And there was Marvin Eder, who never achieved Mr. America, but it was clear from the film that he should have won in the early 1950s. One reason the squat is considered such a great overall exercise is the sheer volume of muscle the movement exercises. I remember coming in on a Monday and Benny informed me that Ray had squatted 900 that past Saturday. Then his brother died two DAYS later at age 47. - 6 day rest - Day 2. Could someone from Nautilus pick her up at the Orlando International Airport the next day at 11:00 AM? Mike Mentzer's training style developed from HIT, High-Intensity Training that was founded by Arthur Jones in the 70's. Mentzer though, built on this model, opted for a 'Heavy Duty' variation. Rodales marketing team assures me that the book will be: Excerpted in Mens Health MUSCLE magazine (September issue). Undergrip row It's easy to drift away from high intensity principles. To compound the loss of Mike, on June 11th, at approximately 9:00 PM, Ray died in his sleep. Ellington Darden: I certainly did. As HIT decreased its following from 16 to 8 percent, high-volume training (HVT) increased its numbers from 16 to 24 percent. I do think, however, that the creatine monohydrate formula was responsible for from 25 to 30 percent of the results. Squat At that time, Cooper was the #1 running guru, as a result of a couple of best-selling books on aerobics. In the middle of the Nautilus compound was a non-descript, 30- by 50-foot, metal building, which was the home of 40 large crocodiles that Jones had brought in from Jamaica. Mike Mentzer Photo Gallery. Assuming you understand the meaning of deep commitment and very hard work, that routine will guide you to significant gains. Family, Partner, Biography, How To Make Pico De Gallo? Friday Viator more than doubled Hudlows rate of growth. He sort of reminds me of the character John Wayne played in his old western movies. In fact, Cirulli has been testing it for the last six months in his fitness center in Gainesville. He stood only 5'8 yet packed 215 pounds of rock-solid muscle on his frame. You can build up to it. Theres a lot of the interesting stuff concerning Arnold and Arthur in chapter 5: How HIT Humbled Schwarzenegger. Arnold, for perhaps multiple reasons, couldnt get the hang of high-intensity training the Arthur Jones way. After I perform isometric exercises involving large muscle-groups I am sometimes panting and nauseous as though Ive just maxed out my cardiorespiratory capabilities. Mike Mentzer Heavy Duty Workout Is One of the Hottest Topic in Bodybuilding. In his first bodybuilding contest, he met the winner, Casey Viator. As we discussed the topic further, I glanced across the lobby, which was in the center of four departure-arrival gates. Chin # posted by Paul @ 10:00 AM. Ray would subsequently go on to become a legend in the bodybuilding world with his vascular 20+ inch arms and then-unimaginable weight of 275 pounds. Edit: two DAYS not years, my b Drew Baye: So, instead of Jones training Viator for 10 months prior to the 1971 Mr. American, it was more like 6 months. After a while, we would have to pin additional weight on most of the Nautilus machines. That question will go down in history with Who really killed JFK? Ellington Darden: I certainly think timed static contractions have value. Answer: To paraphrase Arthur Jones, Rather than the best, Ill tell you the one that I like the least, which will be the routine that I need the most.. Ellington Darden: It was less than that. Among these regimens was the well-known Heavy Duty Training.. We can thank Arthur Jones for that. But in my experience, sooner or later, youre going to have to train alone and youre going to have to push yourself. I guarantee . Ellington Darden: When I joined Arthur Jones and Nautilus in 1973, it wasnt long before Hutchins drove to Florida to see for himself what was happening. He built a super, heavy duty hydraulic with a control that a training partner could operate. Photography: To illustrate the history, I also have more than a hundred photographs from the 1970s that are placed throughout the text. Only then do you let it return to full extension. Mentzer would spend hours in the gym every day when he began training. Ellington Darden: Ray did have a sense of humor and he often had a joke up his sleeve. One day, Martina Navratilova, the famous tennis player phoned. Serves coffee strong enough to stand an elephant on its ear. Ellington Darden: Actually, I guess what Im saying is that if you want to get the best-possible results from HIT, you must have Arthur Jones as your personal trainer. "The routine I followed was the essential basic Heavy Duty routine consisting of four to five sets per bodypart and broken into two workouts - The first workout would be legs, chest and triceps; the . I told Ken that compartmentalizing exercise and recreation was on-target and I thought his new concept was going to help our cause. Drugs, hormone injections, implants, and who knows what else, have destroyed professional bodybuilding today. For the first time in years, Im actually very psyched about my training again. It's part of bodybuilding