They showed the other competitors those photos a few weeks later in gold gym and they all said they had no chance of competing with him, remember the photographer say it on a podcast 🤣
It's not 240p though It's shot on film which is why the resolution is good. Digital cameras didn't exist or at least weren't common back then. My parents had one of these old cameras and they were behemoths which is why they have it on a stand.
LOVES 2 Smooch you obviously don't know much about Dorian. His workouts were more intense than anyone's. Most of these bodybuilders than train 2/3 hours in the gym wouldn't make it through a 45 min session with Dorian. No-one had this man's mentality.
LOVES 2 Smooch We are not talking about growth. You mentioned Dorian was not a hard worker. He is renowned through the bodybuilding world for his mental toughness and workouts. There's a video of a bodybuilder called Chris Cormier who trained with Dorian and Dorian broke him.
So what if his training sessions was short? That's the way of doing High Intensity Training, just watch nowadays bodybuilders being trained by Dorian, they are dying in half of the workout... And speaking of Arnold - he never came even close to Dorian's conditioning, not even mention the size.
Shit. I had no idea he looked this good. I'm used to seeing Ronnie and Phil, this dude looks even better. I had no idea he was ever on this level, I knew he was great, whoa, but this is surprising.
+bmx7596 the biggest difference for me between dorian and ronnie is that dorian looks more "natural" with the way he holds his mass, whereas ronnie to me looks just odd.. almost like an overgrown turkey. Dorian is by far my favourite bodybuilder, the muscle quality on him is still unmatched imo
+paramrider 69 I agree. Dorian looked "Right' carrying his mass. Ronnie and some other dudes, though massive and good in their own right, didn't pull it off as well.
people sometimes forget Dorian started the mass movement, he was the first guy to hit the stage at a weight as high as 260 while being fully conditioned, Ronnie simply followed his example, as did Cutler etc.....Yates was awesome, but his arms were never great but god damn I don't think anyone will ever have as good of a back as him.
That is a bad man. Stone hard muscle. Incredible conditioning. Undeniable work ethic. Determination. Yates was a game changer. And those calves. My goodness. A true champion.
I'm sorry. But today's pro's just don't look like this. He looks just different. There is something so incredible about his conditioning and the way he built muscle. The guy is just rock hard and thick as a tree.
Heavy duty raining style had a lot to do with it. Grainy hard core muscle. Dorian was a master at recovery. Most guys train way too much and overtrain in general
That is not true. Just a few people have that kind of skin. This is the skin I genetically has, and that is why When I compare to young boys that were to compete in regional championships, I often look more shredded in the mirrow. The average skin is way thicker.
My dad was a national level bodybuilder whose heyday was between the late 80s and early 2000s. He died in 2021, all crippled up like Ronnie Coleman (with no regrets either). Shortly before he died, he bought a smart phone and learned to peck around on it. This was one of the first videos I showed him when he learned to use RUclips. He remembered seeing the "sock shots" when they first came out in the magazines. All he had to say to this video was, "wow."
True. Dorian is the rare bodybuilder who is massive but looks STRONGER rather than just huge. It's weird because you look at Coleman, prime Levrone, Priest, Kai, or whomever. Though they don't look weak per se, they don't look truly powerful and strong like Dorian did. IMO, his best was 1993. Dorian's a freak in size and especially conditioning. He's always ripped. Before juice. During Competition and retirement. Dude has low body fat levels and good muscle. Juice just amplified it. Dorian says 95' is his best. I still say 93 by far. By far.
This is the craziest footage ive seen of any bodybuilder in any setting. I had seen the black and white photos, but never this raw footage. Dorian is truly in a league of his own. I dont know if we'll ever see guys like prime Dorian and Ronnie again. The landscape has changed so much, and not for the better
Like Yates said in and interview, the guys today all say their 270 on stage and he said simply look at his 93 photoshoot pics and compare, thats REAL 270. Def the thickess badass i ever seee, best back and cows i ever seen
Dorian and Ronnie are similar ages, if this guy stated fit and free from injury I’m sure he’d have won the 98 Olympia. The best conditioning of any bodybuilder ever, no one comes close.
