The Dark Truth Behind Mike Mentzer (Documentary)
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Mike Mentzer was a bodybuilding genius and one of the sport’s most prominent and inspirational characters. During his short-lived career, he was the first bodybuilder in history to receive a perfect score of 300 and was famous for popularizing the high-intensity training technique that is still being discussed to this very day.
Mike was as controversial as he was enigmatic. He was known for going against the grain and for his disdain towards the IFBB after the 1980 Mr. Olympia loss that derailed his career and marked the beginning of his downfall.
It seemed like Mike and his younger brother Ray Mentzer had won the genetic lottery and were destined for greatness, but life was anything but easy for the Mentzers.
The pair died early in their mid-to-late forties. Ray suffered from a rare and debilitating kidney disorder, while Mike was a victim of drug addiction for many years. Going from bodybuilding superstardom to being institutionalized, arrested, and written off as crazy by those who were once peers, friends, and associates.
This Mike Mentzer documentary tells his story of dedication, tragedy, and redemption.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mentzer started bodybuilding when he was 11 years old. He won several amateur bodybuilding competitions before turning professional in 1979, including the 1976 Mr. America title and the heavyweight division of the 1978 IFBB Mr. Universe. In late 1979, he won the heavyweight class of the Mr. Olympia, but lost in the overall to Frank Zane. In the 1980 Mr. Olympia he placed fourth in a tie with Boyer Coe behind Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris Dickerson and Frank Zane. Influenced by the concepts developed by Arthur Jones, Mentzer devised and successfully implemented his own theory of bodybuilding. One of the most iconic bodybuilders of all time, his Heavy Duty Training program still inspires lifters to this day. In 2002, he was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame.
00:00 - Prologue
01:11 - Early Passion
04:00 - A Rising Competitor
06:30 - Time Out
07:34 - Weider
08:49 - The Most Satisfying Win
09:35 - Mr. North America
10:36 - A Wakeup Call
11:13 - The Perfect Bodybuilder
12:05 - A Devastating News
12:45 - 1979 Mr. Olympia
14:25 - The Austrian Oak
16:46 - Whatever it Takes
18:21 - The Comeback
19:40 - A Brewing Tension
23:03 - The 1980 Disaster
25:32 - The Aftermath
29:47 - Gone Too Early
31:15 - Iconoclast - Sport
Do you think Mike should've actually won the 1980 Mr. Olympia? If not who'd you put in top 3?
I don't think he deserved to win it, but he definitely didn't deserve 5th
Of course he won!
In a fairly judged contest , Chris Dickerson would have been a comfortable winner. I say that in the context of adding the "missing" judges in place of those selected to "help" Arnold. After that probably Zane , closely followed by Mentzer and Coe. I'm a Mentzer fan , but Dickerson (like Zane) was the type of physique being rewarded by the judges at that time ,so one has to put personal biases aside.
Definitely top 2.
Arnold someone commented in some other video.. had a leg injury and took a cortizol shot.. with unexpected muscle smoothness effect..
Arnie spent 4 hrs sweatin it out in posin.. whatever that meant..
Arnie on that stage with the perfect tallness, the hair on the head, the posing, the presentation, the stage presence..the V taper......looked the winner..
others includin the prev year defender champion Frank Zane, Mike Mentzer, Boyer Coe, Roy Callendar, Roger Walker were lookin half baked.. out of place, tormented, victim card players, . crybaby cribbers..ameteurs..onstage..with defeated look in face..
Who wants victims to win that too, in a Mr O contest.. who cant defend and win Mr Olympia?
Look in the eyes.. who looks the winner.. who was scared.. who had given it up long ago..
THE COMPLETE PACKAGE.. Arnold rightly won that day in 1980
cant imagine pursuing a sport for almost your whole life, making sacrifices then dieting for months while feeling like dying on many occasions just for arnold to win due to favourtism
Well you can't imagine it, cause it's not an interest. #foryou. What's interesting about being an individual is, being able to make and pursue choices and behaviors that only you will end up dealing with. Some of the stuff that some prescribe to doing is compliments of their own vision. Whether or not it's blurry.
