MIKE MENTZER: LESSONS LEARNED IN TRAINING FOR THE MR. OLYMPIA

In this video, Mike Mentzer reveals the lessons he learned while training for the Mr. Olympia contest in 1980. He explains why he stopped gaining until he cut his training frequency back only four out of every ten days for half an hour to forty-five minutes a workout. It’s interesting to see that even as far back as 1980, Mike was questioning conventional training practices and understood the need for full recovery to take place in between workouts. NOTE: It’s important to remember that the audio for this was recorded in 1991, before he started training clients. After training clients for several years, he learned that training even four out of every ten days proved to be too much for many of them.