I've seen this footage 10000times and still every time I watch it, it blows my mind as I'm watching it for the first time. No bodybuilder from any era would stand a chance against this, maybe 2003 Ronnie only, but even he would be beaten I believe
This waz 6/7 weeks before the Olympia in '93, but if he walked on stage in that condition in 2016, '17, '18, '19 he'd have won it. Imagine what this looked like in the flesh. Imagine what it would look like in 4k Ultra HD. There is no HD footage of Dorian....if there was, the younger generation would quickly change their minds about his place in the bodybuilding pantheon.
Bird Man conditioning...muscle maturity...phil has no chest...his legs kill phils..did you see his calves? as soon as they turned around it would be game over. yeah his arms aren't as good but that's it..
Lmao if you say so, dorian had a weak chest, Phil's chest is full and thick as shit, and sry but Phil has better legs minus calves, I mean just look at Phil's hamstrings hanging like slabs of meat on his side chest pose gamebred26
Bird Man look at the bbers Yates beat over his Olympias...there are a few of them who could beat Phil lol... Phil has a ballooned insulin build. Same as Kai. It's the over all look...and size.
The only guy Yates beat that could beat Phil would be Ronnie and Yates beat a young Ronnie before Ronnie was in his prime, a 2010, 2011 Heath would beat Wheeler, Levrone, Ray, Nassar, Yates better legs? He had no hamstrings son lmao, he was all calves which nobody cares about, he won because he was bigger and more conditioned, he wouldnt win today gamebred26
I think 93' yates would beat every other Mr O in form. Imagine how soft phil would look next to him, or kai, he would actually shrink them. Hey take cutler on size and conditioning, ronnie would give him some grief but Dorian's back was on par if not better, calves would kill ron. Dexter hasnt a hope, golden era no chance. This guy is literally the best we will ever see, mainly thanks to insulin. Even someone like Ramy would be bigger but would literally look like a water baloon next to yates
In my opinion the best are Haney and Dorian. Dorian had very good proportions. His chest was not small in my opinion, and his quads were very good shaped, and he has the best glutes I have seen in a white competitor.
Incredible!!! I remember seeing some of these photos in 1993 in flex magazine, in the lead up to the 1993 Mr Olympia competition... they were mind blowing!!!
when i did some studio shots of Dorian in my studio many years ago,i put the oil on his calfs & they were as wide as my longest finger tip to thumb tip on an outstretched hand
vivere militare est you guys are right this looks like his "Goldie lock zone" but going up against Shawn Ray Mr. Anatomy... He knew he would have to come in super diced. He was over powering the whole line up because of his height, and wide structure. If I knew my whole line up is much smaller than me, and in Dorians case he was taller... Everyone else had better genetics than him (said by himself) he did it smart. Just come in super shredded. Now by the other guys trying to come in that shredded, because they are smaller, they'll just look smaller and flatter. He could afford to look flat in 93, with the exception of Flex Wheeler who could've potentially taken him out in 93
if this Dorian competed in 1999 Olympia, I think he would destroy Coleman, he would be in the same conditioning if not better and almost 15 pounds heavier
The greatest bodybuilder Dorian , nobody came close to this rock solid effect. Like he has no fat at all and looks so dense. Nobody else has that. Sorry Ron , I love you but I think we will never see something like Yates again .
Dorian is Already Contest Ready, Shredded and Semi-Grainy... He looks like he's 265lbs... he Doesn't need to... but Dorian's Actually going to Diet Down to about 255lbs and in 1993 give us the Most Ripped, Shredded and best Conditioned Mr. Olympia in IFBB History. Dorian Yates physique put the Term "Grainy" on the Map!
