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Title: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: oldschoolfan on March 08, 2026, 09:13:25 AM
after watching that shit fest the asc classic   this just goes to show , none of these pros today could even compete with dorian then


Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: _bruce_ on March 08, 2026, 09:49:18 AM

Still the best - Dorian had amazing proportions and a certain brutish, rock like, look that was unique.
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: oldschoolfan on March 08, 2026, 10:42:16 AM
Still the best - Dorian had amazing proportions and a certain brutish, rock like, look that was unique.

i dont think anyone has ever matched him on that level especially from the back , that turd derrick lunsford is not even close
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Grape Ape on March 08, 2026, 02:56:21 PM
I know video cameras from back then produced stuff that didn't look like shit like this one does.

Wonder if it gets messed up when converted to digital.

Right calf doesn't even look real lol
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: joswift on March 08, 2026, 03:03:51 PM
I spoke to a physio I know who was at that shoot and he thought Dorian still had fat and water on his low back when he turned around , when he flexed it was muscle that was hanging just on his low lat on his left side
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Sandrock on March 08, 2026, 04:54:35 PM
I spoke to a physio I know who was at that shoot and he thought Dorian still had fat and water on his low back when he turned around , when he flexed it was muscle that was hanging just on his low lat on his left side

Alwyn Cosgrove?
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: WrongAdvices on March 08, 2026, 05:02:02 PM
I spoke to a physio I know who was at that shoot and he thought Dorian still had fat and water on his low back when he turned around , when he flexed it was muscle that was hanging just on his low lat on his left side

He borrowed Hankins’ extra back muscle for ‘93 for just the finishing touch
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo sho
Post by: njflex on March 08, 2026, 05:25:25 PM
I spoke to a physio I know who was at that shoot and he thought Dorian still had fat and water on his low back when he turned around , when he flexed it was muscle that was hanging just on his low lat on his left side

You could see it in the video a tad still credibly he literally had slabs of beef hanging off his lats on every corner very unbelievably thick and his midsection had a little bit too as well but when he flex everything in that video, everything rocked right up pretty incredible for being few weeks out
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Zillotch on March 08, 2026, 07:33:17 PM


somehow the mass looks normal on yates.. like he was born to b that way - best ever

none of these pros today could even compete with dorian then

pros today r made out of plastic.

seriously.... plastic.
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: obsidian on March 08, 2026, 07:47:06 PM
Still the best - Dorian had amazing proportions and a certain brutish, rock like, look that was unique.
Agreed. I've heard from people who saw him in person and said pictures did not do him justice. He deserved many of his wins. Too bad he had that bicep injury...
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: AbrahamG on March 08, 2026, 08:02:08 PM
Agreed. I've heard from people who saw him in person and said pictures did not do him justice. He deserved many of his wins. Too bad he had that bicep injury...

In person, he is unimaginable.  Better in person than Ronnie.  Especially off season. 
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Zillotch on March 08, 2026, 08:07:56 PM
Dorian had amazing proportions and a certain brutish, rock like, look that was unique.

yates could b considered the masculine ideal.. in the same way that paris could b considered the aesthetic ideal, and haney the athletic ideal.

those three representative forms more or less encapsulate the best of bodybuilding imo.. with yates on top.
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: US MUSL on March 08, 2026, 10:19:54 PM
In person, he is unimaginable.  Better in person than Ronnie.  Especially off season.

I was at the 93 O, Yates condition was out of this world.
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Humble Narcissist on March 09, 2026, 12:09:10 AM
yates could b considered the masculine ideal.. in the same way that paris could b considered the aesthetic ideal, and haney the athletic ideal.

those three representative forms more or less encapsulate the best of bodybuilding imo.. with yates on top.
And Paris on bottom? :-X
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Bevo on March 09, 2026, 12:09:35 AM
I wasn’t a big fan of Dorian back in the days, but now I can see why he was insane especially in 93. Cormier, levrone, wheeler , jay, have spoken about his dominance and in seeing him in person
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: joswift on March 09, 2026, 01:31:33 AM
Alwyn Cosgrove?

Yes
he once told me that he went down to treat Dorian at his house, he was sat chatting and Dorian got up and left the room, a few minutes later Cosgrove said to Debbie, "wheres Dorian" she said "oh hes gone to bed , he always has a couple of hours sleep at this time"

Cosgrove had to sit there and wait for him before treating him.

Personally I would have got up and told Debbie to tell Dorian to go fuck himself.
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: MAXX on March 09, 2026, 01:42:14 AM
yes this was his absolute peak form

I think even peak Ronnie could have a hard time dealing with this Yates. Hard to say we will never know really.
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Dokey111 on March 09, 2026, 04:56:48 AM
shit biceps
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Taffin on March 09, 2026, 06:57:43 AM
yates could b considered the masculine ideal.. in the same way that paris could b considered the aesthetic ideal, and haney the athletic ideal.

those three representative forms more or less encapsulate the best of bodybuilding imo.. with yates on top.

And Paris on bottom? :-X

 :D

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Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: Grape Ape on March 09, 2026, 07:56:38 AM
In person, he is unimaginable.  Better in person than Ronnie.  Especially off season.

Yes, saw him guest post at 305lbs.

He didn't even look like a real person.
Title: Re: dorian yates 1993 pre olympia photo shoot
Post by: jwb on March 09, 2026, 10:03:32 AM
I saw Yates guest pose a few weeks after the 1992 Olympia.

In 1992, he won, but he overdieted and was about 240lbs maybe less.

So, two weeks later, he basically had filled out but was still extremely lean. He must have been 265.

People were GOBSMACKED… He back was so thick it was scary. He still had striations throughout his lower back and lats. The calves were otherworldly. Triceps outstanding.

This was pre biceps tear also.