Though biceps weren’t his strongest body part, Dorian Yates never let that interfere with his six-year Olympia title reign. On August 8, 2025, via YouTube, Yates broke down how he built his biceps with four isolation exercises.

“They were never a strong body part for me, but I definitely was able to improve them by doing very isolated exercises first,” shared Yates. “That really isolated the biceps. Again, controlling the negative, holding the peak contraction, perhaps extra negatives if possible if it’s a machine, if it’s safe.”

Yates wasn’t your run-of-the-mill bodybuilder; he was a special talent from the UK, having adopted training principles from Arthur Jones and Mike Mentzer . His to-failure workout approach produced results. From 1992 to 1997, Yates was regarded as the worl

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