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    BY MIKE MENTZER Foreword Mike Mentzer was a former top professional bodybuilder with an exceptionally successful career. In his carly compe tive days he curned the Mr. America and Mr. Universe t nd narrowly missed (in a controversial decision) winning the Mr. Olympia over th esa ival Amold Se He was equally as well known in the ficld of exercise:science, hi mining humans’ exercise requirenn how Jirtle exerci ving champ atl of exercise tolerance. In othicr words, Mike determined duce: 4 il results is really necessary to pre He was’ popular and soughtafter author — havin cles fortop fitness magazines for the editor for several bodybuilding mug: serition thought pro ast two and a hulf decade’, Most recently he Was a zines. ing and inspirational arti- wnitritbuitiny tive, Mike uncovered — and shared — the-realities of ft- myths" that have prevented so many people from achiew- By analyzing and pursuing only what is eff fess and single-handedly pro: ing their gouls. Mike never stopped exploring and Jating. proper exercise “dosige” He spent much of his life continually challenging traditional methods — and his.own. In the past few yenrs, however, he refined weight/resistance (raining to what. the world is just starting to realize to be trie. warld record holding vid He Was sought after by high-profile celebrities, CEO's af powerful companic: powerlifters and many top professional bodybuilders and athletes including Dorian Yates and £ Paull — arguably two of the most heavily-muscled bodybuilders of all time ‘ly ethical per- a redpected intellectual, a’phenomenal bodybuilder, an enormou ky to kaow him More than, that, he w: son and a friend. L was David M. Sears Editor Chapter One EXERCISE: A NEW PERSPECTIVE finagine that you had just arrived on Your fines, if were fold that allithat wis ri tha 20 minutes each, such would not strike sour thinking wisuld not be | undefined contra discard, what yo thesubject For close to thr fipoing is the “be-all sind end-all” Jogging, bicycling, dancing, éte..a ‘Aerobic condition i comprised of several compo strength ix espe: weight-bearing stress that a ca z Total fitness also! includes flexibility, both sicrobie und anaerobic edu lelin body. mass exseri emphasize is that only by eng, beachicved, and ita niinimam of time Hf you've been engaged-in a Btness pre is tvalking on ti treadmill, wsing a Stairmy seh, jo iby involving the mind+niimbing. repetitive vse of yout oy, you ve na to = as You.iiay have already surmised on your own ‘Actobie activity, by and lafge, does wbsolutely ti body's many skeletal muscles. In fact, by grossly overworking your leg niusel dangerous imbalances in|the skeletal-moscular system. which neve oc5 the Vkelihobdl of injury, One flthe country's top trainers, Greg Anderson of Seatlle, gives 4 brochure to all of his gym members explaining: “Running is an extremely bigh-force: activity that ix damaging to Knees, Inip andl back ‘Accobic dance is probably worse, And so called “Tow Josses or activities such ay stathonary ‘ycling, are: Hb! necessarily low-Taree”

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