Dorian Yates

So I probably got the logical stuff from my dad, I would say.

You know, my mom's more female, more emotional.

My dad was probably very, you know, logical in his ways.

And an engineer, you know, engineering is about numbers and everything.

So, yeah.

A lot of people ask me, what happened if you didn't lose your father when you were 13?

Doreen Yates, the bodybuilder, probably wouldn't exist.

Because if life's comfortable, you don't want to put yourself through this shit, man.

I mean, it's a lot of work, a lot of dedication, a lot of sacrifice.

And over many, many years, it's not a short-term thing to get from starting bodybuilding to be a pro bodybuilder.

It took me seven years.

And that was quick.

That was relatively quick.

So seven years of absolute, this is my main focus of life.

This is what I'm doing for seven years to get to be a pro.

And then it was seven years as a pro as well.

Right, so I started in 83 earlier in the year.

I was 180, 185, but very lean.

You can see some pictures of me after six months training.

I mean, you have an athletic... I got very low body fat as well, naturally.