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16 weeks of DC

Gutterpump said:
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I'm contemplating starting a powerbuilding routine like DC in the spring, so I'm definitely interested in this log.

Quick question though, and I hope I don't sound stupid, but can you decipher the stats format here for me?

Flat BB Bench
195: 24x7x3=34 RP

I get the 195pnds, and 34 rest pause? but 24x7 to me means 27 reps x 7 sets, so what is the 3 for and how does it equal 34 rest pause reps. I know I have a lot of reading on DC to do, so - sorry for the question hehe, noob to DC here.
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No problem man, it's 34 total reps performed. It's 3 rest pause sets total. So each number is the number of reps in that rest pause set.

Initially 24 reps were done. Weight was racked and I took about a 15 second break (deep breathes) then performed 7 reps, racked the weight another 15 seconds and did the last set and got 3 reps.

Hope that helps. I actually started with DC as a building block for powerlifting, I'll cruise with some FST-7 training in between but nothing beats DC for strength IMO
 
I may have messed up my shoulder tonight. It was a little tight then when I went to stretch for Back, it started to hurt. Fml

Incline BB Bench
285: 10x3x1=14RP
11-15RP

Overhead DB Press
90: 14x6x3=23RP
20-30RP

Rev Grip Bench
235: 8x3x2=13RP
11-15RP

Hammer Lat Pull Down
300: 12x5x4=21RP

Then I stopped bc of my shoulder. I have the weekend to rest up and take care of it. This may be a little shorter blast than I thought, sad face
 
Hope the shoulder comes thru ok. Nice post workout meal!! Pizza Pizza
 
Shoulder is a little better. Heat/Ice/ibuprofen routine again today. I lost a few lbs this past week, good amount was water from my face haha.

I can't find Mass Maker online for a decent price. So I'll stick with the Up Your Mass for a bit longer and drop the milk from them, my stomach is feeling a little messed up. Milk and y stomach don't get a long the greatest
 
Distilled Water said:
Shoulder is a little better. Heat/Ice/ibuprofen routine again today. I lost a few lbs this past week, good amount was water from my face haha.

I can't find Mass Maker online for a decent price. So I'll stick with the Up Your Mass for a bit longer and drop the milk from them, my stomach is feeling a little messed up. Milk and y stomach don't get a long the greatest
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Sucks about the milk. But your story reminds me of how I was doing pop tarts throughout my bulk until recently, and I noticed in the last few weeks I felt like I had been gaining way more fat for no apparent reason. I dropped the pop tarts as of a week ago and dried up like a raisin in no time and looked so much better, haha. I guess we all have our little things that don't work with our bodies.

EDIT: I replaced calorie intake of pop tarts with honey, so it's not like this was all due to dropping cals.
 
Torobestia said:
Sucks about the milk. But your story reminds me of how I was doing pop tarts throughout my bulk until recently, and I noticed in the last few weeks I felt like I had been gaining way more fat for no apparent reason. I dropped the pop tarts as of a week ago and dried up like a raisin in no time and looked so much better, haha. I guess we all have our little things that don't work with our bodies.

EDIT: I replaced calorie intake of pop tarts with honey, so it's not like this was all due to dropping cals.
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Hahaha it's crazy isn't it! What kind of pop-tarts? While I bulk I'll grab a box of the cookies and cream every now and again or old school brown sugar cinnamon
 
Distilled Water said:
Hahaha it's crazy isn't it! What kind of pop-tarts? While I bulk I'll grab a box of the cookies and cream every now and again or old school brown sugar cinnamon
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Sugar cookie poptarts ftw!
 
Brown sugar cinnamon...arrgh
 
Workout B2

Hammer Machine Curl
110: 8x4x2=14RP
11-15RP

Reverse BB Curl
80: 10x4x3=17RP
15-20Rp


Calf Machine
155x12

Lying Leg Curl
155: 12x5x3=20RP
15-20RP

V-Squat
435x15
405x20

I guess that carb up really helped on my leg movements, shoulder feels pretty great to day too. Still a little sore but hopefull one more day of Ibprofen and the ole ice/heat routine will get it readu for A3 tomorrow
 
Looking good, man. And to answer your question, I go for the strawberry poptarts. I used to dig the brown sugar/cinammon ones as a child but I can't stand stuff that's too sweet anymore.
 
Don't like the sound of that!
 
Didn't have y workout log yesterday, my mind was aloof. It appears this will be my last week of DC, the 16 week ride is over. It was a good run my joints are really starting to bother me. I've been busting my ass at work this week which probably isn't helping much either.

This weekend ill try and go through to find beginning and ending weights/reps and my weight etc. I've lost some pounds since starting my new job but no too much. Thanks for everyone following along!
 
Alright dude. Let us know your final verdict on DC. You doing a log or anything on here when you go back to powerlifting?
 
To give you guys an idea of what I've been doing at work to add to this fatigue I've had these past few weeks. Thankfully the jobs over but my whole body is sore today, mainly my back/traps, shoulders, and biceps/forearms....

There were these 2'x2'4" steel plates that were probably a few inches thick & roughly 20lbs heavy i was working with. I had to take them off of a palate and load them onto a machine that was about 4 1/2' off the ground, form there i had to awkwardly fasten 4 points with a 3/8" allen wrench, two of which were at full extension. Then unfasten them, clean the part with the grinder and wash the part and load it onto another palate about 30' away. I was working about 55 of these parts a night on a 10hour shift and I'm gased!!!!!

I'll probably take next week off from lifting entirely, then onto the FST-7. I need a bit for my CNS to stabilize and give my joints a little break from the heavy lifting. Since my gym situation wasn't the same the entire time, I can't compare the same lifts but there are a few that stayed the same that we can easily measure. I'll use a rep max calculator for the BB Press and Squat. I dont know how accurate they are but it gives us a better idea of the strength increase.

