I love when this pic gets posted tho. Yates in 1986 Known as ‘The Shadow’ in bodybuilding circles, Dorian Yates was the goliath of early 1990s bodybuilding. I hate these guys who say they only took baby sized dosages more than fake nattys. Mike Mentzer and Dorian Yates Mike Mentzer was a world class bodybuilder who won the Mr Universe with a … also i think a lot of us have legit fear of going to high intensity and injury that could happen. So did Casey Viator, Boyer Coe, Lee Labrada and others. It's actually amusing how he keeps relatively good form while failing and doing forced reps and negatives. Dorian Yates' Tips to Build Muscle Training for Mass and Maximum Growth I never set out to redefine the standards for muscle mass and density over the course of my six-year reign as Mr. Olympia. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Shit I've started getting into HIT and training HIT way, this thread so relevant. He won 6 times MR Olympia from 1992-1997. Mike mentzer also followed the same type of training and he also had an amazing physique. Dorian Yates used an unconventional training style to become the undisputed greatest bodybuilder of the 1990s. Those were closer to true blue HIT, he then started confusing the shit out of everyone by telling them to do splits that comprise of 2-3 exercises with 4-7 days of rest. Sounds like some meathead douchebag shit. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. Dorian Yates was greatly influenced by Mike Mentzer’s HIT training method and started following it from his early days in bodybuilding. However, he does not use his bodybuilding training to stay in shape at age 57. I think he really took those sets way past where you or me would go. TBH I think HIT died out because Arthur Jones never put to paper the true HIT style as he advocated it was something like 12-15 full body exercises, 2-3 days a week, little to no rest (I read people take rests after a few sets), every set to failure, incorporating negatives, pre-exhaustion, breakdown sets and not to failure workouts. 9 months of juice? if you look at his training program posted on bb.com he talks a lot about spotter and negatives. It was crazy, ive read about him training Sergio Olivia, where he'd make him do 480 lb leg presses to failure, followed by 430lb squats to failure. He is a six-time Mr Olympia, and at his peak he was one of the best bodybuilders of all time and probably the only physique in existence that could have stood toe to toe with a prime Ronnie Coleman and done some real damage. Dorian still regularly does strength training, but focuses on cardio, does static core muscle exercises, and is active in yoga. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Dorian Yates taught me that if someone is truly training hard, they can't recover from training more than four training days per week. Come gets yours today for only 119 dollars, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the bodybuilding community. 1st set would be around 4-8 reps to warmup then rest of the sets would be till failure. Dorian Yates may be a six time Mr. Olympia champion. Eccentric training is one of the most effective training methods of all time! Mike Metzler used low volume high intensity training. He also claims to have run only 300mg of nandrolone so take what he says with a grain of salt, He's a fucking liar. This picture is posted to this subreddit literally every month and this comment is also posted every single time. 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