As for the favoritism part........there's so much that takes place behind the scenes that most do not know takes place, as well as happens. If anyone really believes that they can compete against whoever and everything is soley based on judgment and what's obvious......they will allow what they see and experience randomly to drive them insane.
He didn't pursue it his whole life. He pursued it seriously like 10 years. Did a single olympia and lost (how normal is it to not win the 1st olympia you go to? Very...) then threw a tempertantrum, gave up bodybuilding and his medical carrer then smoked meth till he died. Because he didnt win his 1st Olympia... Which he stil placed well at considering Ronnies 1st olympia he didn't even rank and 2nd came in 15th, infact it took him 6 olympias (half of Mikes entire career just in olympia comps) to win one.
Mike was an imature man used to being the winner and when he wasn't he packed a sad.
That's the problem with any "sport" based on judges' points and not against the clock or tape measure.
@@IsaacMorgan98 Watch the video again... or at all try and actually watch it instead of just hitting the comments being an ignorant just to bash down a true legend, Mike is what we as kids believed Arnold was, beside actually winning Mr. O
He was a jerk with a terrible, arrogant personality. He was addicted to amphetamines to the point that multiple times he admitted to "almost dying," and had to check himself into rehab multiple times. He was a massive drug abuser and likely one of the earliest abusers of Tren, in the form of Finaplex. He destroyed his health, and his brother followed in his footsteps, to the point that he didn't make it past 49 years old. His poor brother died at 47. Mike detailed his training style in a magazine interview in Muscular Development called "Mike Mentzer, The Untold Story." He shared his FOUR times a day training plan and told how he saw amphetamines as nearly a miracle drug that made him superhuman and super smart. He smoked his entire life. No sport would want a person like this as their top representative and role model. He was a mess his entire life. He just had fantastic genetics for steroids and bodybuilding. Lastly, he liked to say HE was screwed by Arnold at the 1980 Mr OIympia AS IF he would have won if Arnold wasn't there. He fails to mention that in addition to Arnold beating him, Boyer Coe beat him, Frank Zane beat him and Chris Dickerson beat him. So was it rigged for all FOUR of of them? A massive conspiracy to put Mike in 5th place? Come on. He wasn't winning the 1980 Mr Olympia, Arnold or no Arnold.
tbh nothing puts me to sleep better then listening to Mentzers old fashion videos on how to train. the sound of his voice with the old microphone and a good topic never gets old
Can not believe how you happened to find that interview at the 1 minute mark. The person on the left conducting the interview is my cousin, 26 at the time and just beginning his broadcast career at a free access public station in Santa Monica, CA. I sent him the video and he was absolutely flabbergasted to say the least. He is 60 today.
What a cool story.
Cool story bro
🧢
that whole interview is on youtube: "MIKE MENTZER: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW (1991)". Your cousin did a great job lol
You have got to be kidding me! That was my uncle's brothers training partner over at Big Mike's in the good ol days . Small world
I met Mike Mentzer in February 1979 (in Liverpool, NY) at one of his then Heavy Duty Training (HDT) seminars (featuring Nautilus equipment) later to become High Intensity Training (HIT). I wrote a letter to Mike in 1980, to tell him of my interest in understanding exercise through the lens of the physical sciences. As the “thinking man’s bodybuilder” Mike and I clicked and we would remain friends until he departed this world in 2001. He has not been forgotten by me as I always mention him whenever I talk to folks about HIT through the eyes of a physical sciences professor; that along with my extension of his work (and that of Nautilus inventor Arthur Jones), which I call: Extra Heavy Duty Resistance Training or X-HDRT.
Interesting to know, thanks for sharing!
Does HIT work for naturals?
Did Mike ever discuss amphetamines or steroid use to you?
His own ussge, or the dosages he advises for others to use?
@@DG-nb6fe I was his science friend later his physics professor friend. No drugs just science/physics. Now I do Physics of Sports thanks in part to meeting Mike long ago. He was a decent man who fell, but then got up just too late in his life.
