Wow, A perfect score of 300. That is awesome. Yes, this is rare footage.Mike Mentzer had a powerful physique. He looked strong. He was a straightforward classic poser. From 1978. That's when bodybuilding ws still art and not out of control
Mentzer had an awesome presentation! No shaking while posing. No over exaggerated facial expressions. No damn tongue sticking out. He gracefully moved from one pose to the next with great precision
It’s great that you re-uploaded this with the correct title info! Didn’t Mentzer also get a perfect 300 score at the ‘79 Olympia, yet still lose to Zane?
I remember watching this! - This was televised by NBC Sports. Super rare footage, Thank you very much! , After what happened in 1980 with the Mr Olympia they never again televised Bodybuilding on national mainstream TV.
Noticed Ric Drasin recommending the book at the end. He was such a great guy, sorely missed. He was like a father to us all, great guests , great advice. RIP Ric.
Privledged to attend his seminar in 1977 in Mass. He had competed in the Universe the week prior . He looked carved in ice ! Very well spoken and personable to the 60 or so attendee’s. God speed and RIP to him and brother Ray . Wally Seaver
Thank you for this gem of an upload! I remember reading about this show and Mike's perfect 300 score from the old Weider Muscle Builder magazines. It's great to be able to see an actual footage of his performance. This was a historic feat because it was the first time a bodybuilder achieved a perfect score at a Mr Universe contest. If I remember correctly, Tom Platz and Carlos Rodriguez completed Team USA for this show. Carlos Rodriguez won his weight class on this contest while Tom Platz placed in his weight class.
Thank you so very much for finding this video , Mike is my idol , although my training and dieting are somewhat different, reading his books open up my mind to find the perfect approach to bodybuilding to me
Just watched the video of Mike's perfect performance 300 score. Stunning poses all his own signature poses. No doubt he was at the top end of bodybuilding. Rest peacefully Mike
I remember reading one of his articles about this contest. He had overindulged a salty seafood appetizer which bloated him. Zane came backstage and asked what happened because he lost all his cuts. He still won the contest, but think of how he would have looked if he had been even more defined.
@@GoldenEraBookworm his underground lectures just before he passed were the best!! The best information of all time came from the Mentzer brothers! ! Hands down the best!
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines nope, Mike Mentzer took heavy lifting and progression to a whole new level without the "yeah buddy" style that lead to dead backs lol
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines it's strength without the damage not just strength, no point having strength just to lose it due to injuries that take forever to heal or leave permanent damage like "yeah buddy" Ronnie Coleman.
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines lol menzter quit after the Arnold debarkle but whatever man, I don't care about RUclips argument BS, Mentzer was and is A OG in the bodybuilding game period, he didn't end up in a wheel chair, he trained hard and got great results, people still widely use his training methods period.
I trained with him 4 times in the early nineties and he only charged me 20 bucks while he charged Japanese tourists $100 because he really liked me. I also bought 2 of his books which were 4 sale in gold's gym Venice
And he had what was, in my opinion, just about the perfect physique to match that perfect score. Hard, dense, grainy and awesomely symmetrical with ideal proportions. One of my favorite physiques ever.
@@mindlessrover2001 his leg blaster is no longer in production. When I spoke to him he said he sold 1000 if I recall correctly. You should be able to find one on eBay.
Back when bodybuilding was bodybuilding, not the disgusting joke that bodybuilding/classic/physique the sport has reduced itself to (the drug usage, the entitlement attitude) of the millennial athlete You did a nice job
I was wondering if there was any footage of this. I remember watching live (or at least when it first aired on tv in 1978) unfortunately, the footage does not do his physique justice. He literally looked like perfection on that day and the scores were well-deserved.
Hi bookworm I would appreciate it if you could make a video of an old school British bodybuilder called Len sell as he was one of my father's training partners in the 50s and 60s stay safe and healthy
He was a Mr Universe winner he also owned his own gym in London another person who used to train regularly with Len and my father was Reg Park when competitions were held in England all the best bodybuilders used to visit Lens gym from all over the world when in England Arnold used to visit the gym as well Len was a bodybuilding pioneer check your history young man stay safe and healthy
His Physique in 78 was the 2nd best of alltime..only Sergio in 72 could top it. Mike had unparalleled symmetry. And in 79 he should have won the Olympia. One of the greatest physiques of alltime. And the greatest mind in the sports history.
