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  • An Introduction to Heavy Duty Training, Part 1

    n the early 1970s Mike Mentzer exploded on the bodybuilding scene like a meteorite blazing across the sky. Bodybuilding impresario Joe...

    Mike Mentzer and John LittleSeptember 1, 2003
  • High Intensity Q&A Part 1

    John Little knew and worked with Mike Mentzer for well over two decades. They shared an abiding love of philosophy and...

    Mike Mentzer and John LittleMay 1, 2003
  • Machines vs. Free Weights

    Shortly before his death, Mike Mentzer and John Little put the final touches on what would be Mentzer’s last book. Virtually...

    Mike Mentzer and John LittleApril 1, 2003
  • A Compendium of High-Intensity Training Principles, Part 2

    This month we continue with a discussion of intensity and ways to manipulate it for better gains, excerpted from High-Intensity Training,...

    Mike MentzerMarch 13, 2003
  • Stress and the GAS

    Stress is a popular topic these days, the subject of innumerable magazine articles and a favorite at cocktail parties. Because stress...

    Mike MentzerJuly 1, 2001
  • Your Get-Big Diet Diary

    To achieve your bodyweight goal in a predictable, methodical fashion, keep a food diary. Do it for four days: Write down...

    Mike MentzerJuly 1, 2001
  • Rest/Pause Training Pt. 1

    Due to the resurgence of rest/pause training we present the following excerpt from Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty Journal. The concept is...

    Mike MentzerMay 1, 2001
  • Hard Way

    Arthur Jones on intensity.

    Arthur JonesApril 1, 2001
  • Reach Your Potential In One Year

    Q: You claim it’s possible for someone to actualize the upper limits of his muscular potential in one year. You sure...

    Mike MentzerMarch 13, 2001
  • Average Expectations From Training

    “How much can I gain – how fast?” An impossible question, obviously – far too many factors are involved for even...

    Arthur JonesMay 17, 1974
  • Five Types Of Exercise: Which Is Best?

    With a barbell, while training without the help of assistants, you have only one choice regarding the type of exercise… you...

    Arthur JonesJanuary 6, 1974
  • The Colorado Experiment

    The following is a brief, preliminary report of an experiment conducted at Colorado State University in  May of 1973.  A detailed,...

    Arthur JonesSeptember 14, 1973
  • The Best Kind of Exercise

    Exercise is capable of producing a wide variety of results – increases In strength, improvements in flexibility, greater cardiovascular ability (or...

    Arthur JonesMay 12, 1973
  • The Facts Are…

    The fact is… weight training is more productive than any other type of exercise, but why? Because it is HARDER than...

    Arthur JonesMarch 27, 1973
  • The Beginning or The End

    Voting for politicians that tell you what you want to hear has all but destroyed civilization- giving in to outrage in...

    Arthur JonesMay 2, 1972