WOW, wow, & fucken WOW! I love it when old vid's of Dorian popup! What a TANK! He makes our current Mr.O phill heap look like crap in comparison! Too bad for the injuries Dorian sustained...the price for 100%-balls-out-training! That's why there will never be another one like him!
juan garcia garcia I prefer Yates's calves. Pakulski has incredible calves, Matarazzo's were freaky as anything with his small ankles, Farnhouser's actually insert too low IMO, Dillet's were good, but a touch smaller than Yates and definitely less vascular than Dorian's. Dorian's calves look good from all angles, especially from the side and that seems to be missing with Matarazzo's. Plus, Dorian was so huge that if he didn't have fantastic calves, he'd look off. His freaky calves really undergirded his huge quads, back, etc. Others have had great calves, but Yates's are still my favorite.
I was 17 when this photo shoot came out and can remember the shoot going in flex magazine, with a comparison to the 1992 pics and everyone was like.....whoa!!!!! WTF!!...this was the year BB went to the next level and sadly today it has gone backwards(in terms of conditioning)
I think this is the most impressive bodybuilding physique in history. No one has ever managed to obtain such fullness, density, thickness and conditioning combination like this. He looks like a Hulk cyborg. Slabs of solid muscle all over and especially his back. Just insane.
Dave Knell There ripped but simply carrying alittle more muscle, even 10 lbs extra in that condition will make you look alot different with that little bodyfat. Plus they seem to take and mix alot more drugs than back in the day.
Late ass reply lol, but it's because of the NEED of these guys to get huge as quick as possible, therefore the result of insulin abuse. When these guys now a days take all the stuff the do, they get a ton of systemic growth. Like someone mentioned on here it comes down to laziness! I believe we'll see someone soon who pops up and brings today this level of conditioning with the same level of size if not a bit more. It would have to be done with way less drugs and WAY more insane levels of hard work and dedication. I don't think since him, anyone has been more dedicated and lived bodybuilding more than the Shadow himself.
I remember seeing in the magazine "Muscle fittnes" that spectacular change in the physique of Dorian Yates. Taking muscle development to another level.His rock-sculpted back and calves have yet to be surpassed
jamesgville How can a guy with a weak chest, weak arms and delts, avg legs be the greatest ever? Because he was big, conditioned with a wide back? Nah, not even close to the greatest ever
Bird Man none of the bodyparts you mentioned are weak though,except the biceps which were always his weak point (his thighs were on point compared to his era)
+Bird Man You're a pretty big douche bag, you heath fans are all the same
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Ok mate. His proportions, conditoning and mass are unrivaled.....ronnie 2001 perhaps, but Dorian would take him out with calves, back, hardnesd and conditioning.
It's all about the back and there are few who can box with Dorian when it comes to the back. The detail is just amazing. Definitely to be saluted. #LUI #AllDayandDaily
The famous underwear photo shoot. These pics were put in magazines in black and white and they were the talk of the industry. He was obviously on peak conditioning and the lighting was perfect. Amazing.
At one time, Dorian Yates was scolded for proportions and aesthetics. But, against the background of modern "refrigerators" in bodybuilding, he is just Frank Zane)
First guy to master the insulin/GH combo. Look how much he improved from the year prior. I remember these photos came out when I was like 18 and everyone at my gym was passing around the magazine. He was so hardcore and I liked the fact that he had so so genetics and with intensity, and of course pioneered the insulin era, was able to beat guys with better genetics.
Keep in mind how shitty the quality of this video is. Yet even then we can still how grainy this fucker was in his prime. He'd be untouchable even in today's bodybuilding. Especially if he never got injured.
just wondering the measurement of his calves at that time. Gosh looks like he had wrapped something onto his legs. I know many people will disagree but I genuinely think if he had walked onto the stage like this, it would be really hard for a peaked Ronnie Coleman or Phil Heath to beat him.
The back beast ...super impressive !!! Todays bodybuilders should model their training after what ever Yates was doin to help get that crazy back & overall physique. That maybe just one of Dorian's strong points or easyier to develop for him where others may have those calves we always dreamed of !! Guys like that are the real fuckin deal... no gh gut just really amazing.. thanks for the vid!!