@@douglasharrison1360 Mike's back looked incredible in 79 and 80. Lower back among the best in his era! He never won the Olympia because of politics and disagreement of Joe weider. Look what happened to others who follow the same fate. Sergio oliva, Victor Martinez and Nasser El Sombaty. He kicked Arnold's ass in the 80 olympia!
@bigd7696 Nope. Very controversial Olympia in 2007 in which Victor looked better than Culter. Tighter waist, symmetry and proportions that made Culter look blocky and smooth on some areas. Read and research that Olympia carefully. Nasser (in 97) completely annihilated Dorian! From the front and side, he literally dwarfed Dorian silly. Dorian had a torn bicep and a tricep and distended obliques that made him look deformed and should of had points taken away. His arms were the worst arms by an Olympia winner. Can you imagine Arnold with torn arms? Nasser was flawless compared to Yates. Yates beating him in the back--and it end there.
Mentzer had an amazing physique BUT what he preached in "Heavy Duty" wasn't the same as "High Intensity Training: The Mike Mentzer Way". In "Heavy Duty" he did multiple exercises per bodypart and trained 3 times a week split routine whereas in "High Intensity Training: The Mike Mentzer Way" he did one or 2 exercises per bodypart and trained 2 times a week split routine. His original training was like Dorian Yates' "Blood & Guts".
Dating it from his birthdate would have been easier since they said he was 26. Also he seems to have grown a lot in his last 2 years, I wonder if high intensity exercise done that, or maybe just a new drug regime.
I was 12-13 years old at the time and saw this on wide world of sports or whoever broadcasted it and as a kid it was Arnold + 1 . he was before his time in terms of mass. The 1980 Olympia was a train robbery that he never recovered from. I by then had subscribed to muscle & fitness and their coverage was very biased. JS
When national programs broadcast IFBB bodybuilding contests they consistently videoed posing routines from totally BS angles. The contestant was posing directly ahead yet these dickheads were videoing from every angle other than that. If Wieder was such a genius promoting bodybuilding why wasn't he giving these national sports broadcasters directions as to how they should place their cameras to best capture the competitor's physiques. Obviously Joe was more interested in the Benjamins.
@@sonyx4500 Yeah, you can tell. Arnold was taller (not bigger). Mike outweighed him even though he was shorter. Mike weighed in at 225lb while Arnold weighed in at a skinny 218lb at 6'1! Ridiculous! He had the worse legs ever by a Olympia winner! He could probably fit his legs through a pencil sharpener. Arnold got worse and worse after 74. He could never retain what he had after that contest. Worse in 75, and downright deformed and out of sync in 80!
@@lateralus2199 His upper body definitely was bigger. No matter what. His legs were downsized because he didn't train alot for it. But there wasn't too much emphasis on legs back then. Symmetry and definition was more important.
@@sonyx4500 Arnold's chest and biceps were bigger. Arnold's proportions were terrible! He looked deformed. Anybody whose legs that were extremely skinny and out of balance with his upper body, is distorted. The same can be said of Arnie's butt buddy, Franco winning the following year with sausage legs (one leg smaller than the other). That too, would constitute deformity as well. In a high ranking bodybuilding contest, the entire physique should be well balanced. These two lunkheads had back to back Olympias that were highly controversial (the most debated contests in history), and almost destroyed the integrity of the judging criteria
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No bloated, disgusting physique. Incredible and balanced. RIP Mike and Ray Mentzer.
Why isnt this the standard anymore? 🤔
Brother you are w
@@rjames80its now called men physique
@rjames80 I personally think it's the food and the never-ending quest to get insanely huge
Mike was so good. My favourite bb, I wrote him a letter in 1979 and got a kind answer about some training tips of course.
What was the response?
how old are you
@@karamagma576 Must be at least 58.
What were the tips
Wow, A perfect score of 300. That is awesome. Yes, this is rare footage.Mike Mentzer had a powerful physique. He looked strong. He was a straightforward classic poser. From 1978. That's when bodybuilding ws still art and not out of control
absoloute jokes these days they need to ban all this shit there pumping into there bodys
Mentzer had an awesome presentation! No shaking while posing. No over exaggerated facial expressions. No damn tongue sticking out. He gracefully moved from one pose to the next with great precision
One of the greatest physiques of ALLTIME. He had EVERYTHING. When he does the Crucifix its GAME OVER.