legend how the squat affects overall body strength and size. Drew Baye: Whats your take on the current Mr. Olympia competitors? Today, I live approximately 25 miles from Ken. He was always clear about his goals and diligent in pursuing them. Flyes - 1 x 12 reps Thus, Viator moved from Louisiana to Florida during the latter part of June 1970. The Ray Mentzer story is one of success, but also tragedy. Studies since then have confirmed much of what Jones believed concerning negative work. But I dont think Arnolds triceps, nor forearms, were in the same category as Viators, Olivas, and Coes. Lateral Raise Rest 1 minute Divide the movement into thirds. By Paul Becker. Similar things can be said of delts, calves and abs based on the same principle. Ellington Darden: People ask him that all the time, and Ill shoot straight with you. His breakfast includes: Half cup of orange juice; 1 cup of oatmeal; 1 cup low fat milk; 1 slice toast; 1 tablespoon butter; Lunch. Remember, this was on an advanced bodybuilder, the hardest specimen to realize real muscle growth because of being so close to his genetic potential. My first response is to say that intensity is more important when youre younger (from 15 to 40 years of age), and form is more important when your older (over 40). Mike Mentzer's training routine Triceps Choose two different exercises and do them both for two sets. In his prime, Ray was one of the strongest bodybuilders, if not the strongest, with 900 pounds squatted for 2 reps. Ray is among the strongest bodybuilders I have ever seen, according to Bill Pettis. Since they involve no movement and have no potential for negative work, which hypothetically would produce little microtrauma, what do you think of their value for stimulating muscular size increases relative to full-range exercise? HIT workouts for days afterwards. Flat dumbbell fly (5 sets, 8 reps) 5. I suspect that due to something about the nerve-function some muscles are really reluctant to give 100% voluntarily. Squats - 1 x 16 reps "For a while Mike and I strayed from our high intensity, heavy poundage workouts into a program using lighter weights and higher reps. Staying off stages for most of the rest of the decade, Viator worked for Jones at Nautilus until 1978. Ellington Darden: Arnold spent a week with Jones in November of 1970 and, unfortunately, I wasnt around then. Surely, with the correct instruction and motivation, we can turn a reasonable percentage of them into HIT believers. Delts, Biceps & Triceps. When I went to Baylor University in 1962, there was a guy on the football team named Bobby Crenshaw. Ray used the same Heavy Duty Training training regimen as his brother Mike. Remember to use strict form when doing all of your exercises. Didnt Jones measure and compare all of their arms? For this discussion, though, I'm considering conventional equipment which restricts most large-muscle moves to multijoint exercises. Is the science of microtrauma and its alleged role in hypertrophy well understood? Ray and Mike both visited their mother while she was in the hospital. Mike and his girlfriend, Julie McNew, came over to my home several times for dinner and we had some far-reaching conversations, none of which had much at all to do with bodybuilding. Kens parents would not permit him to play football. By Steve Wedan (visit his website at www.SteveWedanArt.com). We bid him good night and invited him to visit us the next day at the Nautilus headquarters, if time allowed. Ive never taken Drews writings, comments as disdain for slow rep training. Seriously, I know that most people will have great difficulty even locating a knowledgeable trainer, much less ever getting a personal training session from Arthur Jones. John Little. And when an almost unbelievably muscular Mentzer materialized in 1979, once again it was due to another application of increased intensity. Tag: Ray Mentzer. As much as any of those Mr. America winners, I appreciate and admire Wilbur Miller. Ellington Darden: Now were talking about a probable world record for muscular growth, but as I point out in chapter 3 of my book, Viator had been in a disabling accident and his muscles had atrophied. Drew Baye: Who were some of the bodybuilders that you admired when you began training? I first noticed McCutcheon six years ago, when close-ups of his arms and torso were featured on the award-winning Bowflex commercial. Login. - 8 day rest - Day 3. Chin A few years later, a significantly more muscular Mentzer emerged in the IFBB and began an incredible career, climbing the ladder of national and international physique titles, growing gigantic in the process. 