See guys, HIS ARMS ARE HUGE! On stage it doesn't look that way because his lats are so overpowering. So all those saying he lacked arms clearly don't know, you can knock him for his lat to arm proportion but you can't say he lacked arms man...and this conditioning is out of this world. He not only has the conditioning but he has that grainy look. Only people i know that have that grainy look are Ronnie Coleman and Branch Warren.
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Holy crap, this is the photoshoot for the famous black and white photos. I had no idea this footage existed. Incredible document.
Whats up dude! I love all your videos, and especially the documentary style direction the channel is taking. You still into fitness?
Yeah man this is where history was made 😁😁😁 (ik you commented 3 years ago 😂)
Little did he know as pulled those poses that those images would duplicated and shown for years to cone
They showed the other competitors those photos a few weeks later in gold gym and they all said they had no chance of competing with him, remember the photographer say it on a podcast 🤣
@@henrywhitmore8344hey man remember this video you commented 2 years ago
The fact that Dorian looks so good in 240p speaks volumes about his conditioning.
@my name is DRAKE and you also can't see the separation and the lines as well, so...
It's not 240p though It's shot on film which is why the resolution is good. Digital cameras didn't exist or at least weren't common back then. My parents had one of these old cameras and they were behemoths which is why they have it on a stand.
@@ak-jx1pm No this was filmed on a videotape camcorder. It's apparent from the frame rate. This is not film footage.
Those are not calves, those are COWS!! WTF!! INSANE conditioning and proportion!!!
I haven't seen calves that great ever ! he is so well proportioned too.
Dorian was a real lifter, strong as hell and a hard worker.
Hard worker ? the dude used to work out for 45 mins 5 days a week 😂
Arnold would workout 5 hours a day 6 days a week
LOVES 2 Smooch you obviously don't know much about Dorian. His workouts were more intense than anyone's. Most of these bodybuilders than train 2/3 hours in the gym wouldn't make it through a 45 min session with Dorian. No-one had this man's mentality.
bullshit dude , HGH makes you grow no matter what that's why Phil keeps winning Mr. O doing machines LOL
LOVES 2 Smooch We are not talking about growth. You mentioned Dorian was not a hard worker. He is renowned through the bodybuilding world for his mental toughness and workouts. There's a video of a bodybuilder called Chris Cormier who trained with Dorian and Dorian broke him.
So what if his training sessions was short? That's the way of doing High Intensity Training, just watch nowadays bodybuilders being trained by Dorian, they are dying in half of the workout... And speaking of Arnold - he never came even close to Dorian's conditioning, not even mention the size.
The photo shoot that changed the sport forever!!!
Shit. I had no idea he looked this good. I'm used to seeing Ronnie and Phil, this dude looks even better. I had no idea he was ever on this level, I knew he was great, whoa, but this is surprising.
+bmx7596 the biggest difference for me between dorian and ronnie is that dorian looks more "natural" with the way he holds his mass, whereas ronnie to me looks just odd.. almost like an overgrown turkey. Dorian is by far my favourite bodybuilder, the muscle quality on him is still unmatched imo
+paramrider 69 I agree. Dorian looked "Right' carrying his mass. Ronnie and some other dudes, though massive and good in their own right, didn't pull it off as well.
+bmx7596 the muscle density that Dorian have smoke Phil and is competes with Ronnie.
if not for the gut be would have been the best and you can have one without the other that is why Arnold is the best ever, even with his big waist
people sometimes forget Dorian started the mass movement, he was the first guy to hit the stage at a weight as high as 260 while being fully conditioned, Ronnie simply followed his example, as did Cutler etc.....Yates was awesome, but his arms were never great but god damn I don't think anyone will ever have as good of a back as him.
The GOAT... never ceases to amaze... 30 years later and still greatest
That close-up of his back is just out of this world.
The greatest bodybuilding footage ever taken
That is a bad man. Stone hard muscle. Incredible conditioning. Undeniable work ethic. Determination. Yates was a game changer. And those calves. My goodness. A true champion.
I'm sorry. But today's pro's just don't look like this. He looks just different. There is something so incredible about his conditioning and the way he built muscle. The guy is just rock hard and thick as a tree.