Thank you for sharing! He’s a great bodybuilder! I learned the last rep is most important from him.
So true
Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines You again..
@@DanA-wv3bu lol you should see the Muppet in my post on this video, the guy is must not have a life Hahahahaha 😆🤣
@@iamnemo8479 his life revolving around a dead man whose creation is wayy intellectual for his small brain to comprehend. What a clown 🤡
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines volumetard
Take a look at that, folks! That's the perfect 300 physique that had arnold scrambling at the 1980 olympia
Arnold won, and Mike finished 5th. I don't think Arnold was worried.
@@mikthe2004 he won because he cheated lol
@@mikthe2004 Why be worried when the IFBB is in your pocket?
Mentzer deserved much more we miss you and will always love you Mike and Ray 🙏🙏
Amazing forearms
It's amazing to see him like this,at 26!!!
It’s great that you re-uploaded this with the correct title info!
Didn’t Mentzer also get a perfect 300 score at the ‘79 Olympia, yet still lose to Zane?
He lost the Olympia by 1 point in the posedown..
Thanks for the info.
He won the heavyweight division that year while Zane won the light heavyweight division. It was also the last year they did that
I remember watching this! - This was televised by NBC Sports. Super rare footage, Thank you very much! , After what happened in 1980 with the Mr Olympia they never again televised Bodybuilding on national mainstream TV.
In my top 3 bodybuilders of all time, and I've never seen this. Thanks for sharing.
Noticed Ric Drasin recommending the book at the end. He was such a great guy, sorely missed. He was like a father to us all, great guests , great advice. RIP Ric.
He was the man
Cheers for the update - I had no idea this was the actual contest where he gained the infamous 300 score 😮🙌⚡
Yep, I checked today, absolutely no doubt...its awesome footage
“Infamous”?!
Privledged to attend his seminar in 1977 in Mass. He had competed in the Universe the week prior . He looked carved in ice ! Very well spoken and personable to the 60 or so attendee’s. God speed and RIP to him and brother Ray . Wally Seaver
Thank you for this gem of an upload! I remember reading about this show and Mike's perfect 300 score from the old Weider Muscle Builder magazines. It's great to be able to see an actual footage of his performance. This was a historic feat because it was the first time a bodybuilder achieved a perfect score at a Mr Universe contest. If I remember correctly, Tom Platz and Carlos Rodriguez completed Team USA for this show. Carlos Rodriguez won his weight class on this contest while Tom Platz placed in his weight class.
Muchas Gracias Carlos!
Awesome thank you for sharing
You're welcome
Mike was 26 years old in 1978. November 15, 1951 - June 10, 2001
The great Mike Mentzer,,.. should have won a Mr.Olympia..,,.still his Books, and High Intensity Training routines lives on,,R.I.P Mike,Ray.
Thank you so very much for finding this video , Mike is my idol , although my training and dieting are somewhat different, reading his books open up my mind to find the perfect approach to bodybuilding to me
APPRECIATE THE CORRECTION...YES, DETAILS. THANKS MUCH.
Just watched the video of Mike's perfect performance 300 score.
Stunning poses all his own signature poses.
No doubt he was at the top end of bodybuilding.
Rest peacefully Mike
From a time when posing was still and art form
Yep, and no hip hop was played by the DJ
Legend 💪🏼🦁. Thank you for the video
This is so awesome my brother. Keep this kind of stuff coming! Thank you.🏋️🏋️🏋️👍👍
Will do
I remember reading one of his articles about this contest. He had overindulged a salty seafood appetizer which bloated him. Zane came backstage and asked what happened because he lost all his cuts. He still won the contest, but think of how he would have looked if he had been even more defined.
Effing awsome what a bloke!! A true scientific sportsman
He was
@@GoldenEraBookworm his underground lectures just before he passed were the best!! The best information of all time came from the Mentzer brothers! ! Hands down the best!
@@blackwingvisuals5017 I've listened to some of his lectures, mind blowing stuff
@@GoldenEraBookworm yes amazing stuff! Absolutely genius!
The original godfather of heavy lifting 😎
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines nope, Mike Mentzer took heavy lifting and progression to a whole new level without the "yeah buddy" style that lead to dead backs lol
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines it's strength without the damage not just strength, no point having strength just to lose it due to injuries that take forever to heal or leave permanent damage like "yeah buddy" Ronnie Coleman.
