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What's the minimum weight training to maintain muscle
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<blockquote data-quote="Mountain Man" data-source="post: 120608" data-attributes="member: 14411"><p>Mike Mentzer and the whole HIT protocol he advocated was controversial and still is. A lot of this was based on the Colorado Experiment and Casey Viator. Google it. The claims made for this type of training were pretty wild. I tried this diligently into the early 80s and it didn’t work, actually was counterproductive. Viator and Mentzer were on huge amounts of drugs, and Viator was regaining muscle from an injury. Both these guys were genetic marvels and unless you are too, it probably will only make you weak. Mentzer allegedly worked out differently and sold books and routines that promised something for nothing.</p><p></p><p>A lot of research says that the way to build strength is on compound lifts for low reps and to build muscle you need higher reps with a lot of time under tension. My guess is the minimum amount of working out would be once per week per bodypart. Mentzer’s routine will fry your nervous system and actually make you weaker and smaller. But hey, give it a try for 6 months and see what happens. I still think you will do much better with a simple routine of pull ups and pushups done 3 times per week in your own bedroom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 120608, member: 14411"] Mike Mentzer and the whole HIT protocol he advocated was controversial and still is. A lot of this was based on the Colorado Experiment and Casey Viator. Google it. The claims made for this type of training were pretty wild. I tried this diligently into the early 80s and it didn’t work, actually was counterproductive. Viator and Mentzer were on huge amounts of drugs, and Viator was regaining muscle from an injury. Both these guys were genetic marvels and unless you are too, it probably will only make you weak. Mentzer allegedly worked out differently and sold books and routines that promised something for nothing. A lot of research says that the way to build strength is on compound lifts for low reps and to build muscle you need higher reps with a lot of time under tension. My guess is the minimum amount of working out would be once per week per bodypart. Mentzer’s routine will fry your nervous system and actually make you weaker and smaller. But hey, give it a try for 6 months and see what happens. I still think you will do much better with a simple routine of pull ups and pushups done 3 times per week in your own bedroom. [/QUOTE]
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