why is that retarded?
his calves looks smooth and thus were probably holding water.
what is wrong with this?
bodybuilders can be ripped in a lot of areas and still have areas holding water.
eg. Ronnie 2004:
arms and quads fairly dry, stomach region holding lots of water.
if you knew anything about this sport, you would know shit like this.
dorian had a super ripped lower back, but to say his arms and quads were just as ripped is just stupid. and not supported by any pic or opinion.
he was clearly holding a little water in these areas.
Ronnie's calves 1998 and 2001 are NOT holding water despite being smooth , in fact on both occasions he's superhard and super dry , Dorian does NOT hold water his trademark is his super hard conditioning overall not in certain places
and this is supported by firsthand accounts
MuscleMag International Feb 1994 on Dorian Yates at the 1993 Mr Olympia
" He's huge , absolutely HUGE ..
.he's ripped completely RIPPED. And while he's not in possession of the prettiest physique body by a long shot , he's equipped with all the bodyparts you need to win .
Combine this with the fact that he's 10 TIMES more impressive when you see him onstage at the Olympia than he is in pictures or on videos and you got yourself a winner.
Flex Magazine June 1996
Quote Milos Sarcev on Dorian Yates
" Dorian is.........The current Mr Olympia. I admire him a great deal. He's impressive ,
ripped and huge with a total package that can't be beat. he doesn't have the type of physique I'd want to emulate. "
.F.B.B. judge Roger Schwab
Man-mountain Dorian Yates was certainly the top gun in the 1993 Mr Olympia shootout. He was much bigger , better and
harder than ever , and while his is never the prettiest physique on stage , he's assuredly the most God-awful muscular superman this sport has yet seen. Though Yates was lighter than Lou Ferrigno or Paul Dillett , he appeared to be the biggest man on stage-by far- and the hardest , dominating from beginning to end and every step in between.
Quote Mike Mattarazo on Dorian Yates
" Does he even have skin? "
Julian Schmidt on Dorian Yates at the 1992 Mr Olympia
There is NO ONE in the world who can touch Yates. In this show he was a brain-snapping 242 pounds , all of it expertly distributed. Against all the finalist , sensational though they were , Dorian possessed thickness and convexity in his back none can match. Even Levrone's triceps and legs , which had the bodybuilding community aflutter all year , paled in comparison with the same bodyparts on Yates. Where others might also boast size and striations , Dorian dominates them with stratifications as well. It's eerie how far this man takes the human physique.
This is a quote from eight time Mr Olympia winner Lee Haney on Dorian Yates as he appeared at the 1993 Mr Olympia
" No doubt about it , Dorian was the winner . He's gotten bigger , with even more
muscularity and detail. Fantastic! Out of sight. Y'know he was over and beyond a champion. He knows his body . It'll be hard for anyone to unseat him . "
For the 1993 Olympia he came in at 257 pounds and took straight firsts. We discussed it many times, and he sort of agreed that six weeks out was his best look, but knowing that the criteria was
"condition, condition, condition" he always dropped bodyweight
Flex magazine Dec 1995
Dorian Yates :
Skin like tissue paper. In the crucial front double-biceps shot , the left bicep is short , but NOT fatally so. Traps look as if they have the capacity to render him deaf. Back , upper and lower , is sensational in EVERY respect : width , thickness and detail. Side triceps is a masterpiece that he's made into a Broadway production number. Thighs have more sweep than before . Calves? Yates wrote the book on calves . In muscle thickness , he's in a class of his own . Today's combination of size , proportion , shape and
condition make this his peak form.
Peter McGough on Dorian at the 1996 Mr Olympia
Dorian Yates : The man was in situ was
rock hard . His 257 pounds were augmented by an improved waist taper , His damaged left biceps has filled out remarkably and the only negative is that he could have been fuller in the thighs. But with his blend of size , symmetry , detail and
condition , he was equipped to resist every challenge . At 3:25 p.m. as Yates completed the individual mandatories , the fat lady left the dressing room.
Interview with David Robson
[ Q ] What were some of your better physical qualities as a bodybuilder, do you think?
Obviously I carried a lot of muscle mass and my trademark was to come into a show in
super hard condition. I think my muscles had a certain quality and density from all the years of heavy training that a lot of guys didn't have.
One thing that I think people underrated me on - it was never really mentioned because of my sheer physical size and condition - was my balance and proportion. Not only from muscle group to muscle group, but from upper body to lower body. My skeletal structure and everything else was there and in good balance.
