Dorian Yates Quotes

I try to train as much as I can, as much as my schedule allows it.

It's tricky when I'm constantly traveling and adjusting to new time zones and trying to also keep up with my workouts.

Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing.

I'm very disciplined in the approach I take for my training.

When it comes to exercise, it's really hard for me to have a weekly routine because my schedule changes daily. But I try to go jogging as much as possible - when I'm in L.A., I do it every day.

I started messing around in my teen years but didn't really begin training properly until the age of 21. I did a lot of reading prior to that - Mike Mentzer, Arthur Jones and all other notable bodybuilding authors - and just came up with a routine that worked for me.

Every day, I do training. Sometimes at midnight I train, sometimes 4:30 in the morning as well.

I travel a lot, so it's hard to always fit in a workout.

I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to the reflexes you developed in training. That's where roadwork shows - the training you did in the dark of the mornin' will show when you're under the bright lights.

I eat, sleep and breathe training.

Touring is very routine. You get to the city, you go to the hotel, you got to be at the hotel by a certain time - it's very routine. I'm not a very structured person, so when I get some structure, it's cool; it's good for me.

I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.

I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.

I run five miles three times a week; I log everything. I look up routes when I travel.

For different roles, my condition and training and diet does alter. Depending on the role, it will really dictate the type of training I do.

I work out as much as I can.

Half the struggle is just getting yourself to the gym or getting yourself in your workout gear and ready for action.

If I am on a journey where I only have time to read one-and-a-half books, I never know which one-and-a-half I'll feel like reading. So I bring eight.

I travel seven months a year, so it's a lot of hotels and airplanes. I teach about three hours a day. I always go for a run. I try to lift some weights if I have the time and the strength. But running and teaching, that's my life.

Practice, training camps to me are fairly easy.

I've been training quite hard.

Working with Balanced Body has been amazing. It's become a big part of my routine.

I'm trying to get myself in good shape, do my workouts, so that when I am back, I am ready to go.

In three weeks, you can improve a lot. You can train a lot. You can come up with a proper plan.