Weight
Week 1: 193lbs
Week 16: 219lbs

Waist
Week 1: 31+"
Week 16: 33.5+"

Flat BB Bench
Week 1: 300lbs
Week 16: 370lbs

Incline BB Bench
Week 1: 300lbs
Week 16: 370lbs

DB Shoulder Press
Week 1: 65lbs for 21reps
Week 16: 100lbs for 15reps

BB Row
Week 1: 185x12 & 225x8
Week 16: 235x12 & 250x8

Straight BB Curl
Week 1: 65lbs for 15 reps
Week 16: 100lbs for 12reps

Close Grip Bench
Week 1: 185lbs for 10 reps
Week 16: 235lbs for 10 reps

BB Squat
Week 1: 560lbs
Week 16: 640lbs

Something I just noticed, things in the beginning of the workouts (bench/curls) saw much greater gains then those at the end (Rows/Squats).

Well there you have it. This is the strongest I've ever been, probably the best shape:weight:strength I've been in. (I've weighed more but BF% was higher)I did the best I could with eating and my new job, I think I feel into a trap of trying to eat clean and couldn't get enough calories in here these past few weeks, a lot of added stress/calorie burning didn't help come to a close. Paired with losing a training partner for the 2nd half of the DC cycle didn't help things much either.

Id love to see another training style that can r-i-v-a-l these type of strength and size gains. I'm still looking for it, like I stated earlier I'll be giving FST-7 training a run, probably an 8 week total run, I think thats what Hany suggests. I have his huge article in Flex about the " 38 week off-season FST-7 plan" or whatever it is. It appears to work well with a lot of guys so we'll see.

I'll be doing it with DAA and GHRP/CJC combo and a good amount of carbs, like he suggests, still need to find a good pump pre-workout I guess. Looks like i'll bit the bullet and pick up some Hemovol and give it a try with a little caffiene.

SHEW, thats a lot! haha any questions shoot!
 
Distilled Water said:
No, never heard of it. You have a link or anything?
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It is really a sick ass program. I have been alternating his 12wk 3 phase program with DC back to back for a while.. He focuses on staying healthy/injury prevention and really making the weight work for you, and not just using overload to grow. It really gives the joints a nice break, and is mentally brutal just like DC. He has a ton of bad ass variations of movements,etc.

I think this will give you the volume you are looking for while breaking from DC.

If you are like me, and love the mentally challenging aspects of DC, where you are at war with the weights, I think it is right up your alley. FST-7 is boring to me(but you may love it). His shoulder and leg routines are epic.

I split it into a 4day split.

Here is his Youtube channel so you can see some of his variations.
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Frank Reynolds said:
I think this will give you the volume you are looking for while breaking from DC.

If you are like me, and love the mentally challenging aspects of DC, where you are at war with the weights, I think it is right up your alley. FST-7 is boring to me(but you may love it). His shoulder and leg routines are epic.
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yeah I love the challenge of DC! Thanks for the links, I'll look into them! I have a friend that swears by FST-7 and I've done a few workouts with him. I want to see if all this hype around it is legit.
 
Distilled Water said:
yeah I love the challenge of DC! Thanks for the links, I'll look into them! I have a friend that swears by FST-7 and I've done a few workouts with him. I want to see if all this hype around it is legit.
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I'm not trying to discourage you from it fwiw. I just found it a bit boring and lacking the mental anguish I love so much lol

You said your shoulders suck. Run through one of his delt wo's for fun.lol
 
Frank Reynolds said:
I'm not trying to discourage you from it fwiw. I just found it a bit boring and lacking the mental anguish I love so much lol

You said your shoulders suck. Run through one of his delt wo's for fun.lol
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Oh I know what you're saying. Man that stuff looks crazy, i want some lol.

This past DC blast makes me kind of want to enlist Dante, Skip or one of those guys for a 3 month blast. Getting an itch to compete, either on stage or at a meet.
 
Distilled Water said:
Oh I know what you're saying. Man that stuff looks crazy, i want some lol.

This past DC blast makes me kind of want to enlist Dante, Skip or one of those guys for a 3 month blast. Getting an itch to compete, either on stage or at a meet.
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Dante doesn't take people anymore and skip mostly does nutrition. I worked with him a few years ago. Scott Stevenson is Dante's go to guy for DC training and the man. Scott is a great prep guy too.. Pretty sure he does Dave Henry's preps.

John Meadows also has super reasonable rates on custom training programs. His site is mountaindogdiet.com. I may spend some of my tax return on that. Lol. He has done amazing things with some of his clients I've been following .
 
Frank Reynolds said:
Dante doesn't take people anymore and skip mostly does nutrition. I worked with him a few years ago. Scott Stevenson is Dante's go to guy for DC training and the man. Scott is a great prep guy too.. Pretty sure he does Dave Henry's preps.

John Meadows also has super reasonable rates on custom training programs. His site is mountaindogdiet.com. I may spend some of my tax return on that. Lol. He has done amazing things with some of his clients I've been following .
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Really? I'll take a look. If I enjoy that training maybe I'll he that route.

The one thing that makes me hesitant about the DC route is not having a training partner/competent spotter. Back in late 08'~09' I had a DC partner who was 100% in and gains were outstanding.
 
Ya I've always trained alone so I feel your pain. I've learned to do well on my own though and prefer to lift by myself unless I can get someone that is 100% .

John meadow's stuff is really a blast. Just makes the gym enjoyable. You think widows are humbling try them while pausing in the whole for a sec or two, or 3 sec negative squats.lol
 
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