Actually he did squat. In the early part of his career he used barbell
squats but found that they didn't agree with his structure. Dorian
switched over to other forms of squatting such as smith machine squats
and hack squats, which are definitely squatting motions.

When I was trained by Dorian in 2000 he said the reason he suggested
smith machine squats is because they allow a person to place more
stress on their quads, take stress of their back, and allows them to
focus on going to failure without worrying about balance.

>
> I've heard that Dorian Yates never squatted. Didn't seem to keep
him from winning 6 Mr. O's
>
> lhosannah <lhosannah@...> wrote: I've
included my comments in your text
>
> >
> > I think our food and general knowledge of food has evolved since then
> > and I think people are living longer now and what not. I don't know
> > if we could compare now to then without recreating those conditions.
> > From some of the pics I've seen, those bodybuilders from the 30's
look
> > about my size. And although I do hold a high opinion of myself, I
know
> > that I'm a mere pissant next to todays competitors.
>
> Law: I agree that there has been progress in our understanding of
> nutrition and training. More understanding today doesn't mean that
> they weren't applying what mattered back then though. They ate lots of
> quality sources of protein as well as other nutrients. Training wise
> they were a bit off, for example they didn't push their squats in
> terms of poundage.. and squats are a requirement for the greatest
growth.
>
> > I like being natural though which is one reason I listen to your
> > advice. I thought of taking drugs and it probobly wouldn't
destroy my
> > life or health but it would certainly complicate things. I see that
> > now natural competitions are becoming more prevalent and if you look
> > around online you'll see lots of people talking about "natural
> > bodybuilding". Maybe this is the next step in the evolution of
> > bodybuilding?
>
> Law: If there has been a benefit to the war against steroids its the
> drive for drug free sports.. natural bodybuilders might benefit from
> this. I will be interesting to see what would happen to bodybuilding
> if it was cleaned up for real.
>
> Law
>
> >
> > --- In LawrenceHosannahFanClub@yahoogroups.com, "lhosannah"
> > <lhosannah@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Question have bodybuilders continued to evolve and progress?
> > >
> > > If drugs, nutritional supplements and superior equipment were
removed
> > > from bodybuilding would bodybuilders resemble the bodybuilders from
> > > the 1930's or would they be better?
> > >
> >
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