English retired professional bodybuilder

Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates (born 19 April 1962) is an English retired professional bodybuilder. He won the Mr. Olympia *le six consecutive times from 1992 to 1997 and has the fifth-highest number of Mr. Olympia wins in history, ranking behind Ronnie Coleman (8), Lee Haney (8), Arnold Schwarzenegger (7), and Phil Heath (7). He is widely considered to be one of the top pro bodybuilders in history, and was well known for his high intensity training and wide & thick back.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Post-compe*ion career
• 4 Personal life
• 5 Books and videos
• 6 Stats
• 7 Bodybuilding *les
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Early life

Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates was born on 19 April 1962 In the Walmley area in the Birmingham town of Sutton Coldfield, England. He grew up in Hurley, rural Warwickshire. His father died of a heart attack when Yates was 13, He and his mother then moved back to Birmingham.

Career

Yates started working out in 1983. His professional record consists of 15 major contest wins and two second-place finishes; from 1992 to his retirement in 1997 he won every single contest he entered. His career ended in large part due to chronic acute injuries, including torn biceps and triceps, the latter just three weeks prior to his final contest, the 1997 Mr. Olympia, which he won in spite of the injury; his win generated controversy among fellow athletes, critics, and amateurs, who thought the runner-up N*er El Sonbaty deserved to win.

Yates was a proponent of Arthur Jones and Mike Mentzer's high-intensity training (HIT) style of bodybuilding, which poses that maximum muscle stimulation can be reached through short and intense workout sessions instead of long and slow ones. He earned the nickname "The Shadow" coined by Peter McGough for his tendency to unexpectedly appear at major bodybuilding contests and steal the win, having neither confirmed nor denied whether he would compete beforehand, and for spending most of his time between contests avoiding the public eye.

Yates is considered to be the first of the "m* monsters" in bodybuilding. He combined his enormous muscle m* along with peak conditioning, quoted as being "granite hardness". He believes that his injuries are due to his habit of maintaining an extreme level of training intensity all year long, even when approaching contests, while being on a severely restricted "cutting" diet which weakens the body overall. Regarding the use of PEDs, he referenced the do*entary Super Size Me and stated that eating three McDonald's meals a day is more harmful for the metabolism than his 12 years of regular * use.

Post-compe*ion career

Inside Temple Gym at Birmingham

In 1987, Yates purchased Temple Gym, located on Temple Street in Birmingham. In 2006, he franchised four additional Temple Gym locations, three of which are in the UK. As of 2020, only the original Birmingham gym is still in operation. The Birmingham gym has now relocated from Temple Street to the city's jewellery quarter.

Yates formed the California-based company Heavy Duty Inc. in 1994 with Mike Mentzer and Ray Mentzer. The company marketed athletic apparel and bodybuilding-related books.

In 1998, Yates partnered with Kerry Kayes to form the bodybuilding supplement company CNP Professional, which marketed a Dorian Yates Approved product line in the U.S. He left the company in 2006 to form his own company, Dorian Yates Ultimate Formulas, which offers a line of protein and weight-gain supplements. He started a second company in 2010, EU Peptides, which sells peptide hormones and other pro-hormone supplements. He left EU Peptides in 2012. In 2011, Yates founded a third company, DY Nutrition, which specializes in pre-workout formulas and has released several training DVDs.

Yates and a partner took over the gym in 1987 and eventually became the sole owner of the gym. It has franchises in California, Las Vegas, and the UK. It's spread across 3000 square feet and Blue is a new workout to 220 lbs.

DY Nutrition is a line of supplements that consists of whey protein supplements, pre-workout, and post-workout supplements owned and endorsed by Yates.

Personal life

Yates now lives in Spain. He is married to Brazilian fitness model Glauce "Gal" Ferreira, who won the IFBB South American Bodyfitness event and was also the 2007 IFBB World Bodyfitness Champion. They had met at the 2008 Arnold Cl*ic, and live in Marbella. Yates's son from his ex-wife Deb, Lewis, has also taken up bodybuilding and works closely with his father.

Yates has described yoga and meditation as a life altering experience. He does yoga on a daily basis.

Yates has made statements in interviews concerning the negative health effects of sodium fluoride additives in tap water and claimed that there are cancer viruses and sterilants in some vaccines. He has endorsed the use of some psychedelic entheogens for religious and spiritual purposes, including ayahuasca.

Books and videos

In 1993, Yates published an autobiography *led Blood and Guts (ISBN:978-0-9636163-0-2).

In 1996, Yates released a workout video (VHS) of the same *le, which features his weekly weight training routines.

In 1998, Yates coaut*d A Warrior's Story (ISBN:978-0-9534764-0-4), in which he chronicles his path to success in bodybuilding.

In 2012, Yates released a m* gain video trainer in collaboration with bodybuilding.com called Blood and Guts, based on the HIT theory.

In 2017, Yates attended the worldwide premiere of the London Real feature film, Dorian Yates: Inside The Shadow, held at BAFTA in London.

Stats

• Height: 5:ft 10.5:in (179.1:cm)
• Off Season Weight: 305 pounds (138:kg)
• Compe*ion Weight: 265 pounds (120:kg)
• Chest size: 140:cm (55:in)
• Hip size: 107:cm (42:in)
• Thigh Size: 77:cm (30:in)
• Waist Size: 96:cm (38:in)
• Calf Size: 55:cm (22:in)
• Upper Arm Size: 53:cm (21:in)

Bodybuilding *les

• 1984 Mr Birmingham Novice, 1st
• 1985 World Games, 7th Heavyweights
• 1986 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight
• 1988 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight and overall
• 1990 Night of Champions, 2nd
• 1991 Night of Champions, 1st
• 1991 Mr. Olympia, 2nd
• 1991 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1992 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1992 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1993 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1994 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st
• 1994 German Grand Prix, 1st
• 1994 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1995 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1996 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1996 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st
• 1996 German Grand Prix, 1st
• 1996 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1997 Mr. Olympia, 1st

References

External links

• DorianYates.net
• Dorian Yates on Facebook
• Dorian Yates on Twitter
• 2011 Q & A with Dorian Yates
• Dorian Yates – The Making of the Super Bodybuilder
• Dorian Yates Nutrition
• Dorian Yates Instagram
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