Heavy duty raining style had a lot to do with it. Grainy hard core muscle. Dorian was a master at recovery. Most guys train way too much and overtrain in general
He is hard and dry as a rock.
LusianPopa, that kind of skin... just a few people have that kiand of skin.
That is not true. Just a few people have that kind of skin. This is the skin I genetically has, and that is why When I compare to young boys that were to compete in regional championships, I often look more shredded in the mirrow. The average skin is way thicker.
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My dad was a national level bodybuilder whose heyday was between the late 80s and early 2000s. He died in 2021, all crippled up like Ronnie Coleman (with no regrets either). Shortly before he died, he bought a smart phone and learned to peck around on it. This was one of the first videos I showed him when he learned to use RUclips. He remembered seeing the "sock shots" when they first came out in the magazines. All he had to say to this video was, "wow."
Your pops is legendary
Coleman had a cartoon like physique.Yates had a man's body.He looks like he can rip someone appart with his bare hands.
True. Dorian is the rare bodybuilder who is massive but looks STRONGER rather than just huge. It's weird because you look at Coleman, prime Levrone, Priest, Kai, or whomever. Though they don't look weak per se, they don't look truly powerful and strong like Dorian did. IMO, his best was 1993. Dorian's a freak in size and especially conditioning. He's always ripped. Before juice. During Competition and retirement. Dude has low body fat levels and good muscle. Juice just amplified it. Dorian says 95' is his best. I still say 93 by far. By far.
+ncrb73 Can't pit Lee Priest with the ones you've mentioned. Guy was a giant killer. Too bad he never won!
Phil is incredible, but not conditioned like Dorian....Dorian is still the king with his 1993 shape.
Long live Dorian. Still the greatest in my opinion.
This is the craziest footage ive seen of any bodybuilder in any setting. I had seen the black and white photos, but never this raw footage. Dorian is truly in a league of his own. I dont know if we'll ever see guys like prime Dorian and Ronnie again. The landscape has changed so much, and not for the better
This is the black and white photo....1:57
Yates is 5'10" and 268lbs on this shoot.
His physique is unparalleled.... even by today's standard.
7 weeks out from the Olympia here and he could literally walk on stage after this photo shoot and destroy the last 17 years worth of Olympians.
Antarctic Vortex youre talking shit. He couldnt beat coleman even in his best shape
He looks like he could rip the head off a 20 foot salt water croc. Unbelievable marble marvel.
Heiliger Jesus Far Superior to Coleman
@@heiligerjesus1960 the only year ronnie beats this is 99...
Suuk the blood from Coleman’s torn hoop
Mr. Frankenstein......this version is unmatched. Greatest conditioning in bodybuilding history.
Like Yates said in and interview, the guys today all say their 270 on stage and he said simply look at his 93 photoshoot pics and compare, thats REAL 270. Def the thickess badass i ever seee, best back and cows i ever seen
so he's 269 here and came in at the O at 257 and thats why he has never been surpassed, no has ever come in as hard as dorian, he changed the sport.
Now we know the secret to getting big - gotta lift to old Bon Jovi power ballads!
baby baby baby, these negatives, are making my muscle fibres twitch!
Dorian is the Most Complete Bodybuilder Today.
His Back and Calves are unmatched to this very days,
cant get any better then this.
The Kind Yates
proportions on dorian before his injuries were second to non, some off the best calves ever. he was king at his best!
# uno!
Those calves are INSANE.
Dorian and Ronnie are similar ages, if this guy stated fit and free from injury I’m sure he’d have won the 98 Olympia. The best conditioning of any bodybuilder ever, no one comes close.
I've seen this footage 10000times and still every time I watch it, it blows my mind as I'm watching it for the first time. No bodybuilder from any era would stand a chance against this, maybe 2003 Ronnie only, but even he would be beaten I believe
No one has looked that good since then
This waz 6/7 weeks before the Olympia in '93, but if he walked on stage in that condition in 2016, '17, '18, '19 he'd have won it.
