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With the current proliferation of bodybuilding and fitness books, what makes the words of Dorian Yates so meaningful? Well, for starters, with six Mr. Olympia victories, he has dominated bodybuilding in the '90s in the manner that Arnold Schwarzenegger (seven Qlympia wins) dominated the '70s and Lee Haney (eight Qlympia wins) dominated the '80s. Furthermore, be dominated his sport in a white-hot period of competition when the standards have never been higher. Notwithstanding his contest track record, Dorian's true legacy will be his training philosophy.
He brought a scientific and precise planning approach to bodybuilding that revolutionized the sport. He took as his base Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty training creed and modified it to his own design and beliefs. Previous to Dorian, bodybuilding's most popular workout plan involved training six days a week, employing 20 or so sets per bodypart. He built the world's best-ever physique with short intense workouts that comprise only one all-out set for each exercise, and only two or three exercises per bodypart. He trains only once a day, four days a week. He overturned the more-is-better school of thought by proving that the most important component in the muscle-building process is the need for proper recuperation.
Dorian was also a pioneer in combining cardio work with bodybuilding. In turn, this led to lim helping to develop the modern bodybuilding diet, wherein the contest-prep diet does not involve a drastic reduction in calories from the offseason diet. No longer do bodybuilders need to starve themselves in the last few weeks of a contest diet. In the gym and onstage, he's the supreme competitor, and it's likely that no bodybuilder ever trained harder or smarter, or exploited his genetic potential to a greater extent than Yates. Some may question the previous statement by pointing to his list of injuries, but that merely underlines his unyielding determination in exploring his limits. And who else would have the heart to overcome the injuries he's sustained? By doing so, Dorian proved he is the sport's ultimate warrior.
In addition to his training and diet innovations, Yates imbued the role of Mr. Olympia with both a nobility and a working-class hero's common touch. His physique and his articles in Joe Weider's FLEX and MUSCLE & FITNESS magazines have made him the most inspirational and popular bodybuilder on the planet, as well as the champion listened to the most. Dorian Yates bucked the trend, stayed true to his roots and beliefs, and did it his way, and only his way. By doing so, be made history by becoming the first Mr. Olympia to ever hold the title while living outside of the United States.
On a personal note: Perhaps his greatest accomplishment, in this age of sporting superstars and oversized egos, is that, despite his lofty achievements, the six-time Mr. Olympia remains today, at age 36, the same well-balanced, unpretentious and enthusiastic person whom I first met when he was 23 and at the start of his career. Dorian Yates is a man who is and who will continue to be a role model for and a credit to the sport of bodybuilding. This is a man in every sense of the word. This is a man worth listening to.