tim Ferriss' New Book: Become a Superhuman” ↗