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines lol menzter quit after the Arnold debarkle but whatever man, I don't care about RUclips argument BS, Mentzer was and is A OG in the bodybuilding game period, he didn't end up in a wheel chair, he trained hard and got great results, people still widely use his training methods period.
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines bwahahahahahaha 😆🤣
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines bwahahahahahaha 😆🤣
Thank you for this 🙏
Greatest physique of all time in my opinion, only man to get 300.mike deserves alot more respect than he got in his lifetime
It doesn't get any more perfect than that!
Thank you
His forearms is crazy -
Mike Mentzer was the best.
Please bring more footage thanks
I'm glad to know that one of my favourite bb won his Mr Universe in my country.
God gifted
Mikes mantis pose is one of the greatest ever.
Look at the definition and detail of his physique. What the shit. True champion🏆.
Just wow, all natural too i love him grrrrrrr
I trained with him 4 times in the early nineties and he only charged me 20 bucks while he charged Japanese tourists $100 because he really liked me. I also bought 2 of his books which were 4 sale in gold's gym Venice
Wow. How was it ? What was the protocol?
I wish posing were judged today. This was nice to watch
And he had what was, in my opinion, just about the perfect physique to match that perfect score. Hard, dense, grainy and awesomely symmetrical with ideal proportions. One of my favorite physiques ever.
Super legend
It would be nice to see Zane in action don't see alot of footage of his contests out there
It's good to hear Frank Zane commentating
His voice hasn't changed
@@GoldenEraBookworm I have a phone consultation with him next week 😁😁
@@CJforToday awesome
@@CJforToday you bought his leg blaster?
@@mindlessrover2001 his leg blaster is no longer in production. When I spoke to him he said he sold 1000 if I recall correctly. You should be able to find one on eBay.
If it's possible,please review the Heavy Duty 2
Back when bodybuilding was bodybuilding, not the disgusting joke that bodybuilding/classic/physique the sport has reduced itself to (the drug usage, the entitlement attitude) of the millennial athlete
You did a nice job
I hope there is someone out there who can digitally remaster this video. It's quality is degrading terribly. Thanks for posting it.
Mentzer fan since 1981, but I have never seen video from the 1978 Mr. U. Where did you get it?
that "rare" low quality footage is flooting the internet right now, don`t know why just right yet!?
Should have had one win from Mr Olympia
Total simetría, shape, balance and muscularity , Mike Mentzer was in his best shape ever.
the pose @00:59 is just crazy.
They need to remaster this footage so we can see the definition of his muscles
I was wondering if there was any footage of this. I remember watching live (or at least when it first aired on tv in 1978) unfortunately, the footage does not do his physique justice. He literally looked like perfection on that day and the scores were well-deserved.
I totally agree. I also started BodyBuilding in the mid70s.|t was the end of an era.
BOOM
I could score a 301, but I hurt my knee.
Hi bookworm I would appreciate it if you could make a video of an old school British bodybuilder called Len sell as he was one of my father's training partners in the 50s and 60s stay safe and healthy
Never heard of him
He was a Mr Universe winner he also owned his own gym in London another person who used to train regularly with Len and my father was Reg Park when competitions were held in England all the best bodybuilders used to visit Lens gym from all over the world when in England Arnold used to visit the gym as well Len was a bodybuilding pioneer check your history young man stay safe and healthy
The crucifix got a crowd response
Only thing missing was transitions between poses. He was the man!!
I must have seen a different video.
@@baronmeduse after a second look I am noticing some pretty decent transitions
His Physique in 78 was the 2nd best of alltime..only Sergio in 72 could top it. Mike had unparalleled symmetry. And in 79 he should have won the Olympia. One of the greatest physiques of alltime. And the greatest mind in the sports history.
thank god mike didnt slip over at the end
I like his physique square and round
Though guy face.
Could have done it on movies.
People don't know this but, The O.G. Giant Killer Danny Padilla has a 300 point win in 1 of his contest he competed in 76'-77' ?
True but MIKE DID IT TWICE.
Danny Padilla got a 300 score in the 79 Night of the Champions where he lost to Robby Robinson in the finals
How the sport has fallen…
Said it once, I'll say it again, WEAK BACK!!!!!!!!
No one cares what you think! Move along!
Weak back and chest, never could win the Olympia.
