“It’s Gonna Be Rough” 6x Mr. Olympia’s Resurfaced Spinetingling Blood and Guts Workout Shows Why the Bodybuilder Was “World’s Number 1”

Dorian Yates, the 6x Mr. Olympia, ruled the stage from 1992 to 1997. His name still sticks out in the world of bodybuilding. Though the credit for his popularity goes to his many struggles, he is also the most sought-after athlete known for his training methodology. As fans now call him ‘The HIT Man’, Yates achieved that by being the most muscular and biggest man in the history of bodybuilding. Now we finally have a window into the man’s gym routine that made him the amalgamation of an enormous size and conditioning which was never seen before, leaving the judges and the crowd mum for a moment. 

Recently, Dorian Yates posted a video on his social media handle, taking a trip down memory lane. He exhibited his training days, his journey to the gym, working out, and becoming the World’s No. 1 bodybuilder.  

Yates exhibits his gym and his work out routine

The Shadow captioned the Instagram video, “This video boosts testosterone by 100 ng/dl. It does so, indeed, looking at the mass monster train in Martin’s Gym at Temple Row in Birmingham.

He says in the video, “Hi I’m Dorian Yates, four times Mr. Olympia and this is Blood and Guts the video. I am gonna take you to my gym and show you how I’ve trained to be the world’s No. 1.”

Without Dorian Yates, High-Intensity Training, would’ve been another dusty artifact. However, as displayed in the video, it clearly defines his war-like workouts. 

Dorian quotes, “ I hope you’re ready, cause it’s gonna be rough.”

It took one man to take high-intensity to the next level of prominence during those six years of Mr. Olympia. Moreover, he won the British Championships at 266 pounds in 1988, five years after he commenced his career as a bodybuilder. He toiled heavy-duty workouts, doing four to eight sets per body part. Additionally, he emphasized low reps, by doing six to eight for each part (more reps for legs and abs). 

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In 1992, when he won his first Mr. Olympia, he mastered the training style of one all-out set per exercise. Nevertheless, before he reached the apex set, he became proficient in the warmup sets. Moreover, at times he used to do as many as three warmup sets increasing it every day. Through the pyramided sets that are his warmup sets at a mediocre intensity, he was just girding his lions for the final (beyond failure) set of an exercise. For Dorian Yates, those were the only sets that actually mattered to him in his HIT workout regimen.

Dorian Yates’ HIT basics 

The Shadow used to apply the tactics of training four days every week and relaxed the three days left. He made sure to push his moderate warmup sets, however, he used lighter weights and increased the reps to 12-15 in comparison with his working set. Also, he advised to perform at least four working sets for each smaller body part. In addition, six to eight sets for larger body parts like the back, and chest.

Dorian Yates’s training methodology always begins with moderate, and progressive intensity warmup sets, increasing to the working sets. What do you think about the HIT methodology? Do comment below.

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