Sports rivalries can enhance any athletic endeavor. It brings a storyline to proceedings, gives the competitors that much more motivation to walk away with the victory. Rivalries with the right amount of emotional drama can make fans invest in the events far more than if things were just amicable. Friendly rivalries are fine and add an extra element to competition, but the weight of events don’t quite have that same explosive tension that bad blood offers.
There are countless modern rivalries we could talk about, but sometimes looking on past rivalries can be just as eye-opening. One bodybuilding rivalry, in particular, is both intriguing and curious all at once. If you didn’t know it before now, former bodybuilding champions Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dorian Yates have had their own share of disagreements with each other. What makes it interesting is that the two men competed in different eras of bodybuilding. So how exactly did these two come to a disagreement? Take a look at Yates’ side of the argument.
Watch the above video and let us what do you make of Dorian Yates’ feelings towards Arnold Schwarzenegger?
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