Talking about the era of old school bodybuilding, there was one such bodybuilder who completely changed the sport. He was none other than the greatest, Dorian Yates. The fellow bodybuilders and judges of his time have named him “the Shadow”.<\/p>\n
They called him so because he used to get into a bodybuilding competition when no one is expecting him and on-the top of that he used to pull off a win. That was the charisma of Dorian Yates.<\/p>\n
Dorian Yates ruled the world of competitive bodybuilding between 1992 and 1997. He claimed the coveted Mr. Olympia title six times consecutively which makes him a prominent figure in the bodybuilding hall of fame. Dorian Yates was nothing less than an innovator in the world of bodybuilding<\/a>.<\/p>\n Along with focusing on aesthetics he also concentrated on putting on massive size. He can be claimed to be the father of the term “MASSTHETICS”. When Dorian Yates used to be on the stage, he looked nothing less than a mountain. He was aesthetic but also huge enough to make Mount Rushmore a bit envious.<\/p>\n Dorian Yates muscle building workouts were a lot different from traditional bodybuilding workouts. His workout program was inclined more towards high-intensity sessions rather than high volume sessions.<\/p>\n What was the foundational structure of his workout plan and what was the training split that he followed? We will get through all these in the following sections.<\/p>\n