Mike Mentzer and Ronnie Coleman built muscle with heavy weights and low reps, while Jay Cutler and Arnold used higher reps and more total volume. Both produced champions. What matters most is picking a style you actually enjoy, because consistency beats the perfect program.
Mike Mentzer, Dorian Yates, Ronnie Coleman— they're all famous for what? Intensity. We talk about intensity. It was that balls-to-the-wall style, you know, I do 6 reps, you know, heavy weight builds muscle, don't do volume. They were the champions of intensity. Did they get results? Absolutely, because they took everything to failure. Then on the other side, Jay Cutler, Phil Heath, Arnold— they were the champions of volume. They all achieved fame and fortune in the bodybuilding world and had legions of fans. Except what happens is people attach themselves to one or the other, and it's not really— it's just they like this training system. And what you like does have a merit in terms of what you follow. They like the training system, they use the training system, and then people say it worked for me. Well, of course it worked. They're doing what they enjoy, which is a huge part of it, because if you hate your training every day, probably not going to look forward to your training.
