staying ripped while on DC workout? (from DC:PLEASE READ MY POST HERE)

[wannabebig]

Anyone here start their DC program while lean/ripped and able to stay that way?

Reason I'm concerned is beach/pool season is finally here. I worked hard to slim down specifically for this. While I do want to get huge, I need the gut to remain trim and shredded until girls-in-bikinis-and-thongs season is over Please someone out there tell me you can use DC's program and still remain ripped. If not, I guess I'm gonna have to wait until fall.

[USMuscle9403]

Uhh...looks like you're gonna have to wait until fall :chair:

[Dirty Harry]

Yeah man I really don't think you are going to start this program.

Unless your like me don't mind walking around with a nice little protein gut, with the big arms hanging out of the T-shirt.

[USMuscle9403]

Ditto. This isn't exactly a 'look good for chicks' kinda program, lol. If you want to be with those guys, drop on over to bb.com

[mobsta]

you guys are so unlucky when summer comes.. you gotta find a girl like i did,, she dont care about my looks, 6 pack 12 pack,, 40oz,, i dont matter to her,, i guess thats why i married her..

[USMuscle9403]

Yea man, my girlfriend couldn't care less about how much weight I put on. She is absolutely no different if I am bulking or if I'm cutting and looking leaner. Yessir, nothing better in this world than a good girl that actually puts up with our bodybuilding asses. The best thing, she is genuinely interested in what I do!

[Dirty Harry]

Mobsta I feel you wifey does not mind rubbing on the BUDHA belly.
Actually makes me want to eat more.

[Doggcrapp]

See this kind of question absolutely pisses me off. My methods of training have nothing to do with bodyfat--your willpower to do cardio and diet does. Alot of my trainees come to me showing me no pictures so I go by what they tell me.....If your an unhappy unmuscular fat guy who comes to me to build a whole bunch of muscle and you tell me that muscle mass is your goal, im going to make you as muscularly large as possible, but guess what? your going to be a much larger 'muscularly'- fat guy who is still unhappy because you didnt take the time to get yourself in shape in the first place and still have the fat on you that you started with or slightly less. I get frustrated when people tell me their goals and I hear--"i want to get really big, a freak and as large muscularly as possible" and i set them out on that plan--and then 2 months later they say "well i have this bodyfat on me and im unhappy"--WELL CHRIST TELL ME THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE--better yet get yourself into shape in the first place and come to me and then ill get you larger. I dont want my trainees to get the wrong idea here because I see alot of you saying "well we dont care about being lean because we are trying to get larger"...IF YOUR GETTING ALOT FATTER DOING THIS THAN WHEN YOU STARTED THEN YOUR NOT DOING IT RIGHT....most of the time your going to get continually leaner over time at a slow pace while putting on a large amount of muscle mass quickly....this is about what makes you happy! Lets state some facts here ok
1)I hate saying this because it makes me look boastful but I dont know of a training method that puts muscle mass on people faster than this one so why would anyone want to do other training methods even when they are dieting down if that other training method is going to put less muscle mass on you?!?!?!
2)I train heavy, Ive trained for 16 years now and not a major injury yet and alot of others have fallen by the wayside with injuries during that time. Im very supersticious about this and I wear 2 shirts up top and then shorts under my sweats every time I go to the gym to stay extra warm. I like to train year round in an offseason shape because again--the last 2-3 times i took my bodyfat down into the single digits my joints really started to feel it and i would get lil strains and pulls.....Im comfortable with my supersticious nature and how i go about it. That doesnt mean you have to do the same. All you do to stay very lean year round is do everything to plan and drop your carbs and increase cardio---ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT GANG....This sure isnt about being a glutton--this is about accumalating as much muscle mass as possible in the shortest time possible while remaining at the same leaness or getting slightly leaner over time. If your getting fatter then you need to find the medium between carb cuttoff and cardio that keeps you at your beginning leaness and if you dont--DONT BLAME THE METHODOLOGY--BLAME YOUR INCONSISTENCY AND LACK OF CARDIO, WILLPOWER AND CARB INDULGENCE. I got guys I train that have striations everywhere who dont want to compete and i keep them that way year round. That doesnt work with major competitors too well because if you want to make a major major change in a short amount of time you have to train shit heavy and be safe about it (offseason bodyweight and look) to get there. You want the one way ticket to gaining 2-5lbs per year tops?!?! Stay in single digit bodyfat year round and you tell me if you make 25-35lb jumps in onstage muscle mass in a years time--YOU WONT!

[James]

Originally posted by Doggcrapp
My methods of training have nothing to do with bodyfat--your willpower to do cardio and diet does.

That pretty much sums it up right there! :showoff:

[Dirty Harry]

DC, was not trying to get you upset. I would love to be around to see my son grow up to be a man and do some DC training himself.

I don't think my body fat has gone up, actually I have decreased my bodyfat a littel in the short time I have been doing your training. I was stating that I really don't care to be at a 6-8% BF before hand, because I wanted to continually keep gaining us muscle mass as fast as humanly possible. So please don' t think that I am saying I wanted to be a fat F**k, never that just doing what needs to be done.

[Doggcrapp]

I think my frustration with Rocky III boiled over here into this post--my apologies for my angry rant (but I do mean the above 100%)

[Dirty Harry]

No problem big man, everybody has that one Bad ass child that just needs to be delt with. (Rocky III)

[SweatMachine]

uhhhhh

wannabebig.......


Im not the biggest MF'er in town, but Ive known a few. I cant remeber ANY of them wanting to keep abs over adding 30lbs of beef.... I think its either or...


you wannabe a Ken doll or a Mr. T doll?

you cant have a high performance race car that gets good gas milage too..

if you wanna run with the big dogs you cant piss on the porch with the pups.

[wannabebig]

Sorry Dante. I didnt mean to piss-off/offend you Believe me you're the last person I'd want to do that too!! I've just been seeing so many "my gut is so huge" and "i'm a fat f**k" type of threads I got a bit concerned. I'm not looking to be trim and lean year round. Just only during swimsuit season. Fall/Winter/Spring I could care less how my figure looks. Which is why I mentioned possibly starting the program in the fall.

But after reading your post, you CAN get huge and keep lean. Like you said just watch the carbs and throw in some extra cardio (something I do currently to keep trim anyway). Answered my question exactly. It is encouraging to see a couple people have actually dropped BF since they started.

Just to let you know I'm now planning to start as soon as I finish my research as opposed to waiting until Fall. Thanks.

[jimpaul]

Thanks for keeping us straight!