@@steelphantom9105It does for me since I am trying to cut fat and I am natural too
I grew a mustache once and named it the "The Mentzer"
There's the Mark Spitz and Tom Sellick version available too for $5.99. 😀
@@futureisyours3016bullshit. Sellicks' is top of the line and will set you back $11.99
He was an absolutely handsome man. A natural role model for young men; smart and handsome. Sad...
Hahahaha lol 😂😅hell yeah
My ex girlfriend called me that once
Mike was one of the few bodybuilders who didn't lie about his measurements. He stated he was 5'8" and 225 pounds and had 18 5/8" biceps versus 20" + as most of his colleagues claimed to have, which they didn't. You can throw Frank Zane into the conversation as well as being one of the honest bodybuilders.
That’s amazing honesty. They honestly looked like they could be 20”. I think they got to the 20” mark in the 90s when they were pumped full of gear and insulin. I think Levrone, Priest, Coleman and Cutler were all in that category. Do you think peak Arnold was 20”?
@@josephclarke645 hello Jose, my arms are 19.25 inches I have been training bodybuilding for 12 years without steroids , , it is very nice and pleasing to hear that alot of these top bodybuilders lie about there measurements and makes me feel far more confident about achieving something greater than they have , and that they are not special people and other can also do it much respect
@@josephclarke645I heard leaked Arnold is more like 7.25”
Yes and no about Frank. Frank still lies/omits/is not forthcoming about steroids to this day!! Like cmon Frank, it’s part of the sport we get it!
Robbie Robinson too. He was honest about steroid use in bodybuilding.
How very sad, two brothers passing two days apart. Never knew that. Thank you for your episode. It's very informative. RIP Mentzer Brothers 🙏
Thanks for watching 🙏
I wonder if they had a joint funeral service or if that’s even a thing.
@@robertdemon3550 that's absolutely a thing and I bet they had
😢
@@robertdemon3550
The actual reality is very sad. They were both on ice for weeks. until their sister had to come and get them. Arnold to his credit although he fell out with Mike in1980. Wanted to help Ray with his kidney problems. And this got him and Mike talking again and on better terms. Then Mike died. And of course Ray
Very sad.
This makes me SO upset how an event in life can lead to a persons downfall.
Mike had his issues, but he was a maverick and a pioneer. He deserved better in life than what he got.
Respect always for you Mike!
@26:59 FUNNY MASTERBASTION Question!!!
It wasn't just the one event. Most of it not all Mike's problems stemmed from him being from PA. I'll comment more another time.
@@branwerks6978 "I'll comment more another time."...what does that even mean?
VERY common for men. Think a man being served divorce papers. Losses family, business, savings, house, kids etc.
I'm glad Mike is still remembered. I remember at one point there was an ad to call him for some kind of bb consulting service. I called and couldn't believe he actually answered the phone. I was flabbergasted.
I did a call with Mike. Was a thrill to speak with him
So Arnold was always a slimy politician
Industry plant
Stop hating
@@alfredorock-flores8480 nah...dude was a POS....'fck your freedoms" COVID Arnold....f**k that Austrian c*nt
F*ck your freedoms.
- Arnold
Yea man of course. That's how you succeed in most fields here on earth. Politicis
One of the saddest stories in the ifbb
I agree
Indeed.
I think Kai Greene and the Orange is a way worse Story.
@@liesdiebibelbruder420😂
I knew the Mentzer brother’s out here in LA. I was 13 in 2000 and told them I wanted to look like them. They let me “workout” with them 3 different times (I followed them around and watched), I was devastated in 2001 when they both passed hours apart.
Did you rim them
@@FirstnameLastname-wx9oo what is that?
I knew the Mentzer brothers quite well. It was a pleasure to train at Ray's gym in Redondo Beach in the early 1980s. Both Mike and Ray were incredibly knowledgeable.
I wish i could meet a legend like mike mentzer! Yesterday i got to know who is mike mentzer listened to his philosophy and workout called "HIT" i got interested in it, i wrote the workout on a piece of paper and im going to give it a try. But i want to see what will a person say who worked under him at his gym is HIT good and does it have positive results? Because upon knowing him i also saw alot of people saying his philosophy is bullshit and HIT was disproven today.
