He’s not a racist, hell his wife was half black half asian if I recall correctly. In interviews he has said that he got caught up in the whole street-thug identity, and that’s what the boot tattoo was about, not that he was a skinhead. His best friend growing up (when he was a “skin”) was black. Seriously, those rumors were so crazy.
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It would be interesting if someone (Bricknyce?) could post Dorian’s routines like from beginning to later stages, just to see how his training “evolved”…
And maybe some more information on his diet and modifications?
I don’t recall the thread name but I believe Bricknyce actually did post Dorian’s routines previously.
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
It would be interesting if someone (Bricknyce?) could post Dorian’s routines like from beginning to later stages, just to see how his training “evolved”…
And maybe some more information on his diet and modifications?[/quote]
I know Yates started off with a 2 way spit every other day, but i’m not sure exactly what it looked like. In this flex article he seems to give a 2 way split that may have been similar to what he started on himself;
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_1_26/ai_n24356599/
(Copy and pasted incase link doesnt work)
YATES’ SPLIT WORKOUTS
BODYPART EXERCISE SETS REPS
WORKOUT 1
CHEST Barbell bench presses 2 10
Incline barbell presses 2 10
Incline dumbbell flyes 2 10
BACK Pullups 2 10
Barbell rows 2 10
Deadlifts 2 10
SHOULDERS Seated barbell presses 2 10
Dumbbell lateral raises 1 10
Bent-over lateral raises 1 10
ABS Hanging leg raises 2 Failure
Crunches 2 Failure
WORKOUT 2
THIGHS Barbell squats 2 10
Hack squats 2 10
HAMSTRINGS Romanian deadlifts 2 10
Lying leg curls 2 10
CALVES Standing calf raises 2 15
BICEPS Standing barbell curls 2 10
One-arm preacher curls 2 10
TRICEPS Lying triceps extensions 2 10
Straight-bar cable pushdowns 2 10
Thanks for that ^
Seems like crazy volume (compared to what he did later).
Did a little bit of digging and came up with this -
He did that AB (two way) split mentioned above from 1983-1985:
Then from 1985-1990 he did this split:
Day 1 - Chest + Arms
Day 2 - Legs
Day 3 - Off
Day 4 - Shoulders + Back
Day 5 - Off
Day 6 - Repeat
That’s his most popular one that many like to follow I think?
Then from 1990-1997 he did this one:
Day 1 - Chest, Biceps
Day 2 - Legs
Day 3 - Off
Day 4 - Shoulders, Triceps
Day 5 - Back
Day 6 - Off
Day 7 - Repeat
So for his first 2 years he trained body parts roughly every 4 days, then for the next 5 years he trained body parts roughly every 6 days (bodypart training spread out/split up more), then for the next 7 years he trained body parts roughly every 7 days (body split up even more).
Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong…
Dorian is scheduled to be in Brisbane Australia this month also, giving an exclusive seminar at Nutrition Warehouse Ashmore, Gold Coast.
Is going to be wicked.
[quote]BlakedaMan wrote:
If you look at how a lot of past successful bodybuilders trained, you start to notice this trend of super high intensity. Some people claim that for a natural trainee, you can’t pull that off as easily. I think that’s true that you may not be able to do as much or as frequently with such high intensity as an assisted lifter, but that doesn’t mean that the recipe changes. [/quote]
I agree, when I was natural I could only train every third or fourth day, the problem with this is that if your crazy about training, which I was, you really want to train more frequently. This either leads to frustration and injury, or steroid use, or in my case, both!
DORIAN YATES RETURNING TO THE STAGE!!!
-signed up as a guest appearance at the new “IFBB World Master’s Championship” Dec 2011, Ronnie also confirmed in writing to compete.