@@douglasharrison1360 Mike's back looked incredible in 79 and 80. Lower back among the best in his era! He never won the Olympia because of politics and disagreement of Joe weider. Look what happened to others who follow the same fate. Sergio oliva, Victor Martinez and Nasser El Sombaty. He kicked Arnold's ass in the 80 olympia!
@bigd7696 Nope. Very controversial Olympia in 2007 in which Victor looked better than Culter. Tighter waist, symmetry and proportions that made Culter look blocky and smooth on some areas. Read and research that Olympia carefully. Nasser (in 97) completely annihilated Dorian! From the front and side, he literally dwarfed Dorian silly. Dorian had a torn bicep and a tricep and distended obliques that made him look deformed and should of had points taken away. His arms were the worst arms by an Olympia winner. Can you imagine Arnold with torn arms? Nasser was flawless compared to Yates. Yates beating him in the back--and it end there.
We can assume that Mentzer's perfect score was due in part to the fact that Ahhnold was not a judge.
Mike has the midsection I want
He was 26 years old? Holy fak ...he looks like in his mid 30s
I always thought Mike was a good bodybuilder but a better coach
Mentzer had an amazing physique BUT what he preached in "Heavy Duty" wasn't the same as "High Intensity Training: The Mike Mentzer Way". In "Heavy Duty" he did multiple exercises per bodypart and trained 3 times a week split routine whereas in "High Intensity Training: The Mike Mentzer Way" he did one or 2 exercises per bodypart and trained 2 times a week split routine. His original training was like Dorian Yates' "Blood & Guts".
78 Maksim and Tom platz Rod Regise
Dating it from his birthdate would have been easier since they said he was 26. Also he seems to have grown a lot in his last 2 years, I wonder if high intensity exercise done that, or maybe just a new drug regime.
Freaky responsive genetics. He was gifted in that department.
If he's 26 here ... do the maths.
I was 12-13 years old at the time and saw this on wide world of sports or whoever broadcasted it and as a kid it was Arnold + 1 . he was before his time in terms of mass. The 1980 Olympia was a train robbery that he never recovered from. I by then had subscribed to muscle & fitness and their coverage was very biased. JS
When national programs broadcast IFBB bodybuilding contests they consistently videoed posing routines from totally BS angles. The contestant was posing directly ahead yet these dickheads were videoing from every angle other than that. If Wieder was such a genius promoting bodybuilding why wasn't he giving these national sports broadcasters directions as to how they should place their cameras to best capture the competitor's physiques. Obviously Joe was more interested in the Benjamins.
He looked like he pioneered GH to me.
That would be Arnold
i guess it's just me but i don't get the hype.
Could have beaten Zane in 1979.
Perfect score means he won Mr Olympia that year right?
Good but Arnold was a step above
Not in 80. He looked deformed and malnourished
@@lateralus2199He barely trained for it and came out of retirement and still was bigger than Mike.
@@sonyx4500 Yeah, you can tell. Arnold was taller (not bigger). Mike outweighed him even though he was shorter. Mike weighed in at 225lb while Arnold weighed in at a skinny 218lb at 6'1! Ridiculous! He had the worse legs ever by a Olympia winner! He could probably fit his legs through a pencil sharpener. Arnold got worse and worse after 74. He could never retain what he had after that contest. Worse in 75, and downright deformed and out of sync in 80!
@@lateralus2199 His upper body definitely was bigger. No matter what. His legs were downsized because he didn't train alot for it. But there wasn't too much emphasis on legs back then. Symmetry and definition was more important.
@@sonyx4500 Arnold's chest and biceps were bigger. Arnold's proportions were terrible! He looked deformed. Anybody whose legs that were extremely skinny and out of balance with his upper body, is distorted. The same can be said of Arnie's butt buddy, Franco winning the following year with sausage legs (one leg smaller than the other). That too, would constitute deformity as well. In a high ranking bodybuilding contest, the entire physique should be well balanced. These two lunkheads had back to back Olympias that were highly controversial (the most debated contests in history), and almost destroyed the integrity of the judging criteria
That footage is wack
I couldn't stand watching this inferior bogus video. So Disappointing.
No back Menzer. Fact.
Frank Zane and Arnold Schwarzenegger are master posers....!
He makes Arnold look like an invalid
@bigd7696 Invalid has several meanings. I chose the noun version which is a sick, weak person. Understand?