Morning exercise routine for beginners at home

Without Dorian Yates, high-intensity training (HIT) may have ended up as just another dusty relic of the ’70s like mood rings or beanbags. Lee Labrada did a modified version of HIT in the ’80s, but he was celebrated for his aesthetics, not his warlike workouts.

Morning exercise for men

It took a one-man “British Invasion” to once again make HIT relevant. During Yates’ six-year Mr. Olympia run (–97), high intensity reached a new-level of acclaim and influence. In the final chapter of our three-part HIT series, we examine Yates’ version of HIT and see how it continues to shape bodybuilding workouts today.

Before year-old Dorian Yates picked up weights in , he picked up books, reading all he could about training science.

It was Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty that won over the Englishman.

Morning exercise routine

Then when he toiled in the dungeon-like Temple Gym, Yates modified Heavy Duty via experimentation. He did four to eight working sets per body part. He also put a Mentzerlike emphasis on low reps, doing six to eig