Build Muscle & Strength & Forge Your Life Path | Dorian Yates
Huberman Lab
Scicomm Media
4.8 • 30.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 167 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | When people come to train with me, I said our objective is to get an exercise and go to real muscular failure. You've got to give it more than it's used to. The body does not want to change. They want to keep status quo. So you've got to give it a bloody good reason, as we would say in England, to change, right? So you've got to put more stress on the body than it's used to. And then you need to recover from that. That's the idea, to do enough to stimulate, but not more than that, because this is an overload you're going to recover from. And the number one thing that I hear from people is, I don't really have time for that. I have a business. I have a family. I said, if you could give me 45 minutes, twice a week, that's all you need to do. |
| 0:38.4 | And it's not theory because I've done it. |
| 0:40.4 | You change your life, literally with that and a good diet. |
| 0:43.1 | So the whole time thing excuses, it's not relevant. |
| 0:47.8 | I'm not listening. |
| 0:48.6 | You don't need a lot of time. |
| 0:50.2 | Welcome to the Huberman Lab podcast, where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm Andrew Huberman, and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. |
| 1:05.6 | My guest today is Dorian Yates. |
| 1:07.8 | Dorian Yates is a legendary six-time Mr. Olympia winner who is also considered |
| 1:11.9 | one of the greatest pioneers of training methods for bodybuilding health and fitness. He is known |
| 1:17.3 | for using and recommending low-volume high-intensity workouts, meaning very few sets done with |
| 1:23.0 | maximal focus, perfect form, and directed muscle engagement taken to muscular failure and beyond. |
| 1:29.3 | Today, Dorian teaches us how the typical person who is not interested in competitive bodybuilding |
| 1:33.7 | should train for health and fitness and overall best results. |
| 1:37.3 | We cover muscle building, fat loss, mobility, what forms of cardio are best, when to do them, |
| 1:42.8 | and much more. |
| 1:43.7 | The advice Dorian provides today is immensely valuable and applicable to everyone, |
| 1:48.2 | men, women, young, and old. |
| 1:50.1 | He explains how for most people, the best muscle building and strength results |
| 1:53.4 | will be achieved by training no more than three, |
| 1:56.0 | and in some cases, only two days per week. |
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