Imagine what this looked like in the flesh. Imagine what it would look like in 4k Ultra HD. There is no HD footage of Dorian....if there was, the younger generation would quickly change their minds about his place in the bodybuilding pantheon.
those calves are not from earth
This would beat everyone today even...Phil would lose...
gamebred26 Doubt it, the guy had no chest and no arms with avg legs, Phil has EVERY single body part, nothing is missing
Bird Man conditioning...muscle maturity...phil has no chest...his legs kill phils..did you see his calves? as soon as they turned around it would be game over. yeah his arms aren't as good but that's it..
Lmao if you say so, dorian had a weak chest, Phil's chest is full and thick as shit, and sry but Phil has better legs minus calves, I mean just look at Phil's hamstrings hanging like slabs of meat on his side chest pose gamebred26
Bird Man look at the bbers Yates beat over his Olympias...there are a few of them who could beat Phil lol... Phil has a ballooned insulin build. Same as Kai. It's the over all look...and size.
The only guy Yates beat that could beat Phil would be Ronnie and Yates beat a young Ronnie before Ronnie was in his prime, a 2010, 2011 Heath would beat Wheeler, Levrone, Ray, Nassar, Yates better legs? He had no hamstrings son lmao, he was all calves which nobody cares about, he won because he was bigger and more conditioned, he wouldnt win today gamebred26
Had to come back here after my Olympia and Arnold Classic 2020
I think 93' yates would beat every other Mr O in form. Imagine how soft phil would look next to him, or kai, he would actually shrink them. Hey take cutler on size and conditioning, ronnie would give him some grief but Dorian's back was on par if not better, calves would kill ron. Dexter hasnt a hope, golden era no chance. This guy is literally the best we will ever see, mainly thanks to insulin. Even someone like Ramy would be bigger but would literally look like a water baloon next to yates
Yup. 93' Yates would smash anyone. His 93 form was ridiculous. All that muscle, but with the conditioning of Andreas Munzer. It's crazy.
In my opinion the best are Haney and Dorian. Dorian had very good proportions. His chest was not small in my opinion, and his quads were very good shaped, and he has the best glutes I have seen in a white competitor.
Dorian didn't use insulin until 1997
and most of them train like sissy
Coleman 99 would smoke him
Yates is my favorite Mr. Olympia, crazy conditioning for how much mass he carried. Best training style as well!
This footage gives way more justice than the photos. Those calves!
Incredible!!! I remember seeing some of these photos in 1993 in flex magazine, in the lead up to the 1993 Mr Olympia competition... they were mind blowing!!!
His calf is bigger than a skinny girls back xD
He looks extreme in this video...those legs and that back and...well everything else.
when i did some studio shots of Dorian in my studio many years ago,i put the oil on his calfs & they were as wide as my longest finger tip to thumb tip on an outstretched hand
+# Преступники на Диете They where in Flex magazine, in black and white.
+Blood and Guts yup 100% agree, he looked just that much better a few weeks out of each show imo
vivere militare est you guys are right this looks like his "Goldie lock zone" but going up against Shawn Ray Mr. Anatomy... He knew he would have to come in super diced. He was over powering the whole line up because of his height, and wide structure. If I knew my whole line up is much smaller than me, and in Dorians case he was taller... Everyone else had better genetics than him (said by himself) he did it smart. Just come in super shredded. Now by the other guys trying to come in that shredded, because they are smaller, they'll just look smaller and flatter. He could afford to look flat in 93, with the exception of Flex Wheeler who could've potentially taken him out in 93
It's a combination of the golden Era and mass monsters. Huge but still looked great.
if this Dorian competed in 1999 Olympia, I think he would destroy Coleman, he would be in the same conditioning if not better and almost 15 pounds heavier
The most famous bodybuilding photo shoot ever.
The greatest bodybuilder Dorian , nobody came close to this rock solid effect. Like he has no fat at all and looks so dense. Nobody else has that. Sorry Ron , I love you but I think we will never see something like Yates again .