2022 Sugar Zam. One thing Cooper appreciated, our mutual friend noted (and this was no joke), was that we had not raved to him about Nautilus. Rest 2 minutes Rest 2 minutes "The secret, if there is one, is high intensity. And it can still be accomplished without drugs today. But when someone or something emerged, Mike would jump overboard or make himself invisible. Drew Baye: In chapter 9 of your new HIT book, you talk about meeting and working with Mike Mentzer. He won both the AAU Mr. America and the IFBB Mr. America and year later in 1978. Bench Press Binges on spoonfuls of butter straight from the carton. Ray too, died within 48 hours of Mike's passing. Published in the October 1971 Ironman, Viator's routine hit the bodybuilding world like a tsunami: three whole-body workouts per week, 20 all-out reps per set, sometimes only one set of an exercise and always very few working sets per bodypart. Ellington Darden: Negative work (eccentric muscle action) was kicked around haphazardly in the physiology world before Jones came on the scene. Squats 1 Set x 6-8 Reps. iii. Also, my soreness from deadlifts lasted an entire 7 or 8 days! He was at rep 15 and Arthur walked into the gym with a couple of people. Ive experimented with all styles of leg presses and this one is the hardest of all. With Mike and Ray Mentzer's tragic deaths, our visitors would like to know about last days of the legendary brothers. Since then, hed regretted not speaking up. Ken and I had been involved in a Nautilus seminar and we were waiting to fly back to Daytona Beach. Mike Mentzer split What was the Mike Mentzer's training split? Theres probably a few more, but I cant recall them right now. My original Nautilus book, initially published in 1980 and revised five times, sold more than half a million copies. Maintaining a healthy weight as a bodybuilder becomes increasingly essential, especially after age 40. It was starting to become a sideshow then. Drew Baye: How about a little word, or phrase association test that relates to the bodybuilders youve trained or seen? And what growth isn't created by direct arm work is induced by the indirect effect of torso work. Sorry for the humungous post Drew; hope it is useful. Arthur told Ray to put on his brightest, horizontal-striped shirt (he didnt want Martina to miss him) and be sure and drive the old, unwashed, company car, which had a broken air-conditioner (that meant hed have to roll down all the windows so air could circulate). Miller cant understand why anyone interested in lifting and bodybuilding would want to get involved with drugs. 2. His overall routines include about 50-percent Bowflex exercises and 50- percent free-weight exercises. Important, you must have a clock or a watch with a second hand that you can place in plain sight. Try this routine and let the detractors claim you do 'roids, sneak in extra sets after the gym closes or you're naturally muscular. The exact physiological processes aren't completely clear, but what happens on a muscle-training level is clear. Gwyneth Paltrow: what is the secret of her great look and feeling at 50? Ray Mentzer Stats As you can see, my book is distinct from the others. Mike started working out three times a week, and at the age of 15, despite only weighing 165 pounds, he could bench press 370 pounds (170 kilograms) (75kg). Our double-team plan had failed. During the competition, Mike and Arnold had a bitter argument that was never settled, and worse, continued to fester. Super-Slow - Take a full 10 seconds to perform the positive part of the reps and four seconds for the negative. We had been steam-rolled, and worse captivated somehow by what we heard. Make them alternate days, and try to rest on your off days. With the plan in mind, Hutchins hurried over but just as he approached, an older woman took the seat beside Cooper. Finally, it was the middle of April, a month before the Jr. Mr. America, and Jones realized that if he doesnt return to training Casey, Casey might get beat at the national event. HGH . I trained him multiple times. He passed away in 2001 at 49-years-old due to a heart attack. He handled almost the entire weight stack on every Nautilus machine and his workout was almost equal to what Casey Viator could have done in his prime. Also make sure to increase the weight in a particular exercise whenever possible. . This effect is only partially due to metabolic stimulus. Drew Baye: That 18-1/2 pounds of muscle built by David Hudlow in two weeks seems almost too good to be true. Mentzer wrote several books about weight training. Barbell CurlStage reps Rays brother Mike was the first and most obvious candidate for a kidney transplant. We are not medical professionals and nothing on this website should be misconstrued to mean otherwise. Ellington Darden: Jones said he had every intention of training his legs, but when he arrived he had a bit of a chest cold. Your goal is for each repetition to take 30 seconds: 15 seconds on the positive and 15 seconds on the negative. During the 10 years that Ken worked at Nautilus, he and I were involved in four major strength-training and fat-loss projects, as well as dozens of Nautilus-related seminars and workshops. !,especially now that hes dead and kept on raving about Casey Viator. The pullover done on a Nautilus machine is an example of an exercise that works a very large volume of muscle without being a compound movement. And he did so 41 times in 1970-71. Having trained on Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty 1 Routine (find that book on Mike's site as well) for 2 years before losing my mind and training on the more popular 3 day on/one day off routine for 5 or 6 years, it was a blessing to get back to the lower volume and ultra-high intensity type of routine*** My Cellar-Dweller Experience But Dave Hudlow certainly set my personal-training record for the most muscle built in two weeks. I have found it hard to generate an equal sense of intense stimulation using completely static exercises. Mike and Ray Mentzer Heavy Duty Training Mentzer's Lost Heavy Duty Secrets. Ray quickly surpassed the 250 lb weight threshold thanks to an excessive intake of calories. 