@@takumifujiwara3066 Mike trained Dorian Yates with his HT program.
Cap
Wow, what a sad ending. I too had a heart attack In my early 40's, a few years back. I was In shape, had a 6 pack, ran alot., worked out 5 days a week, and was on keto diet. God looked out for me that night. Breaks my heart to hear that Mike went out like that and so young. Stay blessed everyone and remember that tomorrow Is not promised. 😢
#RipMikeAndHisBrother
You’re going strong my man, keep it up 💪
I wish everything had gone fair in 1980 but unfortunately, it didn't. RIP Mike, you'll be always remembered!
Mentzer should definitely have won the 1980 Olympia, not enough pals in the right places though!
The fact that Ray died two days after Mike shows inseparable bond and the passionate loyalty between that family. Mike loved and respected his father so much who had pushed him so hard. I believe that Mike screwed up with the drugs from the crushing blow of trying so hard and failing because of political oppression. In my opinion, this video proves Mike is a human being, however, Mike Mentzer is great!
Ray was a diabetic. He was so occupied with his brother's death that he did not take his insulin and went into a coma and died. That said, this doesn't negate your comment whatsoever.
@@higherresolution4490 I was under the impression he died from kidney failure?
Outstanding work. Mentzer is my favorite bodybuilder of all time. His unselfishness saved me from wasting time in the gym. Subscribed.
Thanks for watching!
Yes he doesnt get enough love from all fitness influencers today. He gets to much hate from theese narcissit gym rat coaches.
Working out should be a part of your life not tour life. Go hard, rest and spend time with family and friends, eat healthy, study and grow
Same. With high intensity training, I’m not a slave to the gym anymore and I got more work done within 30-45 minutes than I ever had before when I was in be gym for 1-2 hours.
He was an Objectivist and believed in selfishness. Read Ayn Rand - his top intellectual influence.
Sometimes it's important to know when and how to be selfish. From some of what I've heard here, he was more focused on operating in ways that one would (when and if they're around upstanding, mature and responsible individuals). Anything and one outside of that will chew you up and spit you out. Something you learn at a young age.
Followed Mike Mentzer writings since the 90s. This is such a great documentary!
Thank you!
That was terrific. I'm 63 and Mike and Ray were very well known to me. Great job.
Mike's most important contribution to bodybuilding was declaring that Over training is far worse than under training fro gaining muscle.
That and that the workouts posted in Muscle and fitness were horseshit unless you were on steroids.
Its the other way around actually. Undertraining gets you literally nothing. Brief overtraining can get you into an optimal state for growth when you cycle volume with intensity. If you don't attempt overtraining periodically you will never know your upper limits and consequently will undertrain forever with limited results or nothing at all.
1set to failure, maybe an additional set right after, superset with less weight to failure. And then rest and grow. How long depends
This had to be some of the most in depth Documentaries on some of the best of the best bodybuilders that ever came to be. Please keep making content like this. This has to be some of your best work and I look forward to seeing more of your videos in the future.
Thank you so much for the support 🙏 will definitely keep them coming.
Do Kevin Levrone next
One of the best!!!
please wouldn’t go a miss
Please*
What a great video. Mike Mentzer was one of my idols during my early years of bodybuilding during the early 2000s. I even had some email conversations with Joanne Sharkey who was in charge of his business. She unfortunately passed away a few years ago.
While his one set training principle never quite worked for me his legacy and imprint on bodybuilding will forever last.
Mike was such a sharp, charismatic and intelligent guy it’s such a shame he ending up like this
I remember back in 2001 on the way to Firefighter Recruit school at the age of 22. I stopped by the QT gas station and saw the magazine that said Mike and Ray Menzer died a few days apart from each other. I was shocked and saddened. I followed Mike since 1995 and 1997 when I was in the Air Force read all the information from Mike.
