Dorian trained 3.5 hrs a week at his peak

[kentpaul]

the operative word being 'trained efficiently'!

[xpin2winx2]

dorian has to have one of the sickest side triceps ever.

[kentpaul]

i grew up in birmingham and saw him once after he retired. he was freakish even then.

[jamez123]

the operative word being 'trained efficiently'!

he also tore a bunch of muscles ... efficient.

[boyoboyo]

he also tore a bunch of muscles ... efficient.

he also won 6 straight mr olympia's....effcient.

[ChrisMisc]

Nice video man!

One random thing I noticed.. go from 4:20. Flex Wheeler is listed as 5'9, Dorian 5'11. They look the same height there.. WHAT IS THIS????

[DanielEver]

he also tore a bunch of muscles ... efficient.

his injuries have nothing to do with his style of training.

[N01SYtZ]

his injuries have nothing to do with his style of training.

wut^ lol

and you dont have to be in the gym 10 hours a day to grow or even lose weight.
people seem to misunderstand the fact that when you're in the gym you're tearing muscles and you grow outside of the gym.
so 3.5 hours is 210 minutes
210 divided by 5 = 40 something minutes a session which is plenty .

[mattwashere]

the operative word being 'trained efficiently'!

YEP, he was the man, still is the man.

[Devils]

his injuries have nothing to do with his style of training.

Tore bicep doing 'Yates" rows?

[palumboism]

he also tore a bunch of muscles ... efficient.

Yeah lol, he averaged an injury every 100hrs or so during his training career.

[go2failure]

His back at 1:57 is insane!!! absolutely ridonkulous

[Terminator84]

HIT sucks

[Zeneth]

his injuries have nothing to do with his style of training.

Yeah, I think it was to do with his diet.

[Loctus]

Does he even lift?

[HollywoodJohn]

Some guys just seem more prone to injury... It's hard to explain, off course the fact that he went balls to the wall while on reduced calories state had some influence but injuries can happen to anyone, really.
Evan Centopani for example is deadlifting 6 plates, arguably could do even more at 5% bodyfat and very low-carbs, just one day after high rep deadlifting and he never had an injury...
Some guys spend their entire careers without any major injury, guys like Branch have teared almost every single muscle by 34 (granted he trains like a retard).. Sh*t happens!

[DanielEver]

Yeah, I think it was to do with his diet.

not exactly. he did get injured because he couldn't hold the intensity and worked to the max every time, specially while diteting to the show, while he had to cool down a little.

[wala]

3.5 hours is enough, don't know why anybody would be surprised at that figure?

[Flex500]

wut^ lol

and you dont have to be in the gym 10 hours a day to grow or even lose weight.
people seem to misunderstand the fact that when you're in the gym you're tearing muscles and you grow outside of the gym.
so 3.5 hours is 210 minutes
210 divided by 5 = 40 something minutes a session which is plenty .

excatly! Plus when I went to one of his seminars he talked about how he tried 5 day splits but in the end he really always ended up doing 4 days of lifting a week as he just got to burnt out on 5. That being said that means each session was like 50-55 which as you say is more than plenty of time!

[kentpaul]

5 star thread but no reps lol

[Hardbody316]

if i was only allowd to workout for 40 minutes a day id flipout..best part of my day is killing it in the gym...once i leave the gym i feel like...now what??

[kentpaul]

another good one

[roybatty6]

He had to throw in the 'Platz-hair' pose, Doian being a big Tom Platz fan and all.

One of the most humble bodybuilders ever.

[wala]

if i was only allowd to workout for 40 minutes a day id flipout..best part of my day is killing it in the gym...once i leave the gym i feel like...now what??

I feel you bro. But it's counter productive to go at it longer than you need to

[jiveinhere]

Yeah, I think it was to do with his diet.

rofl

I heard it was cause of his haircut?

[artDDP]

My God, those chest striations...and those quads!

[guyver79]

93' yates is one of the greatest physiques to stepped onstage!

But i'd say most pro's nowadays probably don't train much longer than 3.5 to 5 hours a week.

[ellisbailey]

Met him a few times and trained at his gym. Nice bloke.

[mikieson]

3.5 hours is enough, don't know why anybody would be surprised at that figure?

Dont seem like much to me..figure workout 4-5 days a week at 45min to an hour long..OF course some workouts take longer..Legs might take longer than arm day or whatever....seems like not much time to me..BUT I guess it worked for him.

[tryin2gethuge10]

Dont seem like much to me..figure workout 4-5 days a week at 45min to an hour long..OF course some workouts take longer..Legs might take longer than arm day or whatever....seems like not much time to me..BUT I guess it worked for him.

I'm sure if you pushed it to the limit Dorian did, 3.5 hours was just fine. Go watch the video of Dorian training Cormier!