Ray Mentzer
Ray Mentzer (August 3, 1953 – June 12, 2001) was the 1976 Junior Mr. America, 1978 IFBB Mr. USA and was winner of the 1979 AAU Mr. America compe*ion. Ray's brother, Mike Mentzer won the rival IFBB Mr. America in 1976 during Ray's Junior *le.
He was a proponent of heavy duty training along with Mike and although retiring from compe*ion in 1982, carried on training to the heavy duty high intensity principles. In 1983, he flew to Florida in order to be trained by Arthur Jones. At a bodyweight of a then unthinkable 250 plus pounds, he added even more muscle within a month, to 260 but leaner. At one time, training for just six weeks to prove the invalidty of the Bulgarian system, he squatted 902 pounds for 2 repe*ions.
He died from kidney failure, a complication resulting from Berger's disease. Ray died just two days after discovering his brother Mike Mentzer's body in the same apartment due to heart failure.
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External links
- Hause, Irene . (1983, January). Mike Mentzer’s Video Venture. Muscle Mag International. Issue Number 33, pages 22–25. Ray Mentzer is quoted in this article. (Retrieved November 16, 2008.)