Are you saying that Mike didn't act like he invented HIT?
Come on.
Even Frederick Hatfield used to make fun of him over it. (RIP Dr. Squat).
Yes. Come on.
Like everybody, they learn from others and place their own unique stamp on it. Like Dante's Doggcrap training, Trevor Smith's "Beyond failure", Jason Huh's partial reps training that use to be called "burns" or "partials"... the list goes on
Why would he need his brother to live there and help with the rent?
What makes you think he "needed" his brother to live with him? I've lived with others but not because I needed to. Cracks me up how so many people act like they know so much about his personal life and circumstances.
We heterosexuals have these things called women.
If you need help with the bills, get a live-in girlfriend. 
What kind of stupid comment is that? Mike had a girl friend for years. Not everybody wants
to live with their girl friend. Some don't even like living with their wife anymore.
As for the quality of the abode, well, neither of us can truly say.
I can. I saw it. So have many others. It was not a place for the poor.
One can be a topic of discussion. It doesn't automatically mean agreement. Most don't agree with HIT.
And this is coming from a guy who believes in lower volume (no. of exercises/sets/frequency) and more rest.
Yet Mike influence their training whether they know it or not. The intensity variables, the importance of recovery, that just doing more sets or training more often means more progress. Even Coleman and Yates reduce their training to just 4 times per week. Even you reduced your training volume directly or indirectly because of Mike whether you want to admit it or not.
I think most would rather be Zane and have had his life rather than Mentzer's.
That has nothing to do with the influence he had on bodybuilding or the validity of HIT.
And let us not forget that he still has life.
He didn't destroy his organs with steroids and still has three Sandow statues.
Mike has...
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