Dorian Yates: Bodybuilder

            Dorian Yates was born in 1962 in England, and unlike the other fitness figures I’ve gone over, Yates found his love for the sport of bodybuilding in a much different way. As a teenager Yates was a bit of a trouble maker and undisciplined. This mind set landed him in a juvenile detention center for six months. Fortunately for Yates this was a wake-up call for him. He didn’t want to go to prison for the rest of his life repeating foolish and illegal activities. And while in the detention center he pledged to never return to a prison system as an inmate ever again, according to his biography on dorianyatesnutrition.com.

           Yates is argued to have some of the most impressively developed muscles to have ever walked the stage, but he only was able to acquire six Mr. Olympia titles due to injury. Something admirable about Yates is his resilience. In two different Mr. Olympia competitions that he won he had torn muscles which take months to heal. Call it dumb, but I call it dedication for something he loves, he still continued to train with some extraordinarily painful injuries. In 1994 it was his torn bicep muscles and in 1996 his torn triceps were the result to force his retirement. For anyone to flex on stage with torn muscles let alone do intense workouts to prepare for the most prestigious bodybuilding competition is nothing short of inspiring character. Dorian Yates is a symbol for people who are not happy with the direction their life took and proof that hard work can change its course.