Mike Mentzer Reaction Breakdown | Can 4 Exercises Build Your Entire Body? | Muscle Decoded

Mike Mentzer’s final Consolidation Routine reduced bodybuilding to only four exercises performed across two extremely short workouts. Workout A consisted of one set of squats and one set of close grip palms up pulldowns. Seven days later, Workout B consisted of one set of deadlifts and one set of dips. Each individual exercise was therefore performed only once every fourteen days. In this reaction breakdown, I decode the reasoning behind Mike Mentzer’s most minimal training programme and examine the role of intensity, muscular failure, recovery, exercise selection, progression, pump and soreness. I also discuss my own experience using Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty system in my twenties. I certainly noticed results, so this video is not about blindly defending the system or trying to disprove it. The real question is whether this exact routine could provide enough stimulation for you. Original Mike Mentzer seminar:    • MIKE MENTZER: THE CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM SE...   Could you genuinely perform only two working sets, leave the gym and wait another seven days before training again? And if you returned stronger every time, would that be enough to convince you that the routine was working? Subscribe for more bodybuilding reaction breakdowns, training analysis and the history behind bodybuilding’s most influential methods. #MikeMentzer #HeavyDuty #Bodybuilding