Dorian Yates has never hesitated to acknowledge true greatness, and for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yates' respect is unmatched.

Recently, one of Yates' statements was posted on mikementzer_official, highlighting his praise of the Austrian Oak's legendary build.

His statement says, “Arnold’s chest looked as if it only needed half the work, yet no one has ever developed pecs like that. Truly phenomenal. His pecs and biceps are still impossible to match”.

During his prime, Arnold had a tape-busting 58” chest. It was an epitome of shape, size, and definition. He could control and flex each part of his chest independently: left, right, upper, and lower.

However, the root of his motivation for such a physique was Reg Park. Arnold Schwarzenegger studied Reg Park's muscle development and was inspired by Park’s images, which were published in Muscle Builder magazine, now known as Muscle and Fitness.

He concluded 3 factors that later helped him get a well-defined chest:

• The size of Park’s muscle
• The width of Park’s pecs
• The thickness.

Arnold’s physique and conditioning were so impressive that Dorian Yates thinks the young Arnold could even win today.

Dorian Yates Thinks Arnold Schwarzenegger Could Win Today

According to Yates, Arnold was “225, maybe 235 at his best, but at six, two and a half. That's skinny compared to today, but he was still head and shoulders the best at the time with what was available as far as training knowledge.”

However, he believes Arnold could have been even more dominant with today's advanced training knowledge and supplements.

Even Ronnie Coleman once admitted to Valuetainment, “Arnold would've been by far the best bodybuilder ever. Nobody could think of touching him…. look at that shape. Look at that chest. Nobody got that even today”.

So, do you think Arnold could have defeated all the modern bodybuilders today?

Written by

Supradeep Dutta

Edited by

Siddharth Shirwadkar