How did Dorian Yates become Mr. Olympia?

[MajorDomo]

Stupid Thread Of Peace
 

haha - cmon Wes- this is better than anything BHanks came up with

[Van_Bilderass]

Invigorating thread. I was feeling blue, but no longer...

[IroNat]

haha - cmon Wes- this is better than anything BHanks came up with

You mean (blank)?

[Stephano]

Dorian ushered in the disastrous era of big guts, huge asses and legs, and "shows are won from the back".   

When he started winning shows with no biceps, that was the beginning of the end.

[joswift]

He placed 1st

[wes]

haha - cmon Wes- this is better than anything BHanks came up with

OK,you`re right on that one!   

[Bevo]

Dorian ushered in the disastrous era of big guts, huge asses and legs, and "shows are won from the back".   

When he started winning shows with no biceps, that was the beginning of the end.

I’ll give it to him in 1993

Jay is the really the overrated bag of shit aside from 2001 and maybe 2009. All his other wins and AC titles were all controversial. He physique just plain sucks compared to Dexter, victor, Cormier, etc

[Van_Bilderass]

He got backing from Joe Weider, but only after meeting and convincing Joe he wasn't a Nazi, and removing a bulldog tattoo from his forearm. "McCough" lobbied for Dorian as I recall.

[joswift]

He got backing from Joe Weider, but only after meeting and convincing Joe he wasn't a Nazi, and removing a bulldog tattoo from his forearm. "McCough" lobbied for Dorian as I recall.

Dorian also got himself in with Weinberger, he even had Steve with him in his own room backstage at the O one year, Shawn Ray complained and he likely suffered as a result

[wes]

Jay is the really the overrated bag of shit aside from 2001 and maybe 2009. All his other wins and AC titles were all controversial. He physique just plain sucks compared to Dexter, victor, Cormier, etc

X 2 I was never a Cutler fan......met him a few times in Boston and the dude had a personality like an after dinner mint !!

[wes]

Dorian also got himself in with Weinberger, he even had Steve with him in his own room backstage at the O one year, Shawn Ray complained and he likely suffered as a result

Likely   

Look how head IFBB judge Sandy Ranalli fucked me over.

I did 4 of Bev and Steves contests in NYC.....Bev was great......Steve,not, so much, and I`m being very nice.

Perfect example,Kevin English.....looked like a bag of smashed assoles, but was Steves buddy.....got gift win after gift win.

Politics Of Peace

[tacobender]

The most underrated physique goes to victor Martinez even Ronnie said so who was overrated as well

[Earl1972]

Small biceps, smal triceps, small quads, big gut, narrow shoulders, shallow chest. He lucky the only other big guy was Nasser who had no back.

the best back, calves, , conditioning, skeletal structure, and arguably the best poser

his biceps were his only true weakness and that only hurt him in one mandatory pose, he was unbeatable in 4 - 5 of the mandatory poses so it was mathematically impossible to beat him considering there were only 7

that's why he won and is arguably the best ever

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[AbrahamG]

Likely   

Look how head IFBB judge Sandy Ranalli fucked me over.

I did 4 of Bev and Steves contests in NYC.....Bev was great......Steve,not, so much, and I`m being very nice.

Perfect example,Kevin English.....looked like a bag of smashed assoles, but was Steves buddy.....got gift win after gift win.

Politics Of Peace

Keep this shit up and we'll start calling you BWes.
 

[wes]

Keep this shit up and we'll start calling you BWes.
 

Please don`t ....I beg of you!  LOL 

[tacobender]

From the back Dorian’s bicep peaks were as flat as a sidewalk that was his weakness his arms didn’t peak to say a king khamali or lee preist

[Sandrock]

I am of the unpopular view that the right guy won the Mr. Olympia from 1983-2005 every time.  Ronnie deserved one more in 2006 and Dorian deserved every win he got.  The level of detail in Dorian's rear lat spread is an absurdity(especially compared to the softness of most current competitors)...Dorian is the only one to ever show lower trap striations in a rear lat spread(especially on his right side).  Dorian has the best back and calves ever, possibly the best "non-oil assisted" delts ever, some of the greatest forearms ever, good abs, the best upper body in the front and rear lat spreads ever.  His real weakness was his mystery meat quads and his biceps(and "front upper arms" overall in the front double bicep lacking both in size and separation). 

For the record Dorian destroyed Nasser from the back in 97 and Nasser should have been disqualified for being an oil bag.

[wes]

From the back Dorian’s bicep peaks were as flat as a sidewalk that was his weakness his arms didn’t peak to say a king khamali or lee preist

Nothing you can do about genetics .......not having peaked split biceps is part of life for some guys......you should know this.

GENETIC SHAPE OF A MUSCLE........look into it.   

[Van_Bilderass]

Yates had no peak, but that shape fit his body. Look at the totality. An artist could try to shop better biceps on Dorian but I doubt the whole would look much better. Same with the quads, put more sweep there and see what happens. Try it.

And as Earl said,

and arguably the best poser

He was an underrated poser, never mentioned as great in this respect, because he didn't do any queer stuff, just disciplined all the time, hitting the poses in a manner that fit his body. No excessive time to hit a pose, no stumbling around, no caressing of the ass, hams or abs

Some have said Dorian had bad genes in comparison to other top pros. Total nonsense.

[Darren Avey]

He got on that stage and proved himself the greatest warrior

[Thebends]

Dorian had an odd ability to photograph badly. For whatever reason, pictures (or photographers) seemed to catch him at bad angles. On video, he was always a different story. His quads seemed to appear vastly larger than in pics. Calves? Good lord, they were among the best ever.

[Humble Narcissist]

Dorian had an odd ability to photograph badly. For whatever reason, pictures (or photographers) seemed to catch him at bad angles. On video, he was always a different story. His quads seemed to appear vastly larger than in pics. Calves? Good lord, they were among the best ever.

Yeah, the videos dispelled any hope of anyone beating him. I thought Haney had the same quality.

[joswift]

Dorian had an odd ability to photograph badly. For whatever reason, pictures (or photographers) seemed to catch him at bad angles. On video, he was always a different story. His quads seemed to appear vastly larger than in pics. Calves? Good lord, they were among the best ever.

Brian had the same problem, shame we never saw his posing routines

[Grape Ape]

Dorian had an odd ability to photograph badly. For whatever reason, pictures (or photographers) seemed to catch him at bad angles. On video, he was always a different story. His quads seemed to appear vastly larger than in pics. Calves? Good lord, they were among the best ever.

Interesting.

I won't be able to decide unless I read a 1000 page discussion around it.

Anyone know if one exists?

[LurkerNoMore]

I don’t get it

You know she has to showcase her Danimal obsession every chance she gets.