Dorian Yates is a well-known name in the fitness world. Widely known as the first “mass monster” in bodybuilding, Yates is a retired professional bodybuilder. His enormous frame made him tower over his competitors.

Born in Warwickshire, England, Yates is among the top five bodybuilders to have the maximum number of Mr. Olympia wins. He occupies the fifth spot with six titles to his name. On July 27, 2017, JRE Clips shared the 989th episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast featuring Yates.

Dorian Yates and Joe Rogan react to the former’s old bodybuilding photos

In 2017, Dorian Yates appeared on the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. The two discussed the various phases and experiences of Dorian’s life. In one segment of the show, the two reviewed some of Yates’ old photographs.

Taking a walk down memory lane, they went through some of Dorain’s black-and-white photos. One such photo left Rogan awestruck, and he couldn’t help but compliment Dorain for it. It was a vintage photo where Dorian was flexing his forearms. Roe said, “Look at your fu***ng forearms.”

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While the attention was on his forearms, Yates made a revelation that left the Podcaster stunned. Like in his photo Dorian said, “Well there’s a thing..forearms…I never did any training for my forearms. All that was just from gripping the bar when I was doing back training mainly, and some biceps training.” Yates had a massive 19-inch forearm, and to do that deprived of specific training, which is commendable.

History of Dorian ‘The Shadow’

In 1984, Dorian won Mr. Birmingham despite being a newbie. Additionally, in 1986, he became the British Champion at heavyweight. Dorian Yates made his pro-debut with the “Night of Champions” in 1990. From 1992 to 1997, Yates won the Mr. Olympia title for six years, straight. He retired from the Mr. Olympia contest in 1994.

Yates gained fame for his wide, thick back and high-intensity workout regimes. His taciturn nature of making appearances at various bodybuilding competitions, unannounced, earned him the nickname ‘The Shadow’. Yates is among the top bodybuilders in the history of the sport.

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Currently, Dorian Yates is the owner of two nutrition supplement companies. The companies named Dorian Yates Ultimate Formulas and DY Nutrition were formed in the years 2006 and 2011, respectively. Before forming DY Nutrition, Yates had formed his second company, EU Peptides, in 2010. However, he parted ways with the company two years later, in 2012.