HE WAS SOLD OUT BY ARNOLD FANS IT WAS VERY SAD SITUATIONS I DIDN'T LIKE IT HE COULD HAD PLACE HIGHER AND NOT FOUR PLACE YES
This touched my heart bro ❤
This shit is insane,arnold wasnt even top 7
Best Mike M video. Footage iv never seen and lots of details of his life iv never known. Excellent
How many amazing and great men failed to win a Mr. Olympia? There’s no shame in losing. It’s the hardest title to win in any industry.
Fantastic documentary, very informative and interesting. I’ve seen a lot of this information before but this was edited and put together extremely well.
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
My favorite bodybuilder of all time. I really felt sad for Mike. His dedication was second to none and losing the 80 Mr O was highway robbery. A true BB’ing genius whose philosophies still hold true today.
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You put so much effort in these videos. Amazing, I hope your channel will grow beyond your expectations. Great job!
Thanks a lot 🙏
This channel is brilliant, I truly love that bodybuilding figures get this quality of exposure!!!!
Thank you!
Thanks for making this documentary. RIP Mike, a true legend.
This was excellent. The best piece I've seen on Mike to date. At the time of Mike's peak as a bodybuilder I was a teenager and heavily influenced by Mike's Heavy Duty approach. I find his resurgence, over two decades after his passing, nothing short of amazing. Also amazing how today's exercise scientists such as Mike Israetel, feel compelled to constantly post videos about Mike. There may indeed be more modern approaches since Mike's time but Mike's methods worked more for me than high volume/low intensity ever did. I still find it tragic that Mike didn't return to bodybuilding competition after 1980 but I can understand why he didn't.
Your videos are superb. Keep up the good work. I hope the algorithm picks up this guys channel 💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏
Thanks a lot! Will keep the good stuff coming.
RIP Mr. Heavy Duty 👑
Amazing video, so underrated I hope it gets more views!
Thank you!
GREAT old pics and training vids of him, i am 68 and remember seeing and reading those old magazines
Great Doc. Thank you. Sad that the brothers died so close to each other. They must've been so close.
Your documentaries are amazing. Subbed 💪
Thank you 🙏
Great documentary!! I love it man, keep up the hard work putting these together
Thank you!
Amazing video. Keep up the good work!
Thank you 🙏 Sure will!
Great video, keep them coming. If you keep putting out quality videos like these your channel will definitely keep growing! You got a subscriber
Thanks a lot 🙏
This was excellent bro. Subscribed
Thank you 🙏
Easily the best documentary ive seen so far on Mike Mentzer. Thank you very much for all the time and effort that went into this project. RIP Mike and Ray. What a positive influence you were at the time, and will continue to be as long as your name is remembered by your loyal followers.
Thank you for watching! 🙏
Thank you for this. This was great and well
Put together
Thanks for watching 🙏
He absolutely seems to be a family attached human being based on the what the above clip says.
I had the pleasure to communicate with him in the 90's purchasing and discussing "the Heavy Duty" book. The man was humble and pleasant to communicate with. RIP Mike.
Great job, a fascinating documentary.
Thank you 🙏
When you think it through...when you drill down...HIT makes all the sense in the world...great video...I'm a big Arthur Jones and Mike Mentzer fan...subscribed...
This is great content. Loved every minute. So tragic what happened to the Mentzer Bros.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Subscribed , excellent work.
Thank you!
Thank you for this. This is the Documentary we all needed
Thanks for watching!
Please do a documentary about Dorian yates and his uprising and how he became Mr Olympia and the mike Mentzer connection.@@Iron.Historian
@@mcdonaldsbigmacc8611 in the making now actually 😉
Enjoyed the documentary, thank you
Thankyou for doing a honest and sound documentary rich in the many nuances encapsulated in Mike's controversial and legendary existence.
He was undoubtedly the most loved and admired body builder for me in my formative years and 20's.
Very fine work indeed.
Thanks a lot for watching 🙏
Only just over 1000 subscribers to this channel. This is astonishingly high quality content. Tone of rare footage I´d never seen. This channel will be big some day! :D
Thank you! Really hoping so🤞
your channel is so underrated! the effort you put into this video is just amazing!