Dorian is Already Contest Ready, Shredded and Semi-Grainy... He looks like he's 265lbs... he Doesn't need to... but Dorian's Actually going to Diet Down to about 255lbs and in 1993 give us the Most Ripped, Shredded and best Conditioned Mr. Olympia in IFBB History. Dorian Yates physique put the Term "Grainy" on the Map!
He looks better here than when he was on stage at the 93 comp
"Don't worry son..you've got 6 weeks to rectify this mess"
Bill Dobbins
WOW, wow, & fucken WOW! I love it when old vid's of Dorian popup! What a TANK!
He makes our current Mr.O phill heap look like crap in comparison! Too bad for the injuries Dorian sustained...the price for 100%-balls-out-training! That's why there will never be another one like him!
Best of all time! The GOAT!
How are his calves so huge?! He looks so much harder and granity than any other other IFBB Pro out there. Not like some swollen mutant lab freak.
the greatest ever in my mind ...!!!
Yup.....the best
the best calves ever
+abdou didi You could say top five. In no particular order with Pakulski, Matarazzo, Fankhouser, Dillet.
juan garcia garcia I prefer Yates's calves. Pakulski has incredible calves, Matarazzo's were freaky as anything with his small ankles, Farnhouser's actually insert too low IMO, Dillet's were good, but a touch smaller than Yates and definitely less vascular than Dorian's. Dorian's calves look good from all angles, especially from the side and that seems to be missing with Matarazzo's. Plus, Dorian was so huge that if he didn't have fantastic calves, he'd look off. His freaky calves really undergirded his huge quads, back, etc.
Others have had great calves, but Yates's are still my favorite.
You know you RIPPED to the core when you can see so many details with that old camera technology...i dont think that was even 720p🤔
The most iconic lat spread in the history of bodybuilding.
I was 17 when this photo shoot came out and can remember the shoot going in flex magazine, with a comparison to the 1992 pics and everyone was like.....whoa!!!!! WTF!!...this was the year BB went to the next level and sadly today it has gone backwards(in terms of conditioning)
This is what I imagine Hercules to look like
5 weeks out. Harder than anybody on Olympia stage in last 17 years.
Bon Jovi in the background makes this perfect.
I think this is the most impressive bodybuilding physique in history. No one has ever managed to obtain such fullness, density, thickness and conditioning combination like this. He looks like a Hulk cyborg. Slabs of solid muscle all over and especially his back. Just insane.
look at his monster calvers
How come the best bodybuilders today are not this ripped?
Cause there lazy slobs actually!
*****
Not the same all I have to say!
Dave Knell There ripped but simply carrying alittle more muscle, even 10 lbs extra in that condition will make you look alot different with that little bodyfat. Plus they seem to take and mix alot more drugs than back in the day.
Late ass reply lol, but it's because of the NEED of these guys to get huge as quick as possible, therefore the result of insulin abuse. When these guys now a days take all the stuff the do, they get a ton of systemic growth. Like someone mentioned on here it comes down to laziness!
I believe we'll see someone soon who pops up and brings today this level of conditioning with the same level of size if not a bit more. It would have to be done with way less drugs and WAY more insane levels of hard work and dedication. I don't think since him, anyone has been more dedicated and lived bodybuilding more than the Shadow himself.
Cos the intensity of the work involved
I remember seeing in the magazine "Muscle fittnes" that spectacular change in the physique of Dorian Yates. Taking muscle development to another level.His rock-sculpted back and calves have yet to be surpassed
i dont think ronnie could even beat this. i wish he brought htis to the olympia that year... awesome
I remember these incredible photos in B & W. It rocked the bodybuilding world and changed the game!
Christ almighty is that Bon Jovi in the background???
Unbelievable size & condition. Just watched 2013 Olympia & nobody can match his condition.
Simply the best of all times, pure rock.
Its a shame we couldnt see this on stage caught with a modern camera.
The first man to use GH in a a right way and take bodybuilding to a new era.
