More so the standing squatting motions hacks, smith squats. Those type
of movements put a great deal of stress on the spine, and as a result
the body builds up a lot of muscle to protect itself... the reason why
I think that squats and deadlifts are so effective.

One of Dorian's quad workouts

Leg extension 2 warm ups 15-12 1 work set 10-12
Leg press 1 warm up 10-12 1 work set 12
hack squats 1 warm up 10-12 1 work set 12








>
> Yeah I heard the same thing about squats not agreeing with his
structure. I didn't know that you were counting leg presses and hack
squats as squats but it's definitely all the same movement.
>
> lhosannah <lhosannah@...> wrote:
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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