Since this is not the convo lounge, it would probably be cool to actually answer the damn question. lol
DC is a guy on the internet who trains people. It is for advanced trainees and very dedicated people. Unless you are working with DC or IH, it's not really DC training, but a variant based on what he has posted online. It involves an upper/lower split with rotating exercises, rest pause sets, statics, extreme stretching, and eating a ton of food.
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taken directly from the IA sticky.
DC (Dogg Crap, AKA Dante) Training You would have to be hiding under a rock to not know about Dogg’s training system. Here are a few reasons why it is so productive.
It’s obviously very low volume. Say what you will about HIT, it works wonders for MANY, MANY trainees. Most lifters simply do too many sets, of too many lifts way too often. They overtrain horribly, and don’t grow. DC’s system has you doing 4-6 WORK sets a session, usually no more than 3 days a week. That is a great formula for success for the previously perpetually overtrained.
For those that can take it, the rest-pause sets provide the fastest path to hit the muscle fibers deeply with the least amount of sets (one). The system has a built in intensity cycling schedule. These are the so-called “cruise weeks”. I believe they were originally built in the system primarily to scale back the androgen use for a short time (four or more weeks heavy, two weeks low dose with Clomid to help HPTA recovery) and were then also used to scale back the intensity, and take a slight break from the grueling chore of the extreme eating required to build extreme mass. What is beautiful about this system is that it works wonders for both the gear user, and ESPECIALLY well for those training clean. Most people’s bodies just don’t stand up well to a constant high intensity pounding and this system provides just the active rest break that so many need, but so few get on other systems.
The loading changes every week. Dogg’s system of picking 3 different lifts for each bodypart and rotating them each week stops the neural adaptation burnout that occurs when doing the same lifts week-in, week-out. On the down side people that don’t recruit well sometimes don’t progress on individual lifts as fast as they would when the neural adaptations are allowed to progress on a weekly basis. But this is offset by the fact that most people get better size gains when the load is varied, and it takes quite a while for most people to hit a wall with this type of loading.
DC’s routines are setup a variety of ways, with perhaps the most popular and appilicale being splitting the body up like this:
a) Chest Shoulders Triceps Back width Back thickness
b) biceps forearms calves hams quads
Three lifts are picked for each bodypart, and each training day you do ONE of the lifts in either rest-pause, or strait set fashion. That means after warm-ups, you do ONE lift per body-part for a total of 5 sets per workout. If you are not familiar with the details of this system do NOT attempt it based only on the routines presented here. The extreme stretching and other details are part and parcel of the system and must be used as a whole.
Here is a list of DC approved lifts. I do NOT approve of all of the lifts myself, but know they work well for many people:
CHEST incline smythe decline smythe hammer strength press (incline and decline) other good machine press incline barbell decline barbell incline dumbbell press flat dumbbell press decline dumbbell press
SHOULDERS smythe presses to front smythe presses to back of head hammer strength press other good machine press barbell press to front barbell press to back of head dumbbell shoulder press
TRICEPS close grip bench in smythe reverse grip bench in smythe skull crushers dips (in upright position)
BACK WIDTH rack chins to front rack chins to back of head reverse grip rack chins (close grip) assisted pullups hammer strength "pulldown" machines other good "pulldown" machines pull downs to front pull downs to back of head
BACK THICKNESS deadlift rack deadlift T-bar rows smythe rows barbell rows
BICEPS barbell curls alternate dumbbell curls barbell preacher curls hammer strength machine curls other good machine curls cable curls incline db curls close grip ez-bar preacher curls standing medium grip ez-bar curls
FOREARMS hammer curls (alternated) pinwheel curls (alternated) reverse grip one arm cable curls
CALVES calves on a leg press standing calf raises calves in hack squat seating calf raises any calf machine with a good range of motion
HAMSTRINGS seating leg curls standing leg curls lying leg curls stiff leg deadlift sumo presses
QUADS squats smythe squats hack squat leg press
Here is a sample routine:
Monday Hammer Bench Press x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Military Press in Rack x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Skull Crushers x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Wide Grip Pull-Down x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Bent Row x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause
Wednesday Barbell Curl x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Hammer Curl x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Leg Press Calf Raise x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Glute/Ham Raise x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Leg Press x 1 set 10/20 Rest-Pause
That would be considered the first rotation. Now using a DIFFERENT set of lifts, the next is done. Again, there are three sets of lifts, and after the third rotation, you start again, such as:
Friday Incline Bench Press x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Hammer Shoulder Press x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Dips x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Supinated Grip Pull-Ups x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Rack Pull x 1 set 10 reps
Monday Dumbbell Curl x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Grip Machine x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Standing Calf Raise x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Leg Curl x 1 set 8/15 Rest-Pause Squat x 1 set 10/20 Rest-Pause
Here is another variation of the format that I have used with great success myself, and with trainees of mine.
DC, IA style with all weights Day One, Week One Dips Reps 8/16 Rest-pause Incline Fly Reps 8/16 Rest-pause Lateral Raise Reps 15/30 One 15/30 rest-pause Skull Crushers Reps 8/16 Rest-pause
Day Two, Week One Wide Grip Pull-Down Reps 8/16 Rest-pause Chest Supported Row Reps 8/16 Rest-pause EZ- Bar Curl Reps 8, Both sets done with same weight Resistance Abs Reps 10 Machine of your choice as long as it fits you well and you can go heavy, or see my ab article Day Three, Week One Leg Press Calf Raise Reps 20 2 Straight sets to failure Deadlift Reps 10 1 set of 10 to one rep short of failure Leg Press Reps 10/20 Rest-pause
Day One, Week Two Dumbell Bench Press Reps 10 Both Sets Done with same weight Incline Press, in rack Reps 8/16 Rest-pause Machine Lateral Raise Reps 10/20 Rest-pause Tricep Pushdown Reps 8 Both sets done with same weight
Day Two, Week Two Supinated Grip Pull-Down/Pull-Up Reps 8/16 Rest-pause Dumbell Row Reps 8/16 Rest-pause Incline Bench Dumbell Curl Reps 8 Both Sets Done with same weight Resistance Abs Reps 10 Machine of your choice as long as it fits you well and you can go heavy
Day Three, Week Two Leg Press Calves Reps 15/30 2 rest pause sets. One to 15, the next to 30, fail at 8 for the first, 15 for the second Leg Curl Reps 10 1 straight set to failure Leg Extension Reps 10 1 straight set to failure Squat Reps 20 Rest-Pause, Puke, go home
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