He stated in his book that he didn't train at all the last 3 weeks before the contest. Yet he weighed in at 265 at the prejudging and 270 at the night show. That was his biggest and heaviest of all his Olympias.
Are the 2 related? Did not training for 3 weeks allow his body to recover and produce gains in muscle mass that he wouldn't have had if he was able to train those last few weeks?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmwQh0Oiaos"]DORIAN YATES posing at Mr Olympia 1997 [HD] - YouTube[/ame]
Are the 2 related? Did not training for 3 weeks allow his body to recover and produce gains in muscle mass that he wouldn't have had if he was able to train those last few weeks?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmwQh0Oiaos"]DORIAN YATES posing at Mr Olympia 1997 [HD] - YouTube[/ame]