| High-Intensity
Training the Mike Mentzer Way profiles the high-intensity
training (HIT) techniques pioneered by Mike Mentzer, a legendary
bodybuilder who wrote the highly popular monthly column "Heavy
Duty" in Ironman magazine until his death in 2001, after
which time co-author John Little took over authorship of the
column. Mentzer was also a leading competitor, trainer, and
bodybuilding consultant. Mentzer was the first person ever
to earn a perfect score in the Mr. Universe competing against
other iconographic bodybuilders including Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Lou Ferrigno. Even after he retired from competition,
Mentzer enjoyed a huge following and fans whose devoted have
endured past Menzter’s recent death. Although high-intensity
training has been practiced by champion bodybuilders since
the 1980s, there are few if any other books published on this
highly effective approach. The hook here is that bodybuilders
can get results--and win competitions--by doing shorter, less
frequent workouts each week. HIT sessions are extremely time-efficient,
requiring that bodybuilders spend roughly 40 minutes per week
training. (Many bodybuilders would expect to spend three times
that long working out every single day to see results.)The
text is written by Mike Mentzer with editorial assistance
from John Little. The photographs offer a huge array of inspirational
and instructional shots of Mentzer (all from noted professional
bodybuilding photographers), both in national and world competitions
and in the gym. The focus of this book is on Mentzer's proven-effective
workouts and training techniques, along with pictures of a
world-class bodybuilder. Biographical information on Mentzer
rounds out the text and will hold particular appeal to fans
now that Mentzer has passed away. Please keep in mind that
we are not targeting casual weightlifters here: This book
is clearly one of our straight bodybuilding titles for the
hardcore, primarily male, audience.
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