Dorian's Quads

[1fst400]

Anyone who says Dorian had skinny legs is full of shit. Look at those teardrops!

 

[Bio]

I never knew people said that about Dorian.

 

[EURO FREAK]

I never knew people said that about Dorian.

Never heard anyone say anything on dorian is small..

 

[Love_to_Bodybuild]

op who said dorian had small legs :yeahthat:

:delete: maybe?

 

[0893]

Compared to other bodybuilders his legs did look thin. Go watch nassar vs yates comparisons

 

[Love_to_Bodybuild]

Compared to other bodybuilders his legs did look thin. Go watch nassar vs yates comparisons

considering he beat nasser every time

dorian has long upper legs from kneecap to hips, its just his structure and the way hes built leg press and hacks did work better for him vs squats

his record speaks for itself having only ever been beaten once in his whole career, yes?

 

[Growman]

LOL 6 straight O's during arguably the most competitive time in the history of the sport, Nothing was small on the guy. And I never heard anyone say that his legs or any part of him was small...

He beat guys like Flex, Levrone, Nasser, Cormier, Ray, and Dillet head to head a bunch of times. Nothing small on him, NOTHING !!!

 

[KillerStack]

People complained about the lack of separation. I think he had excellent quads, the low sweep looked cool as opposed to the more turnip shaped quads of some others.

 

[Asylum]

The Man is a Beast..... small quads? ????? Ok Sure

Si Vis Pacem

 

[Jizzmo]

LOL 6 straight O's during arguably the most competitive time in the history of the sport, Nothing was small on the guy. And I never heard anyone say that his legs or any part of him was small...

He beat guys like Flex, Levrone, Nasser, Cormier, Ray, and Dillet head to head a bunch of times. Nothing small on him, NOTHING !!!

 

[Aikman56]

considering he beat nasser every time

dorian has long upper legs from kneecap to hips, its just his structure and the way hes built leg press and hacks did work better for him vs squats

his record speaks for itself having only ever been beaten once in his whole career, yes?

Twice.

Momo Beneziza at the 1990 NOC then Haney at the 1991 O.

But you're right about everything else!:headbang:

 

[Growman]

LOL really funny Jizzmo. When i wrote that i didnt think that a sick fuck like you would read it and think of it like that, I thought we were talking about bodybuilding, but you thought about his male genitalia. Your a funny guy...

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Ill personally swap my legs out for his. Small? Hardly..

 

[1fst400]

 

[1fst400]

op who said dorian had small legs :yeahthat:

:delete: maybe?

Squat purists. So many people bashed him for not squatting. Sorry squats are not for everyone. I've got long femurs and my torso/femur ratio doesn't allow for effective squats either. But a lot of people said that he literally had small legs. His legs looked like fucking granite! I'll take them any day!

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Squat purists. So many people bashed him for not squatting. Sorry squats are not for everyone. I've got long femurs and my torso/femur ratio doesn't allow for effective squats either. But a lot of people said that he literally had small legs. His legs looked like fucking granite! I'll take them any day!

Small legs compared to who? Tom Platz? LOL..Who didnt have small legs compared to his..

 

[anarchocapitalist]

All I remember about Yates was that his lat spread didn't look meaty enough. Guy could have done a few more barbell rows.

 

[Growman]

All I remember about Yates was that his lat spread didn't look meaty enough. Guy could have done a few more barbell rows.

Are you being sarcastic? He was known for doing barbell rows... and having a thick back. Just the 2 pics posted in this thread his lat spread looks pretty good to me....

 

[Mike Arnold]

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That photo was back in 93', before his bicep tear and when Dorian's shape and symmetry was actually very good. I often wonder what Dorian would have become if he had never torn his bicrep. No doubt, it severely affected his physique from that point forward.

 

[Mike Arnold]

Squat purists. So many people bashed him for not squatting. Sorry squats are not for everyone. I've got long femurs and my torso/femur ratio doesn't allow for effective squats either. But a lot of people said that he literally had small legs. His legs looked like fucking granite! I'll take them any day!

9 times out of 10 I prefer the "look" acheived with leg preses, hacks, and regular ham work compared to the guys who use squats as their primary leg builder. In my opinion, the former produces a more aesthetic look in almost all cases.

The guys who perform heavy, full squats regularly often have thicker overall ham development, which can certainly be a benefit in side and rear poses (according to today's standards), but in my opinion, this is one of the only benefits. Yes, consistently incluidng full squats as part of one's leg routine will build more overall mass throughout the entire leg, but does this always make a better leg?

Most regular squatters have proportionately excessive inner thigh and hip development. I hate to use the word "turnip" shaped, as we have all heard this term used 1,000 times before, but it is true.

When using close stance leg presses and close stance hacks as one's primary quad builders, the look achieved is far more aesthetic/impressive when viewed from the front--at least in my opinion. Quad sweep is not only usually superior, but the absence of bulging inner-thigh and hip develoment makes this sweep appear even more exaggerated. It also produces a more pleasing distribition of mass from top to bottom/hip to knee (when viewed from the front).

I do NOT like legs that look much bigger at the top than at the bottom of the leg, which sqautters are notorious for. Now, I will concede that squatters who use a closer stance do not display this appearance nearly as often (as a close stance squat works the legs more like close stance leg presses and hacks), so I think closer stance, full squats can be a great addition to one's leg routine.

However, most guys today perform their squats with a wider stance (not powerlifting wide, but still wider than what is optimal) because it lets them use more weight. I find this type of squatting to have few desirable applications in bodybuilding, but maybe this is just the traditionalist mind-set talking.

Dorian may not have had the biggest legs, but he still had excellent quad development and hams in proportion, but without the bulging inner thighs and hips which make one look stumpy and un-aesthetic.