Thank you so much for the support, it means to me more than the numbers really 🙏
@@Iron.Historian ....your work is PROFESSIONAL QUALITY....i have always loved all those old school bodybuilders who looked more SENSUAL and HEALTHY compared to what we have today.....a long while back...i was ROCKING my BMX bike and turned the corner and there was MIKE hanging out with a policeman friend of mine and i called out MIKE'S name and he smiled and gave me a smile and a thumbs up....he was TRULY an ICONOCLAST...and i admired him...in the bodybuilding game it seems that all of those guys who have extreme intelligence...and a drive to improve physically always gave JOE WEIDER PROBLEMS.....LOL....another thing i have noticed is that when those guys are under 6 feet tall...they have they tendency to look more proportionate and natural than the taller guys....i do hope that you will keep up the good work...and you now have a new subscriber....
This channel is going to blow up. Nice work 💪
Thank you 🙏
Subbed! Incredibly well done! Outstanding work good sir.
Thanks a lot!
I started training in 1978. Contrary to today's beliefs drug use was rampant and totally legal. Lots of guys used doctor prescribed speed to get through grueling workouts and diets. Thyroid drugs and speed were the standard cutting stack. I would wager that most serious bodybuilders used speed at some point. Depending on a persons brain chemistry speed can give an almost instant state of uphoria and alertness that is extremely addictive. I watched a number of guys develop a dependence to the point they couldn't train without it. I was no exception. I didn't go overboard but definitely depended on the stimulants to creat the drive for intense workouts. I quit after having an injury that sidelined me from training for several years. I have always thought that Mike may have been one of those people that just couldn't walk away from the feeling of positive energy that speed gave some people it just creates a craving in the brain that's almost unshakable. It's been decades since I used any stimulants and still sometimes have the desire to use them. So sad that Mike couldn't shake that evil crap.
quality video ,,just subbed looking forward to more ,thanks for the video
Thank you!
would love to see a Cutler video@@Iron.Historian
@@coreyprudhomme846 very soon, stay tuned.
Well made, informative video on a legend in the industry, Mike Mentzer. Thank you!
great Doc. thank you.
Great work! Subscribed
Thank you!
Wow. I lived in Ephrata for 13 years and never knew Mike was born there. It’s a beautiful little town in the Amish country.
Great writing, subscription earned!
Amazing content very nicely edited and great info Keep it going !
Thank you!!
Even If the narrating voice is ai generated it's very well done because it sounds natural, excellent video,I had the pleasure of meeting Mike back in 92, absolute legend
Is it AI? I could barely tell... I could have sworn it was a voice actor the channel owner paid or something.
It is a real human guys. Pinkie promise.
@@Iron.Historian well thats proof that an AI generated voice still isn't there yet because there's nothing like an actual human narrator
He sounds like he was passionate about his journey. Personally I think that he just took those around him too serious, verses just seeing them (as he doesn't have to accept them) for who they are. It one thing to have your own thing and make decisions that align with your scruples and vision. But to enroll in and get down with something that you do not understand, much less control.........and expect specifics from it. Eh.......
Man this is great, you deserve way more subscribers and views
Thank you! Will definitely get there one day with your support.
@@Iron.Historian keep making videos and I'm sure people will find them!
Absolutely smashed it with this 👏 excellent quality, good pace, keeps your attention..well done...hioe yout channel gets the attention it deserves
Thank you so much 🙏
Mike was a open door for me on the gym to learn how to train and his philosophy to reach a goal no matter what, sadly he can´t see how far his ideas spread on internet, thank you very much for this video man. it´s one of the best videos that i ever see on yt
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for posting. Love Mentzer.
Thanks for watching!
Quality journalism
I just subbed that was really informative and well done thank you for making and sharing this
Thank you a lot for watching 🙏
This channel is absolutely amazing I hope you continue to keep making such great videos.
Thanks a lot 🙏 will do!
Mike got screwed over big time! he was one of my favorites growing up as a Young Man!
