iron addict
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DC's system is a wonderfully thought out comprehensive low volume system that has truly made a mark as one of the absolute best ways to pack on mass for trainees of all levels, even though DC himself will tell you it is best suited for advanced trainees.
The volume and frequency is low enough to work well for people with so-so recovery, and also works great for people with awesome recovery. It just flat works. But.....many try it and fall short. From experience I know that one of the problems many face is doing ALL sets rest-pause. While the framework is structured like this. If you read DC's writings thoroughly you will see that for many trainees, he uses only some rest-pause, and in some cases will even start a trainee out with all straight sets to failure.
I have trained many people using DC’s system, both as a whole, intact as DC structures it, and with my own modifications, and for guys with average recovery, I rarely start them out on more than about 50% rest-pause. If results are good, I keep adding RP sets until the trainee is either doing all RP sets, or hits a recovery wall. This is a far better method IMO than to start too high, over-tax CNS and overall recovery, and fail to make good progress from the start and have to scale back.
Iron Addict
The volume and frequency is low enough to work well for people with so-so recovery, and also works great for people with awesome recovery. It just flat works. But.....many try it and fall short. From experience I know that one of the problems many face is doing ALL sets rest-pause. While the framework is structured like this. If you read DC's writings thoroughly you will see that for many trainees, he uses only some rest-pause, and in some cases will even start a trainee out with all straight sets to failure.
I have trained many people using DC’s system, both as a whole, intact as DC structures it, and with my own modifications, and for guys with average recovery, I rarely start them out on more than about 50% rest-pause. If results are good, I keep adding RP sets until the trainee is either doing all RP sets, or hits a recovery wall. This is a far better method IMO than to start too high, over-tax CNS and overall recovery, and fail to make good progress from the start and have to scale back.
Iron Addict