MIKE MENTZER: REST-PAUSE TRAINING

According to Mike Mentzer: “Looking back over my career and analyzing the methods that yielded the best results, I can readily state that Rest-Pause Training was one of the most productive. I learned about it from Bob Gajda (former Mr. America) and Tony Garcy (former American weightlifting champion) at Gajda’s Sports Fitness Institute in Chicago in late 1978. I began using Rest-Pause when I was preparing for my first professional bodybuilding competition, the Southern Pro Cup, held in Miami, Florida, in early February 1979.“ In this presentation, Mike draws upon his phenomenal experience with this technique and explains how to use Rest-Pause in your own training. Warning: This is not a technique for beginners to bodybuilding, and Mike used the technique very sparingly with his personal clients as he found that it led to overtraining very easily. Keep in mind that this audio was recorded in 1980, ten years before Mike began training personal clients, so the volume and frequency he advo