Mike Mentzer: "I Did Not Build All My Size With Volume Training"

One of the most common misrepresentations about Mike Mentzer is that he built all of his size with volume training, but then, for some reason, recommended that people train with low volume and high intensity. The pro volume people allege that he did this solely as a means of making money. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In this video, I examine the actual history of how Mike trained and built his muscle mass. As a point of fact, Mike had been training in a low set, high-intensity fashion ever since he got his first set of weights. There was a brief interlude from 1967 to 1971, in which he trained with high volume. Thereafter, he switched back to a high-intensity, low volume routine, and gained 50% more muscle than he did with volume training. Also included is audio from Mike Mentzer explaining how he changed his training recommendations for trainees during the 1990s after discovering how demanding high-intensity training really is and how everybody has a different genetically determined tolerance for training, with some requiring much less than others.
And by the way, Mike’s first ad for his Heavy Duty training courses didn’t come out until April 1977, many years after he had been training in this fashion.