Blood and Guts [Paperback]

Dorian Yates (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 133 pages
• Publisher: Little-Wolff Pub Group (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963616307
• ISBN-13: 978-0963616302
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,114,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The new standard for bodybuilders, April 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood and Guts (Paperback)

After reading this book (and gawking at the photos) you'll say to yourself," It can't be that simple!". Dorian has truly taken the mystery out of bodybuilding. He has broken it down into the basic elements; eating right, training correctly, resting, and employing intensity in your workouts. The first three elements you can get directly from this book. The intensity factor you have to experience. Get Dorian's video!! Once you SEE how he trains, you'll know what intensity is. Then you will have the complete formula to achieve all of your lifting goals. How you choose to use it is up to you.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A no nonsense approach to bodybuilding, June 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood and Guts (Paperback)

I've read several books and magazines by bodybuilding pros who want to voice their training views and opinions. The disapointment with other authors was they just repeated what other bodybuilders wrote. Nothing original. Dorian Yates' approach to bodybuilding is familiar - Mentzer's approach - but superior. I've been following Dorian Yates' career since he was crowned Mr. Olympia. His rate of improvement from year to year is phenomenal. I know some people might say that it just the drugs, I disagree. Yates' philosophy and inner drive is what makes him constantly improve. Today - 1998 - other pros now follow his hardcore, intense approach. In the world of bodybuilding: Yates is the leader and everybody else is a follower. Even though this book was published in 1993 his methods have remained the same. In my opinion, follow someone's advise if it works, if it doesn't ,throw it out! I would recommend this book to only those who are ready to follow an intense program. Wimps not need apply. I read this book in a day. I couldn't put it down. Pick up a copy and you'll see a difference in body, attitude, and desire. "Two thumbs and a lat spread way up!!"

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books on the subject., January 23, 1999

By 

[e-mail] (SoCal.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood and Guts (Paperback)

If you're into bodybuilding you need to read only 4 books: Optimum Sports Nutrition, Beyond Brawn, Big Beyond Belief and Blood and Guts. That's all you need. Abreviated routines is name of the game if you train anabolics-free.

Dorian shares his view in a very humble, no bull manner. He also emphasizes the fact that one's character and integrity is what matters much more than the amount of muscle mass one caries around, something Arnold never paid much attention to.