Mike Mentzer 3 day workout routine

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I found this on youtube and wanted to share it with you guys. Here we can see Mike mentoring Markus Reinhardt on the heavy duty stuff. Interesting to see the split: Day 1. Chest & Back. - 6 day rest - Day 2. Legs. - 8 day rest - Day 3. Delts, Biceps & Triceps. And even more interesting to...
I found this on youtube and wanted to share it with you guys. Here we can see Mike mentoring Markus Reinhardt on the heavy duty stuff. Interesting to see the split:

Day 1. Chest & Back.
- 6 day rest -
Day 2. Legs.
- 8 day rest -
Day 3. Delts, Biceps & Triceps.

And even more interesting to see the technique, training intensity, etc. So here it is!

Day 1, Chest and back, and here is the workout they did:

Chest

- Warmup:
Incline press: 3, increasing weight.
- Superset:
Peck deck: 1 set to failure
Incline press: 1 rest/pause set to failure

Back

- Warmup:
Pulldown: 1 set
- Superset:
Nautilus pullover: 1 set to failure
Pulldown: 1 set to failure
- Deadlift:
4 warmup sets, increasing weight
1 working set to failure


Day 2, Legs, here is:

- Warmup:
Leg press: 4 sets, increasing weight
- Superset:
Leg extensions: 1 drop set to failure
Leg press: 1 set to failure
- Leg curl: 1 set to failure
- Standing calves: 1 set to failure and 1 set holding the weight for as long as possible


... and day 3, delts and arms:

Delts:

- Warmup:
Machine side laterals: 2 sets
- Machine side laterals: 1 set to failure
- Bumbdell bent over laterals: 1 set to failure

Arms:

- Standing barbell curl: 1 set to failure
- Superset:
Tricep pressdown: 1 set to failure
Machine dips: 1 set to failure

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