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The Iron Historian
United Kingdom
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Documentaries on bodybuilding history, legends, eras, and more.
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The Controversial Rise of Dorian Yates (Documentary)
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Many people play the game, some go on to win it, but very few completely change it.
The six-time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates unleashed a ruthless domination from 1992 to 1997, and ushered in what we know now as the mass monster era that still influences the sport to this very day. The moment he stepped on the 1992 Olympia stage, bodybuilding was transformed once and for all.
Nicknamed ‘The Shadow’, Dorian maintained a low profile in England each year before emerging on stage in the United States looking bigger and leaner than ever. With a combination of size and conditioning that were never seen before, he left competitors fighting for second place for six years. But his domination wasn’t without controversy. It seemed like no one could take him down even when competed with a torn bicep and a severed tricep.
Going from a small gang in the streets of England, being jailed, and almost becoming homeless, to becoming the man who single-handedly changed the trajectory of bodybuilding forever, this is the story of the original mass monster.
Dorian Yates started working out in 1983 at Martin's Gym, the original bodybuilding gym located in Temple Row, Birmingham. During this time he won the 1984 Mr. Birmingham as a novice and in 1986 became the British Champion at Heavyweight for the first time.
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 Nasser El Sonbaty deserved to win. He is one of only four men to retire as Mr. Olympia and the last to do so.
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 said, “If you feel you can attempt a second set, then you couldn’t have been pulling out all the stops during the first set.” Examples of his biggest lifts include 435-pound underhand barbell rows for 6-8 reps, 425-incline presses for 6-10 reps, and 595-pound barbell shrugs for 10-12 reps. 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 "mass monsters" in bodybuilding. He combined his enormous muscle mass 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.
@DorianYatesNutrition
00:00 - Prologue
00:51 - The Original Mass Monster
02:01 - Tragic Childhood
04:24 - Early ambitions
06:36 - British Champ
07:31 - Going Pro
09:11 - 1991 Mr. Olympia
13:53 - Blood & Guts
16:58 - 1992 Mr. Olympia
19:22 - The Gamechanger
21:49 - 1993 Mr. Olympia
25:10 - 1994 Mr. Olympia
29:27 - The Shadow
32:24 - 1995 Mr. Olympia
35:15 - 1996 Mr. Olympia
37:00 - 1996 German Grand Prix
37:23 - A Career Ending Injury
41:24 - 1997 Mr. Olympia
43:52 - Forced Retirement
Many people play the game, some go on to win it, but very few completely change it.
The six-time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates unleashed a ruthless domination from 1992 to 1997, and ushered in what we know now as the mass monster era that still influences the sport to this very day. The moment he stepped on the 1992 Olympia stage, bodybuilding was transformed once and for all.
Nicknamed ‘The Shadow’, Dorian maintained a low profile in England each year before emerging on stage in the United States looking bigger and leaner than ever. With a combination of size and conditioning that were never seen before, he left competitors fighting for second place for six years. But his domination wasn’t without controversy. It seemed like no one could take him down even when competed with a torn bicep and a severed tricep.
Going from a small gang in the streets of England, being jailed, and almost becoming homeless, to becoming the man who single-handedly changed the trajectory of bodybuilding forever, this is the story of the original mass monster.
Dorian Yates started working out in 1983 at Martin's Gym, the original bodybuilding gym located in Temple Row, Birmingham. During this time he won the 1984 Mr. Birmingham as a novice and in 1986 became the British Champion at Heavyweight for the first time.
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 Nasser El Sonbaty deserved to win. He is one of only four men to retire as Mr. Olympia and the last to do so.
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 said, “If you feel you can attempt a second set, then you couldn’t have been pulling out all the stops during the first set.” Examples of his biggest lifts include 435-pound underhand barbell rows for 6-8 reps, 425-incline presses for 6-10 reps, and 595-pound barbell shrugs for 10-12 reps. 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 "mass monsters" in bodybuilding. He combined his enormous muscle mass 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.
@DorianYatesNutrition
00:00 - Prologue
00:51 - The Original Mass Monster
02:01 - Tragic Childhood
04:24 - Early ambitions
06:36 - British Champ
07:31 - Going Pro
09:11 - 1991 Mr. Olympia
13:53 - Blood & Guts
16:58 - 1992 Mr. Olympia
19:22 - The Gamechanger
21:49 - 1993 Mr. Olympia
25:10 - 1994 Mr. Olympia
29:27 - The Shadow
32:24 - 1995 Mr. Olympia
35:15 - 1996 Mr. Olympia
37:00 - 1996 German Grand Prix
37:23 - A Career Ending Injury
41:24 - 1997 Mr. Olympia
43:52 - Forced Retirement
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The Dark Truth Behind Mike Mentzer (Documentary)
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🏋️ Try Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty workout on the best FREE lifting app: bit.ly/heavydutyworkout (use code IRON when you sign up if you want to support the channel) Mike Mentzer was a bodybuilding genius and one of the sport’s most prominent and inspirational characters. During his short-lived career, he was the first bodybuilder in history to receive a perfect score of 300 and was famous for pop...
