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Dorian Yates

British professional bodybuilder who won six consecutive Mr. Olympia titles (1992–1997) — whose extreme muscle mass, conditioning, and training methodology (Heavy Duty/High Intensity Training) made him the most dominant bodybuilder of his era and a training philosophy advocate.

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Mike Mentzer

American bodybuilder and theorist of High Intensity Training (HIT) — whose Heavy Duty methodology advocated training to failure with minimal volume — and who was also a student of Objectivist philosophy, applying Ayn Rand's rational framework to training science.

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