Dorian Yates Blood and Guts
6-week advanced HIT bodybuilding program by 6-time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates. Four sessions per week, every working set taken to absolute failure (often beyond, with forced reps).
- Equipment
- Barbell, Dumbbells, Machines
- Style
- Heavy
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Premium members get this full program with every session scheduled, logged and auto-progressed from their own maxes.
About this program
Six-week advanced bodybuilding program based on Dorian Yates's iconic Blood and Guts methodology — the High-Intensity Training (HIT) approach that took him to six straight Mr. Olympia titles (1992-1997). Yates's principle: you only need ONE working set per exercise — but that set must be taken beyond failure (forced reps, drop sets, rest-pause). Multiple grinding sets at submaximal intensity are wasted volume.
Four training days per week (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri). Mon: Chest + Biceps. Tue: Back + Rear Delts. Thu: Shoulders + Triceps. Fri: Legs. Each muscle gets 1-2 working sets per exercise. The working set is preceded by 2-3 progressive warm-up sets to nail position; then it's all out.
The program runs linearly with the warm-up percentages climbing slowly over 6 weeks while the working sets stay at the lifter's all-out output. Best for advanced bodybuilders comfortable training to failure, intermediate-to-advanced lifters wanting a HIT cycle, or anyone burnt out on volume programming.
What's included
The full session-by-session program is available to Capazity Premium members in the app.
- ✓6 weeks of programming
- ✓4 training days per week
- ✓18 different exercises
- ✓Weights calculated from your own maxes
- ✓Every set logged and tracked automatically
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