Dorian Yates - the Shadow routine at the 1994 Mr. Olympia 

Back in the early 90s a good friend of mine here in town was getting ready for the NPC nationals. He ended up taking fifth in the light heavyweight class which I think is phenomenal especially given the competition. Anyway, shortly before the contest I was talking to him as he was riding the stationary bike and I can remember seeing the striations in his jaw as he was speaking to me and I thought damn he’s ready. Man those were awesome days!

He is a Legend

Shawn looks good

actually this was criticized as one of his less impressive outings, arguably his worst when it came to conditioning with just a slight film of water, but the fact he still looks good is a testament to his condition

Um, I think they're mostly women cheering 😅

​@@dec13666Männer die sich mit Bodybuilding auskennen haben auch gejubelt!

Lol 😂

Two to Four sets per body part...Dorian!

His lats were so thick. It almost doesn't make sense.

Better than Ronnie

Truly exceptonal. Right up there with Haney.

My thoughts exactly

good point of the camera

Can you imagine how insane he would look with today's camera/ video technology

Good old dnp 😃

Lower resolution makes the image "sharper", making the difference between light and dark more exaggerated.

he would any mr olympia era in fact! only 99 coleman could beat him

@@quack_meister3355 Not even him. His conditioning and size was never surpassed.

@@sonyx4500 sorry man but he was like 10 pounds heavier and way more conditioned

@@quack_meister3355 93-95 Dorian is unbeatable. Only 74 Arnold competes because of his height, size and physique

@@anthonyurso9366 man, arnold woulde be dwarfed by dorian lol

Whaaaaaat!!?? Insanity

@@ssonicdeafmonkeythat was 97 Olympia I believe

@@magst734 He had a torn bicep in 94 and a torn bicep with an injured tricep in 97

He hid it exceptionally well in his posing routine.

Freakening

It sciencening bro. It sick it piss wOoOooOoo

Big for a bodybuilder

I'm gonna be chuckling all day about this comment

Absolutely revolting

Dorian's conditioning was ridiculous to the point where his skin look like a plastic.

@Kid Meoli not in a long shot mate

Kid Meoli curry has no legs, shit conditioning!

I am. Dorian was so right. No comparison as far as conditioning goes. The graininess and vascularity here are unbelievable!

Great back an conditioning is really all u can say about doran

You want a steroid abuser who now looks half the man he used to be, and smokes pots to be recognised? Oh come on!!! Jon Harris should be more recognised..he is and always has been a natural 100% Are you pro-drugs or something????

@@catofdeepblack It's a sport, what planet are you on?????

@@1967davidfitness you have an empty channel coward

@@catofdeepblack you have an empty channel coward

@UCwSr0jcmor011MF9oR4SbDg Every sport every athlete is different Only those who compete in each individual sport is entitled to say if its worth it and what it is. lack of understanding or insight is more prevalent these days opinions are like arse holes everyone has one. If you take the time to ask one of these athletes to the face if you have the backbone what sacrifices it takes and dedication it takes to become successful in that sport it may surprise you. Then again you may be just one of those sad people that can`t see past your own self importance and blinkered view of everything and everyone.

Ooh thats what it meant..

@@FerdinandMadsen No. It's a Freemason symbol displaying the sign of secrecy.

@@richiemac2395 lmao

@@richiemac2395 Dorian hates Freemasons, Rothschilds and the globalists. He believes the holocaust was fake. It's there somewhere on RU-vid

It does now. 💪

More like a steroid stone

He beat them with his heart and his brains, not the equipment.

each generation will get bigger and softer cuz kids these days lazy

Nonsense. Ronnie, Jay, Phil, all trained and dieted hard.

Maybe it has?

Joseph1NJ Did they take diuretics as hard? Lol

R S I know. I was joking.

GTOberfest whys is that thou, you think food drugs water down genetics 🧬. Or not working hard enough. ?!?

@@gavster023 Discipline. Different generation, harder work ethic.

Absolutly..

Today's guys look like balloon toys.....with such lovely outstanding guts....

everyone training hard and all but Dorian was just crazy :D

Lol

😂

lmao

@@Stu0808 I think he was joking hence NO bubble gut

Haha 😂

Except that he's a holocaust denier and an antisemite. But except for that he's a great human being.

@@neiljohnson7914 wasn't aware of that. I just looked into it and watched some clips of him and he is a conspiracy nut who went down the rabbit hole. Shame cause now all my respect for him as a person is lost.

