Heavy duty

Mygeeto · 03-15-2006, 11:06 PM

anyone ever read mike mentzers books and works?

does any of you'se train that way or am i the only person?

any other thoughts on heavy duty and mike mentzer?

ps: wether right or wrong he sure made us think
and he has me convinced..i cannot go back the way i used to train before i read his books...just cannot

Mygeeto · 03-16-2006, 03:22 AM

i know im not the only one to have asked about this? am i?
anyone even considered training this way? is there any downside to training like this? im gettin results from it and i wanna know if anyone has tried it and gotten benefits fom it....

anything related to heavy duty at all?

canablistic_Turnip · 03-16-2006, 06:30 AM

Traning mentzers Hit program

ruel · 03-16-2006, 06:44 AM

Heavy Duty!

cem · 03-16-2006, 07:22 AM

ive never tried it but i hear the downside is 2 much stress on ur joints, so the risk of injury is greater. Think of the likes of dorian yates, his training was very much like mentzers n injury got the better of him.

_bruce_ · 03-16-2006, 07:31 AM

I've watched Mentzers video, where he and Ray train that Markus guy. its pretty interesting but they only use machines and markus is kinda dorky.
Also his heavy duty writings are interesting... but I think in the end he was kinda bitter and very narrow-minded about other possibilities.
My workouts last 20 minutes and I would call them intense... but if they are heavy duty... who knows

go with what works and forget the fancy names.

FlexCabana · 03-16-2006, 07:33 AM

never trained that way. sorry

Monkey King · 03-16-2006, 07:49 AM

I train "Heavy Duty" all the time, for my level anyway.

But if you just train heavy then your going to get stiff and
have prity bad endurance.

So i always mix it with high rep light weight traing.

canablistic_Turnip · 03-16-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by _bruce_

go with what works and forget the fancy names.

Exactly there are so many theories out there but find out what works for u. I stopped trainning with ego (eg how much u bench ect) and changed my attitude to how much lean mass can I build.

At the end of the day the goal is to build muscle. If ur not making progress then u should be re-thinking ur program. Thats why I like Mentzer if u look into his program he always had an answer or a way to get over plateau's. Truly ahead of his time

**fahad** · 03-16-2006, 03:47 PM

the guy recommends training once every 6 days for 45 minutes....looool like this way ur limiting ur self from the most gains that u can make in the gym....

Mygeeto · 03-16-2006, 04:04 PM

mmm....i train 3 days a week, but on each day its a different part.
i dont believe im cutting short of anything, nor have i had any injuries training his way. but i guess it boils down to this then ayy:

whatever floats your boat

canablistic_Turnip · 03-16-2006, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mygeeto

mmm....i train 3 days a week, but on each day its a different part.
i dont believe im cutting short of anything, nor have i had any injuries training his way. but i guess it boils down to this then ayy:

whatever floats your boat

To be honest Heavy duty theory is a bit nutz but I'm crazy. I think it is worth reading especially the techniques even if ur a volume advocate because u can use a variety of techniques to extend a set

Mygeeto · 03-16-2006, 10:35 PM

this gets me thinkin, im curious to know if anyone actually takes thier set muscle groups to momentary muscular failure the way its described in the book.

and how effective people think it is, and if they would impliment it into thier routines somehow, and HOW they would....just a few more thoughts.

P:S im not to far from implementing the "super advanced heavy duty" into at least one of my exersizes..i just need to find a competent training partner/spotter