Paul Becker - Mike Mentzer and Me

Bodybuilding Legends Show

Author Paul Becker joins the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast for this episode to talk about his new book Mike Mentzer and Me. Paul explains what it was like to train with Mike Mentzer about a year before he passed away and what he learned about Mike's training philosophy. Paul also talks about how he was able to apply these training principles to his own workouts in order to compete in natural bodybuilding competitions. At the end of the episode, host John Hansen reads the article "Mike Mentzer Heavyweight" written by Bill Reynolds about Mike Mentzer's training to win the 1978 IFBB Mr. Universe. This article appeared in the March, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder & Power magazine.

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Time Stamps:

2:30 - 2023 Mr. Olympia report

12:15 - Emails to the Podcast

22:00 - Interview with Paul Becker, author of Mike Mentzer and Me.

1:07:45 - John Hansen reads the article "Mike Mentzer Heavyweight" written by Bill Reynolds for the March, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder & Power magazine.