How Ronnie Coleman Became Bodybuilding's GOAT (Documentary)
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You can't be mad at Lee Priest for beating Coleman that year, he had perfect symmetry and carried heavy muscle mass but was lean as a knife 😊
Another reason to hate Arnold
One who refuses to train the way that most people train Refuse to train where most people train And one who refuses to look the way most people looked 1992-1997 Mr.Olympia Dorian YATES [ The SHADOW ]
I’ve got my workout journals from at least 1987 up until today. It’s great to go over them. Hell I’m even stronger on some movements now than I was then.
When you’re younger, the pain that you feel every day from training is justifiable because you see the results (validating suffering). Later in life the body isn’t as invincible and you have to deal with the pain in a way that actually helps it go away.
One of the saddest IRL story I've ever come across
I would never train like he did, high intensity training is very dangerous as we all can see on his example. I would love for golden era to come back where you can see Sergio or Arnold looking like gods.
Holy shit, Ronnie’s mom had biceps at like 50+
Arnold talking shit
how paradoxical.. HIT what made him be Champion also injured by this method..
The production quality of these videos is insane
Thank you! 🙏
Drugs ,crazy all go together with genius level
I started lifting serious in 1996. I never liked the "mass monster" look. I always took inspiration from the golden era. I actually thought that Arnold and the boys were almost drug free at the time as compared to these mass monsters. I was wrong obviously. But even 30 years later the mass monsters are still around. I just would prefer more emphasis on aesthetics first. Props to Yates though. He was a savage
Lee Haney was the first to win 8 Mr Olympia's and he did it without crippling himself. And his health is still better than Ronnie's and he's older. This alone makes him the Greatest Bodybuilder. Certainly greater than Ronnie!
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There's a lot of time, dedication and hard work gone into this exceptionally well presented video.
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
Nasser’s front double is untouchable
F*ck arnold. Hearing the story of him driving a man to death makes me hate arnold even more. What a little b*tc ass cheater
Moral of the story, arnold was a shitty politician from the jump
Good job phenomenal Doku 🎉 Keet it and make some videos Maybe Kai Greene ..
Thank you! Good stuff coming up for sure. And Kai is also on my list 😄
@3.44 is what I dont like. The blatant lies......
Legend
This shit is quality. I never thought id get a Defuntland equivalent, much less surrounding body building
Thank you for watching! Always trying to do better 😄
Arnold looked amazing in his last Mr Olympia win. Mike crying about Arnold being on Coke when he was openly doing meth.
A documentary about Markus Ruehl would be sick
On the list for sure!
Back for the 20th time.
In my opinion Mike Mentzer in his Prime Looked better then Arnold Schwarzenegger EVER Looked, Especially Arms and Shoulders
Good Videos! Pls make one about paul dillett.
@Iron.Historian - Thank you for creating such an amazing video! It deserves a billion views because of all the creativity, effort, and hard work you put into it. As a fellow UA-camr, I understand how much time and dedication it takes to produce something like this. The bodybuilding community truly owes you a big thank you. I've loved bodybuilding since I was 16 (I'm 47 now), and I'm really grateful for your work. Thank you so much! LM
Thank you so much for watching I really appreciate the support 🙏
that is why he was number two
As an Austrian and an admirer of Schwarzenegger, I have to say that at the Mr. O in 1980 Mike Mentzer was the better man compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger. No doubt.
Sorry. Shawn beat Dorian in 94.
90 % OF THE BEST PHYSIQUE'S EVER TRAINED WITH LOTS OF VOLUME 5-- 6 DAYS A WEEK END OF STORY.
ARNOLD WAS A POLISHED DIAMOND, MIKE WAS A LUMP OF CONCRETE..
Great content. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Brother what about another bodybuilding legend like Tom platz
Arnold is the goat.
Perfect bro, you’re definitely going to get a deal with Netflix if you keep posting these
Thank you! Haha bit too ambitious but I appreciate it 🙏
todays bodybuilders can not do a vacuum pose. they all have extened bellies.
As amazing as a competitor Dorian was and his mindset, it was a complete travesty that Nasser never beat him! The man is dead now, by possibly pursing that, and that is an injustice that will never be resolved.
Superb Documentary!
Thank you!
If bodybuilders followed Mike mentzers philosophy, there will not be supplement business . So big business was scared of Mike and destroyed his career by awarding Arnold Mr Olympia in 1980
Remarkable mindset! Not the greatest of all time subjectively, but for me, he was a phenomenal entity always to be remembered in this often destructive and dangerous human art form.
Okey, this documentary is very well put together. Mike Mentzers ideas and mind combined with others ideology is unparalleled. H.I.T and heavy duty is The ultimate training experience!
Mike was an egomaniac loser whos advice will obviously put you in the grave early.
Perfect bro perfect
Thank you!
Mike Mentzer created a monster.
This is sad! Didn’t realize he’s from Ephrita PA I had good memories there! His work out program is no joke and got me some great results!
When i learned of Mike Mentzer i was intrigued and a skeptic then Dorian Era came and more and more people took noticed and followed the training me included. High intensity training such as Mike Mentzer and also Leo Costas imho revolutionized bodybuilding but didnt get enough credit for it as a lot of the training these days have their DNA. The key on doing these trainings is that the easiest part is lifting and nutrition and the hardest part is the mental aspect of it at least for my experience. Because u have to toss most of the things that uve learned and got accustomed to and trust the high intensity training process. It might work the first round but for the most part you will get disappointed because ur body is trying to adapt to the new training but on the second round you will feel and experience strength and growth u havent had.