Dorian Yates shared some personal tips and procedures to follow during your next back day.
Dorian Yates built a reputation as one of the best bodybuilders of all-time, winning the Mr. Olympia contest six times. During his career, Yates became known for his insanely wide and thick back. He recently shared some tips on how to build some serious muscle mass in your back, especially using partial deadlifts.
Yates burst onto the scene with unmatched insane size in his back, no other bodybuilders came close to him. Of course, his entire physique was massive and had the right conditioning to reach the pinnace of the sport. In 1991, Yates made his Olympia debut and was only topped by eight-time champion Lee Haney.
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From 1992-1997, Yates did not lose a competition and racked up six-consecutive Olympia titles. Following his final victory on the biggest stage, Yates retired from bodybuilding after suffering from a string of different injuries. In retirement, Yates has maintained a shredded physique while sharing his wisdom in the gym.
On Instagram, Yates has been sharing different posts explaining tips of the trade. On Tuesday, he discussed the importance of partial deadlifts and how to perform the exercise for the best results.
Dorian Yates Talks Partial Deadlifts
When is the best time to perform each exercise and does it make a difference?
This is not an uncommon question, especially with some of the major lifts. Dorian Yates has put deadlifts at the end of his back day and explained his reasoning.
“One major distinguishing exercise selection that I made early on was to perform deadlifts last on back day.
Putting them last allowed me to obtain maximum benefit from the movement without the risk factor that would have increased had I done them first, since the weight used is less due to the muscle’s fatigue.”
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Yates would put deadlifts at the end when his muscles were already exhausted from exercises like pullovers, pulldowns, and barbell rows. The other aspect that Yates discussed was keeping the weight off the floor when lowering it.
“The important thing to stress here is that we didn’t touch the floor whilst doing the set. This meant that the back was under tension from the first rep to the last, negating the leg involvement, maximising the back muscles, spinal erectors, lats all the way up to the traps!”
The overall goal is to build a massive back and do so with major exercises. Dorian Yates ended his post by calling for lifters to try these tips and throw deadlifts at the end of the workout.
“The aim is to build a better back and to get the muscles to grow. Try them out this way and do them last in your back workout and see how you get on.”
The Original Mass Monster
If you really want a deeper look into the life of the bodybuilder and all he did within the sport and after, you can check out the film Dorian Yates: The Original Mass Monster. This is the documentary of Dorian Yates, and it goes in depth into his life and profiles all that was involved in his “blood and guts” training style that helped craft the physique that brought him six Olympia wins.
Dorian Yates Training Journal E-Book
Dorian Yates Training Journal is the entire bodybuilding career of legendary bodybuilder, Dorian Yates, in his own words as he chronicled five years of his training.
You can also learn more about Dorian Yates through his very own training journal. The Dorian Yates Train Journal E-Book describes in rigorous and great detail his training throughout his entire bodybuilding career. The pages of the E-Book are Yates’ own words and actual writing as he trained to become one of the greatest bodybuilders in the modern era. This is the first time ever that Yates’ journal has been published and details select passages over the course of five years, from 1985 to 1990.
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