'he sat back down, in the corner' Arnold new how goddamn strong Mentzer had gotten with his training and didn't want NONE of that business.
With that kind of training - he was a real Iron man.
Or Mike is a bit of an embellisher (bullshitter)
Arnold had a habit of throwing his competitors off by making mild insults or mentioning their losses and weak parts before a competition. I respect Arnold but he was too competitive in my opinion and playing with his popularity, whereas Mike was all about objective and honest competition.
Ironic that Arnold was the one playing head games, when it was Mentzer who had the goal to become a psychologist at one point in his life.
@@edjohnson8017 even IF he was. Arnold was FAR worse at it. It is known.
Great documentary,keep up the work brother
Thank you 🙏
Uploader/creator, you did a great job, fantastic, top-notch work, i both thank you and congratulate you for this amazing piece.
Mike was incredible, if theres some sort of afterlife, i hope he sees how he's loved and appreciated even more than ever before.
Rep in Peace Mike.
Thank you for watching! 🙏
Criminally underrated channel.
"Underrated" means that it is better than people think it is. That doesn't apply here, as shown in the very positive response in the comment section. This channel isn't well known yet, but it will be if the content stays at this level.
@@rlm4471 everyone on CZcams takes everything is “underrated”.
The world needs free-thinkers like Mike, not minds conquered by opinions they can't defend only to be defeated by truth one day.
well said 👏
He was still bitter, and mentally weak enough allow drug addiction to overcome him.
Almost all of mentzers ideas have been "conquered". The man sold snake oil
@@LopezZetabeing mentally weak isn’t what brings about the disease of addiction. The most talented and smartest people are addicts.
AMAZING DOCUMENTARY 🙏🏻👏🏼 PHENOMENAL
Thank you!🙏
Great video a very sad story! Keep the videos coming
Thank you!
Man this video is so professional , i looked at your subscribers while subscribing to you and saw you only had a thousand i was expecting at least 500k+ this is insane, lots of potential. Would love to see a vid of lee priest keep up the grinding brother
I really appreciate that, thank you! Lee is close to the top of my list so I should be covering him in the near future.
I used to do weekly phone consults with Mike. We became friends. I recorded all of those calls and still have them. He was a genius in many ways. He also had major issues. To this day, I still feel like Mike's heavy duty is the best way. Train for strength.
Do you have calls? Can you send them to me???
contact someone!!! or you make a mike menzer channel!!
Amazing documentary outstanding job thank you for making this well done.
Thanks a lot for watching 🙏
Bro you definitely deserve more subscribers
Dont stop uploading bro! Im surprised more people arent subbed
Thank you! Will keep them coming.
To bad he Never knew that his name and training are so popular today. I started bis training 3 months ago and its incredible. I will never stop this way of training. 💪
Very well done. Excellent work.
Thank you 🙏
Wow great documentary!!
This was incredibly well done! Subscribed.
Thank you! 🙏
You live through us brother. Your still inspiring, your still teaching
Unbelievable documentary. Its not often that a youtube upload moves me, this one did - incredible story of a incredible life which had more than its fair share of tribulation and sadness.
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it 🙏
incredible quality vid, well done
Thank you 🙏
He died because he was real, he is the real champion!
When keeping it real goes wrong
He died because he was an addict who wasn't able to rest and sleep.
He died cuz he was a quieter and a loser
@@alfredorock-flores8480 aye man don’t demonize addicts like that.
@@alfredorock-flores8480 "Quieter?" Mike was anything but quiet. Lol! Speaking of losers, while we are active considering just what an awful human Arnold Schwarzenegger is for fathering a kid away from wedlock and lied about to his spouse about it for many years and all the other affairs he had while being married to Maria, why don’t we not forget all the other awful aspects of America’s favorite gay-porn-modeling, serial female-groping, Nazi politician/statutory rapist. Decreptnegger just had a pacemaker put in a few weeks ago. It appears that his ticker is tinkering out
Tom seemed like a good guy to Mike in his final times. I do admire that.
Tom platz my Favourite body builder too
Great docu!
Thank you!