Today marks 25 years since the passing of the legendary Mike Mentzer… I’d seen Mike’s training stuff long before I ever met him and I was impressed, he was an interesting person and was incredibly intelligent. With Mike, it goes beyond his physique - although his physique was incredible especially with that muscle thickness; big forearms and calves… in the end it turned out that we shared those traits. Plus he had that strongman moustache which was unrivalled! The stuff I read from him resonated and although I wasn’t into philosophy back then, I would love to have conversations with him now as I’ve matured mentally, physically and philosophically. What Mentzer did was ask the question: Am I training in a certain way due to habit and the pressures of conformity or am I doing everything to ascertain the best ways of approaching bodybuilding to get maximum results? Just by being around a free thinker like Mike was a great source of energy and inspiration for me, especially as I was a r...