Dorian Yates Quotes
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If I listened to my instincts, I'd be down at the pub chasing women, not under a 400 pound bar squatting
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Back in the 80s we were very cautious about steroids.
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Steroids are used in all sports.
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Some people's joints articulate in a manner that allows them to benefit greatly from squats; others may not benefit at all. If you're not too tall and have short limbs, it may be the best exercise for you, but if you're tall with long legs, it might be both ineffective and dangerous.I was stubbornly faithful to squats for years until I finally realized they were not well-suited for my body structure. After I switched tomore muscle-intensive movements, my gains in leg size were astounding.
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I started training bodybuilding in 1983.
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During weight cutting your mind plays tricks on you.
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The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment
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All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal.
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One set at extreme intensity does the muscle-building job. It must be stressed that the one final, all-out set I do takes me to the very limit of my capabilities. If you feel you can attempt a second set, then you couldn’t have been pulling out all the stops during the first set. It's not pretty, but it works.
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At the end of the day it's not a weight contest, it's a visual contest. And it doesn't matter what you say you weigh, if you don't look that big then you don't look that big.
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I also think you have less separation if you are fuller. If you go to the gym and pump your arms up they are bigger because of the blood volume, the fullness. But the separation is not so defined.
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Each workout is like a brick in a building, and every time you go in there and do a half-ass workout, you're not laying a brick down. Somebody else is.
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Shoulder width is an absolute requirement for displaying the V taper that will make or break your physique.
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That's a good weight...for a small woman
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Complex carbohydrates are always best, except, again, after a workout where you could take simple (sugar) carbohydrates to get an insulin spike. But at other times doing this is not very beneficial because insulin is a storage hormone and it's going to shunt everything into the muscle.
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If those guys with better genes trained as hard and intense as me, I wouldn`t stand a chance!
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For me winning isn`t surprising at all
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The path to added muscle is consuming more calories than the amount needed to keep your current bodyweight unchanged.
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