Mike Mentzer: "The Science Of Heavy Duty Training"

Recently, Mike Mentzer’s “Heavy Duty” training method has been attacked by those who favour a more traditional high volume approach, citing studies by exercise science researchers such as Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. Although Schoenfeld doesn’t advocate the 20 sets per body part training that Arnold Schwarzenegger and others embrace, his conclusions on the matter seem to have been accepted by many people without further investigation. In this video, the major principles of Mike’s training system are presented by Mike himself, along with reams of science studies in support of his conclusions. The criticism that Mike’s method is “out of date” is shown to be unfounded.
Even more impressive, Mike came to his conclusions long before many of these studies were published, which shows that the data he analyzed from his clients, along with his logical thinking, resulted in conclusions that we’re truly ahead of his time, and that are only now being recognized by the scientific community.