# @thedorianyates on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdjvGT9CrTA
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-21T17:50:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dorian Yates (@thedorianyates) — https://gondola.cc/thedorianyates

## Caption

On this day 30 years ago…

The stage was set at the Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on September 21st 1996.

My first Olympia in ’91, the motivation was there to become the first Brit to win a Sandow, same with the second in ’92. ’93 was all about changing the game and leaving my mark. ’94 was about being better than the previous year but unfortunately I suffered that biceps injury. And so ’95 was all about redemption.

But 1996 was different, I was going for my fifth Olympia and the questions started to be asked about reaching Lee’s record. If I won I’d be 2 behind Arnold and 3 behind Lee.

I felt like I had already proven my point; that I could defend my crown no matter what the competition or even my own physique threw at me.
But there was something else; complacency.
Complacency was an enemy!

I couldn’t afford to, the guys were getting better each year and they were all coming to take my crown.

In the end it was; title defended and fifth consecutive Sandow in the bag…

#MrOlympia #Bodybuilding #Physique #Muscle #Motivation

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mrolympia, motivation, physique, muscle, bodybuilding

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