Mike said, he could ONLY provide guidelines. He expected each trainee to tweak and adjust his methods/principles in accordance with their own unique physiology. Heavy Duty was never a “one-size fits all” system. Instead, it was a set of tenants, which were meant to form the basis of productive exercise.
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I didn’t read it yet, but I’m assuming 30 second positive, 10 second static and 30 neg. Sounds very intense! I always loved and respected Ellington Darden
Agreed. 100%. Though I love my current ntf training on certain exercises, some im going to incorporate more slower intense movements.
30 second negative, 10 normal reps and finish with a 30 second negative…no statics in the equation
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What I will say about Mentzer’s routines is at this point in my life of being 33 with three small kids I do like the idea of training to failure two times a week and only spending about 20 minutes in the gym on those two days. I have other priorities in my life and no longer want to spend 4 days in the gym, 1 hour per day.
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Mike seems to have forgotten then the priority of a bodybuilder is to gain muscle weight and not fat weight when he kept telling his trainees to push the calories. Sure he might have had his trainees putting on 30 lbs in 3 months, but if 75% of that is fat it is not going to be fun stripping off the 20 lbs of fat gained.
I still say where are all of the before and after pics of his trainees that made these miraculous gains on the consolidation routine he talked about. He said he had guys gaining 30 pounds in a couple of months well show me the photos. Ellington was publishing books at that same time with dozens of before and afters showing his version of HIT worked, so why was Mike let off the hook to show evidence for his?
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Mentzer was intelligent enough to know the difference. He was a world class bodybuilder. He was surrounded by other world class bodybuilders. I don’t believe he forgot anything.
I might think he ignored it.
He was running a business. He chose to use those words about gaining for a reason. They were misleading. Perhaps even to the average weight lifter/bodybuilder.
The guy is dead and gone long enough that I don’t need him to be on the hook for anything.
I will say that short HIT routines once or twice a week can work. Just not extreme consolidation and over eating.
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