Mike Mentzer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Mentzer
Occupation	Bodybuilder
Date Of Birth	Nov 15, 1951(1951-11-15)
Age	73
Date Of Death	2001-06-10
Birthplace	Ephrata
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Mike Mentzer Biography

Mike Mentzer is one of the most popular and richest Bodybuilder who was born on November 15, 1951 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, United States. Author, bodybuilder, entrepreneur, and philosopher. Numerous fitness-related books were published by him, including Heavy Duty Nutrition and High Intensity Training the Mike Mantzer Way.

In the 1980 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding contest, he was defeated by He was defeated by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1980 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition..

Mike Mentzer (November 15, 1951 – June 10, 2001) was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, businessman and author.

Jones pioneered the principles of high-intensity training in the late 1960s. He emphasized the need to maintain perfectly strict form, move the weights in a slow and controlled manner, work the muscles to complete failure (positive and negative), and avoid overtraining. Casey Viator saw fantastic results training under the direction of Jones, and Mentzer became very interested in this training philosophy. Eventually, however, Mentzer concluded that even Jones was not completely applying his own principles, so Mentzer began investigating a more full application of them. He began training clients in a near-experimental manner, evaluating the perfect number of repetitions, exercises, and days of rest to achieve maximum benefits.

Ray Mentzer, a fellow bodybuilder, was his brother. He was a native of Germantown, Pennsylvania. At forty-nine, he died from heart failure in Rolling Hills.

Mike Mentzer Net Worth

Mike Mentzer is one of the richest Bodybuilder from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Mentzer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After winning the Mr. Universe title, 1978, he began his bodybuilding career.

He was a fan of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism. He believed that the mind and the body were one and all.

Mike Mentzer was born on November 15, 1951 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania and grew up there. In grammar school and Ephrata High School, he received “all A’s”, He credits his 12th grade teacher, Elizabeth Schaub, for his love “of language, thought, and writing.” In 1975, he started attending the University of Maryland as a pre-med student where his hours away from the gym were spent in the study of “genetics, physical chemistry, and organic chemistry.” After three years he left the university. He said his ultimate goal during that period was to become a psychiatrist.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Mike Mentzer height 5 ft 8 in Mike weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Mike Mentzer Dating?

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In the late ’80s, Mentzer returned to training bodybuilders and writing for Iron Man magazine and spent much of the 1990s regaining his stature in the bodybuilding industry. Mike had met Dorian Yates in the 1980s and made an impression on Dorian’s bodybuilding career. Years later when Yates won Joe Weider’s “Mr. Olympia”, he credited Mike’s “Heavy Duty” principles for his training. Mike, his brother Ray, and Dorian formed a clothing company called “MYM” for Mentzer Yates Mentzer, also known as “Heavy Duty Inc”, in 1994. MYM was based on the success of Don Smith’s “CrazeeWear” bodybuilding apparel. The three principals wanted to capitalize on the physically fit lifestyle, which today has gone mainstream. With the blessing and promotion of Joe Weider, the trio manufactured and distributed their own line of cut-and-sew sportswear.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Bodybuilder. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mike Mentzer celebrates birthday on November 15 of every year.

In 2002, Mentzer was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame.