60-Year-Old 6x Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates Stopped Bodybuilding Training – Here’s Why

Many bodybuilders continue with their bodybuilding training even after retirement, but Dorian Yates is not one among them. However, only a few could look as fit and ripped as Yates, even at the age of 60. Many bodybuilding fans often wonder why the legendary bodybuilder gave up on bodybuilding training.

It is not that Yates wanted to quit bodybuilding or break ties with the sport that he loved so much. Then what forced him to discontinue his bodybuilding regime? To silence all impending questions, the wise bodybuilder revealed the real reason behind giving up on bodybuilding altogether.

Why Dorian Yates cannot train like a bodybuilder?

The 6x Mr. Olympia champion had featured on the MD’s Global Muscle Radio show in 2019. Here, he discussed bodybuilding, injuries, and training. During this candid chat, Yates revealed how several injuries did not just force him to quit his profession but also stopped him from training after retirement.

The legend disclosed, “Probably five years ago, I was still doing what I could, as far as bodybuilding training, but it was limited.” However, as time passed, Yates was unable to do even the slightest of bodybuilding training he used to do before. “I was limited because I’ve got a bicep and tricep injury on my left side, which everybody knows about from my career I guess,” Yates recalled.

Further explaining his other injuries, he added, “Also, I got a shoulder injury on that side, which actually was already injured. It was already a partially torn supraspinatus from the bodybuilding, from all the heavy lifting.” Although these injuries restricted Yates from his bodybuilding routine, he did not lose hope.

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The bodybuilder has now found a new way of keeping him physically and mentally healthy. The former bodybuilder once revealed how yoga has given him a renewed perspective to live a better life.

Yate’s hails Yoga for post-bodybuilding life

It has been 25 years since Dorian Yates retired from the bodybuilding world. However, thanks to yoga, even today, the legendary bodybuilder looks extremely fit and healthy. Additionally, yoga and meditation have also helped the former bodybuilder focus on strengthening his mental health.

Even when it came to advising people on relationships and romantic indulgences, Yates believed that focus is an important key to any kind of success. And according to the bodybuilder, the focus is achievable through this mind-body fitness training.

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One could say yoga has now become an integral part of the Yates’ training routine.  The once ‘muscle monster’ has befriended a more flexible training routine rather than the powerful bodybuilding workout which was adding more harm to his existing injuries. Do you think yoga could be an alternative training method for all bodybuilders after their retirement?