Mike Mentzer, or Arnold type training

[Toenail Juice Z]

Which is the best training method?

Just wondering, what do you lot think about this, and which is the best to use assuming your on the juice.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - 25 sets per exercise (for example for chest - 25 sets bench press, 25 sets incline press, 25 sets pek deck)

OR

Mike Mentzer - Heavy Duty. (Go in gym, train as intensely as you can with few reps and sets and get out (Basically 6-10 reps and 3-4 sets/exercise.).

 

[needsize]

Somewhere in the middle, everyone responds differently, but who the hell has time to do Arnold's routine, and no matter how intensely I train, a few sets just doesn't feel like enough

 

[Cornellius]

Heavy Duty, no doubt...

 

[Andy13]

I think if your workout last longer than 45min-1hr per body part then there's a real problem with workout intensity.

Andy

 

[Toenail Juice Z]

I think if your workout last longer than 45min-1hr per body part then there's a real problem with workout intensity.

Andy

How can you justify how Arnold trained.

Could it have been because of his genetics?

 

[diamonddiceclay]

I've never had anyone advise me to do either of those

 

[joeljuice]

Definilately heavy duty! Lifting is fun, but seriously who wants to go gym twice day and spend 3-4 hours on there? Imo it is nice to do 30-60 minutes intensive workouts and i have other thing to do too.

 

[Bubba]

Mentzer, for those of us who want a life outside of all this.

 

[riskybiz007]

true, time is usually a factor w/ most people. What i have found to be most effective is to switch up your training. I've worked out similarly in both ways, finding both worked pretty good. But after a couple of months i change the routine around, as well as reps and sets.

 

[Mandinka]

I think that drug use has a lot to do with it. Arnold was well known to use megadoses (9 d-bol in a single dose!). But Jesus Christ 75 sets for chest.

Personally I have gained 10 pounds in the last three months training naturally on a strict heavy duty routine (Now 220 @ 15%) and that's pretty good I think.