The greatest of all time and the beginning of the end in one man.
jamesgville How can a guy with a weak chest, weak arms and delts, avg legs be the greatest ever? Because he was big, conditioned with a wide back? Nah, not even close to the greatest ever
Bird Man none of the bodyparts you mentioned are weak though,except the biceps which were always his weak point (his thighs were on point compared to his era)
+Bird Man Have you checked your eyes? Can you even see this message?
+Bird Man You're a pretty big douche bag, you heath fans are all the same
Ok mate.
His proportions, conditoning and mass are unrivaled.....ronnie 2001 perhaps, but Dorian would take him out with calves, back, hardnesd and conditioning.
Dorians calves were so fucking insane
Right here folks, the Pinnacle
These produces some of the most incredible shots of all time.....the black and whites are legend.
And the rest are those sick black and white photos
His calf’s alone destroy my whole physique
Greatest photo shoot of all time. Historic
It's all about the back and there are few who can box with Dorian when it comes to the back. The detail is just amazing. Definitely to be saluted. #LUI #AllDayandDaily
Dorian back is the best ever ,hands down size and density with grainyness no one can touch him there
Imagine if this Behemoth trains at your local gym....................
He had such a rugged tough look to his physique.
Conditioning is Dorian’s middle name, jeez.
Dorian was an absolute tank....best condition I ever saw on a bodybuilding athlete....
Imagine if this camera quality was up to par with today
His back resembles USSR map
his lats are fucking mental. i'd never wanna look like this but fair fucking play he's a monster.
The famous underwear photo shoot. These pics were put in magazines in black and white and they were the talk of the industry. He was obviously on peak conditioning and the lighting was perfect. Amazing.
If Ron is called the King, i wonder how this Dorian should be called...
Imagina se houvesse câmeras em HD nessa época... Assim a qualidade do físico já era excelente...
At one time, Dorian Yates was scolded for proportions and aesthetics. But, against the background of modern "refrigerators" in bodybuilding, he is just Frank Zane)
L.U.I. on a dailyyy!
Dimitrios Deras that's the name.... and the game???
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Dimitrios Deras The Notorious L.U.I.
First guy to master the insulin/GH combo. Look how much he improved from the year prior. I remember these photos came out when I was like 18 and everyone at my gym was passing around the magazine. He was so hardcore and I liked the fact that he had so so genetics and with intensity, and of course pioneered the insulin era, was able to beat guys with better genetics.
Fantastic
Keep in mind how shitty the quality of this video is. Yet even then we can still how grainy this fucker was in his prime. He'd be untouchable even in today's bodybuilding. Especially if he never got injured.
just wondering the measurement of his calves at that time. Gosh looks like he had wrapped something onto his legs. I know many people will disagree but I genuinely think if he had walked onto the stage like this, it would be really hard for a peaked Ronnie Coleman or Phil Heath to beat him.
those calves are bigger than Curry's thighs goddamn it!!
That twisting back bicep is insane
Best bodybuilder, best era.
Actually he was dryer here than Hadi on stage. Which is very sad.
His arms were way better at this point in his prep then contest prep
Luiiii
6 weeks out of the 1993 Olympia, Dorian Yates can beat everyone in the last 30 years. Easily.
This was Dorian at his best! Thick, full, hard and shredded.
When the photo's of this photo shoot came out it shocked the bodybuilding world!
The back beast ...super impressive !!! Todays bodybuilders should model their training after what ever Yates was doin to help get that crazy back & overall physique. That maybe just one of Dorian's strong points or easyier to develop for him where others may have those calves we always dreamed of !! Guys like that are the real fuckin deal... no gh gut just really amazing.. thanks for the vid!!
See guys, HIS ARMS ARE HUGE! On stage it doesn't look that way because his lats are so overpowering. So all those saying he lacked arms clearly don't know, you can knock him for his lat to arm proportion but you can't say he lacked arms man...and this conditioning is out of this world. He not only has the conditioning but he has that grainy look. Only people i know that have that grainy look are Ronnie Coleman and Branch Warren.
I actually believe here he was 279 lbs @ 5'10 then the 3 weeks out pics he was 269