Exactly you should be able to see who’s in shape even with their clothes on just by how depleted their face is . Curry face looked almost cubby .

@@BIGT-tg4gu you made the dude below you mad lol. Anyone who thinks bb today is bettee is delusional. Sure later on Dorian had injuries and he faded but geez look at this. He has feathers when relaxed. Guys aren't horrible today but they look like they're a week or two out still. They do. Idk why.

It's mostly the stage lighting though. If you look at today's bodybuilders pre-contest (1 week out and less) pictures, they are definetely as conditioned if not more conditioned than Dorian here. The whole ''guys in the 90s were so much better'' thing is bullshit, the lighting was just better. That's really shitty of IFBB, idk why they won't fix lighting, it's not that hard

@@maxk880 You're trying to say the lighting is better in the 90's than now, that's nonsense. Every single great bodybuilder of the 90's and early 2000's, from Yates to Coleman say that today's conditioning is nowhere hear their level.

@@derekrushe thanks for speaking common sense Yates said he was in today's winning standard 12 wks before he had to perform they were like granite back then no social media no Instagram stories and certainly no selfies

Im more surprised and happier with his retirement and transition back into a normal life.... a true inspiration!

Mike menntzers principles are good and scientific, but his physique wasn't impressive. Cmon bro.

@@jahdjajbdj731 you must be high He was the first bodybuilder to get a perfect 200/200 score at the 79 Olympia.

@Popa hahahh I know you're being sarcastic with me

@Popa my cute little Romanian friend I know you consider 03 Coleman as watery and sloppy whereas you consider Yates the best thing since sliced bread, you're getting good at this trolling thing!

He would overShadow anyone who tried even by today's standards

Kevin Levrone is better

@@coreyjackson9905 lol

NOBODY!!!!!

Lol...dats all u can really say about doran...an his back

I like conditioning

Same with Brandon Curry ...

This comment could do with some more conditioning

@@excommunicado9737 and his calves

Check out 1993 as well 😉

I used to scult years ago I did one of dy back in the 90s the hardest part was getting that hard look took fucking ages to get it right...

Dorian would be my 2nd pick behind his training partner Leroy Davis.

He seems like a badass training partner!! You're on to something!

Arnold only

💯

Lol calm down clown bro

Not to be nitpick but both Tyson and Maradona were shit in the 90's.

Derek Rushe Maradona never was a shit even with fat waist he controlled ball better than any modern football player in best shape

You're delusional and clouded with nostalgia.

So am you bitch about phil heaths gut but you're ok with a bodybuilder with no left bicep total hypocrisy from guys like you!

Thats a conditionning.hes the only one who can tell what it is concerning curry!

Leonardo Moore i noticed that too horrible.. besides he has a blocky ass mid section and no aesthetics I’d rather look like curry

Conditioning is not the only thing that defines a complete bodybuilder. Where is the aesthetics, the elegance, the flow, the classical lines in Dorian? Dorians transitions are just as bad as jays and ronnies. Brandon at least puts effort into making his physique flow with great classical lines. Also he puts effort into his flexibilty to pull off some insanely difficult poses which Dorian didn't even come close to.

@@MrJr01 u ignorant ,you would have pissed in your pants had you been standing next to this monster with such exceptional conditioning I m not saying this but greats like flex n others have mentioned this ,regarding your rent about aesthetic there is no criteria as aesthetic in competition because r u kidding me all these monsters look same when u put clothes on them.

Venus still has an atmosphere. It never lost it's atmosphere. 😁

Insabe hey

He would end up flying with those lats

The best back ever

and look at the bloated gut

le Art Phil Heath right?

Andrew Smith - LOL, a fellow viewer of Nick's Strength & Power here.

If you know your history. McMahon did offer dorian a contract but he turned it down.

@@makikharoon7670 it was for his bodybuilding show, offered him a contract worth loads of money but it was all about winning Mr Olympia to Yates so he said no and the rest is history

Aerobic conditioning. lol if you are gassed doing posing then you have real issues

this is only because they didn't get Shawn Ray win

@@leart78 Come on man... I mean, I love Shawn Ray, he's an icon, I grew up admiring his beautiful physique. But we're taking about some serious muscle here, sliced and diced slabs of muscle... and he had great symmetry back then.

Ronnie in 99 has something to say about that lol

@@patrickmadden6340 he's soft stfu lol