Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates is an English professional bodybuilder. He won the Mr. Olympia
title six consecutive times from 1992 and holds the fourth-highest number of Mr. Olympia
awards of all time, ranking behind Ronnie Coleman, Lee Haney, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
respectively. He is widely considered one of the top athletes in modern bodybuilding
history.
Career Yates' professional record consists of 15
major contest wins and two second-place finishes. His career ended in large part due to chronic
acute injuries, including a torn biceps and triceps, the latter just three weeks prior
to his final contest, the 1997 Mr. Olympia contest, which he won in spite of the injury.
Yates espoused a style of training known as HIT "High Intensity Training," which maintains
that maximum muscle stimulation can be reached through short, high-intensity workout sessions
rather than long duration workouts. The training style was originally popularized
by Mike Mentzer. Post competition career
In 1987, Yates purchased Temple Gym, located on Temple Street in Birmingham.
He formed the California-based company Heavy Duty Incorporated in 1994 with Mike Mentzer
and Ray Mentzer. The company marketed athletic apparel and
bodybuilding-related books. In 2006, he franchised four additional Temple
Gym locations, three of which are in the UK. In 1998, Yates partnered with Kerry Kayes
to form the bodybuilding supplement company CNP Professional, which marketed a Dorian
Yates Approved product line in the United States.
He left the company in 2006 to form his own company, Dorian Yates Ultimate Formulas, which
offers a line of protein and weight-gain supplements. He started a second company in 2010, EU Peptides,
which sells peptide hormones and other pro-hormone supplements.
In 2011, Yates founded a third company, DY Nutrition, which specializes in pre-workout
formulas and has released several training DVDs.
He left EU Peptides in 2012. Yates earned the nickname of "The Shadow"
for his tendency unexpectedly to appear at major bodybuilding contests and win, despite
having remained out of the public eye for long periods beforehand.
He was reported to have turned down several large supplement endorsement contracts and
avoided interviews and other television publicity in order to maintain privacy.
In recent years, Yates has conducted several seminar tours internationally to discuss nutrition
and his experiences in bodybuilding. He offers training videos and written commentary
on his official website. He continues to reside near his hometown in
England. Yates has advocated alternative treatments
for cancer, including the use of cannabis oil.
He has also made statements in interviews concerning the negative health effects of
sodium fluoride additives in tap water and the discovery of cancer viruses and sterilants
in some vaccines. He has taken several controversial political
positions, such as calling for a new investigation of the 9/11 attacks.
In a 2013 interview, Yates endorsed the use of some psychedelic entheogens for religious
and spiritual purposes, including ayahuasca. Books and videos
In 1993 Yates published an autobiography titled Blood and Guts.
In 1996 he released a workout video of the same title, which features his weekly weight
training routines. In 1998 Yates co-authored A Warrior's Story,
in which he chronicles his path to success in bodybuilding.
In 2012, he released a mass gain video trainer in collaboration with bodybuilding.com called
Blood and Guts, based on the HIT theory. Stats
Height: 1.77 m Off Season Weight: 132 kg
Competition Weight: 119 kg Arm Size: 53 cm
Leg Size: 77 cm Waist Size: 86 cm
Calve Size: 56 cm Chest size: 145 cm
Bodybuilding titles 1985 World Games, 7th
1986 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight 1988 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight
and overall 1990 Night of Champions, 2nd
1991 Night of Champions, 1st 1991 Mr. Olympia, 2nd
1991 English Grand Prix, 1st 1992 Mr. Olympia, 1st
1992 English Grand Prix, 1st 1993 Mr. Olympia, 1st
1994 Mr. Olympia, 1st 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st
1994 German Grand Prix, 1st 1994 English Grand Prix, 1st
1995 Mr. Olympia, 1st 1996 Mr. Olympia, 1st
1996 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st 1996 German Grand Prix, 1st
1996 English Grand Prix, 1st 1997 Mr. Olympia, 1st
See also List of male professional bodybuilders
Arnold Classic References
External links DorianYates.net
Dorian Yates on Facebook Dorian Yates on Twitter
2011 Q & A with Dorian Yates Dorian Yates – The Making of the Super Bodybuilder
Dorian Yates Nutrition