HIT Videos

Mike Mentzer participated in a video shoot that advocated his approach to HIT (High Intensity Training) literally hours before his untimely death. That video is available here:

http://www.trulyhuge.com/Mike_Mentzer_HIT_Video.htm

Sadly, Mentzer died the same night that the final shooting for this video took place. The video is cool (albeit with some funky music) because it shows his approach to HIT. I find it amusing that he kept adding too much weight, with Markus (the main subject) several times asking Mike to lower it. Mike believed that you should make progress every workout and, as this video shows, he truly believed it! He puts Markus through a grueling leg workout that leaves him telling Mike, "I hate you, Mike!" Good stuff.

Another cool video is one of Dorian Yates working out. Dorian Yates was trained and influenced by Mike Mentzer. Dorian adopted HIT and went on to become a 6 time Mr. Olympia. His video can be found here:

http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/dorianyates-bloodandguts.html
http://homegym.stores.yahoo.net/doryatblooda.html

Here's a cool website that comments on Yates' workout:

http://www.trulyhuge.com/dorian_yates_workout.html

Mentzer would comment that although Dorian did employ HIT, he did so in an unsafe manner. Dorian literally exploded through the positive motion and thereby employed momentum to get the EXTREMELY heavy weights up (check out Dorian doing leg presses!). Dorian also didn't rest as much as Mike recommended. As a result, Dorian did suffer several serious injuries throughout his career. Regardless, if watching Dorian workout doesn't inspire you, nothing will!