1 1/4 Reps - After bringing the bar into a contracted position, let it return only one-quarter of the way, then contract it again. "It lasted 18 months, and every day of that period I had the same commitment and ambition I'd had in preparing . Mike suffered a heart attack while he was sleeping. Many years ago, the entire bodybuilding world watched Mike Mentzer grow very large. I apply many of the techniques in my workouts each week. Who is he? All rights reserved. When I found out that Dr. Darden had a new bodybuilding book coming out I was very excited. Ellington Darden: I like SuperSlow. The three techniques Heavy Duty prescribed most were forced reps, negative reps, and rest-pause. Theyd lift the weight under control and then pump up the hydraulic for a much heavier negative. Incline Flye Regarding what he learned from Ayn Rand, Mentzer said in an interview:. Leg Curl Breakdown (one drop in weight) The result: Jones built 11-1/4 pounds of muscle in 14 days, which is not bad at all for a man almost 50 years of age. Bodybuilding was a lot healthier then. Mike Mentzer was focused on High Intensity, Low Volume training, capitalizing on a six to nine rep range. You can make it work for you. HIT, of course, is the system of high-intensity training developed by Arthur Jones and codified and popularized by Darden, who was director of research for Nautilus Sports/Medical Industries, the company Jones founded, for more than 20 years. Mike continued to train and excelled in the gym and his academic pursuits. When I was around Mike, we got along fine. Then, he discusses how he merged his experiences into his latest publication, The New High Intensity Training Introduction It would be impossible to sell a book to each of those existing, 1.6 million trainees. The Mentzer brothers were fairly candid about the steroids they used, especially Ray if I remember correctly. 1978 IFBB Mr. USA Likewise, the indirect effect ought to be greater as well. The stronger he is, the more a set of exercise can make an inroad into his existing abilities. After graduating from high school, he worked in United States Air Force and started working out 3 hours a day and 6 days a week. Without getting into the finer points of the SuperSlow philosophy, I want to say simply: Ken Hutchins carefully studied repetition form, which was and is a subset of HIT, and turned it into a full-fledged business. But it was no use. After working with McCutcheon for week, I knew hed be ideal to use for The New High-Intensity Training. He admitted to spending three hours a day in the gym as a young man while serving in the United States Air Force. A little known fact is that Arthur Jones went through the same training program in Colorado as Casey, with one exception: He did no lower-body exercise. No problem, he simply dropped down on one knee in front of Cooper and continued. My reasoning is that a younger body can handle cheating much better than an older body, so as you get older, youd be wise to focus more on form than intensity. Dip This chapter describes a three-exercise leg cycle. Wrist Curl, Day Two Dumbell Flye Furthermore, he was generally thought of as being anti-strength training, anti-HIT, and anti-Nautilus. In 1990, I worked with Keith Whitley, a bodybuilder from Dallas, Texas, who added 29 pounds of muscle in six weeks 11-1/4 pounds of it occurred during the first two-week period. The 18-1/2 pounds of muscle occurred in 11 days, not 14. (The before-and-after photos confirmed that also.) timed static contractions have become popular with some instructors for use with clients who cant perform certain exercises through a full range of motion due to physical problems or injuries. Likewise, some of us even recall the few pictures published of a 19-year-old Mentzer in York the year Casey Viator won the AAU Mr. America. A similar result occurred when Arthur Jones put Ray on an eight-exercise, one-set-to-failure (drop sets being considered one set) exercise program in 1983. This would require a weight that would take you to failure in between 6 and 9 reps. Then, once you hit failure, keep going. Calf Raise Breakdown (two drops) As a result, I gave him some articles by Arthur Jones to ponder. Ray learned that Mike had severe cardiac problems while he was waiting for the kidney transplant, and Mike passed away on June 10th, 2001 as a result. Once he had reached that stage, Ray would ask his workout partner to assist him in performing another 2 to 3 forced reps while maintaining slow, precise form and controlling the weight.
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