Mike mencer theory

[johnrss]

If any of you guys are interested in the theory of 'one set to failure' and the benefits of it you should come pay us a visit at Bodytech in Mt Eden. Our gym works completely on this theory and we urge everyone else to do the same. Come buy anytime for a free workout and check it out.

You can PM me for more info.

[diamond]

Mike used to be a big advocate of cigarettes as well.

In one of the last interviews he did before his untimely death he was sitting behind his desk and he pulled out a durrie and sparked it up.

The interviewer commented that he was suprised Mike was a smoker and Mike replied " i love them "

He had a great physique, and it was a pity that he and his brother both died so young.

Many commentators still think he should have taken out the 1980 Olympia ( the year arnold took it out after making a comeback after 4 years away from competing )

Here is a link to a vid from the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byt0DIoNIRQ

Arnold was a lot smaller and i probably agree with the people that say he should not have placed first.

Here's another vid, check out the shot of his arms at 1:20

[lazyeye]

any training method has its time and place

HIT works for awhile, esp if the trainer has overreached during an volume based training cycle beforehand

i believe ol mikey used to do a lot of "warm up" sets too, finishing in one all out..to vein popping and beyond failure

which...really isnt even what he was advocating really

[agent86]

There are a few variations on this "Heavy Duty" principle. The rationale is that muscle will respond to the stress of lifting a heavier weight than it is used to by building more muscle for the next time.

I think most bodybuilders use this method by trying to go heavier each workout. The idea is not to do too many warmup sets and so waste energy for the maximum weight. So the idea of 1 set maximum actually includes warmup sets as it is not good to go straight to a maximum weight.

However do not do many reps on each warm up set, just enough to get used to the weight .

So bench might be 10 reps on light weight, 4 reps on next warm up, 4 reps on next warm up then go for the maximum weight and do 4-6 reps. If you can do more then it was not your maximum.

For subsequent exercises you should be already warmed up so go straight to heavy.

Skip La Cour uses this principle which is called Max-OT training. If you google it you can get an idea of 12 weeks of training on this principle.

So this is trying to get this post back on track after youn idiots hijacked it on your ice-cream and steroid theories.

[boostinggtir]

I'd assume ice cream would have a decent amount of protein.

[SamWelly]

Then you would be a moron

[Mr.MC]

mmm

[imod]

I've got a copy of his HIT book if anyones interested.

[AgentOrange]

I've got a copy of his HIT book if anyones interested.

How much???

[imod]

$25