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Just starting with DC routine after reading about it the last few days. I'll number my comments / quesitions for easy reference to answer.
1. I'm an older guy who has trained on and off for years. Made a little progress, but always considered myself a hard gainer with small joints. Guess that is an ectomorph. But much of what I read here makes sense, so started myf first workout today with DC.
2. On all my warmup sets I did the full 6+ seconds of eccentric part. So took me longer. I have since read that you don't have to do that as much for the warmup sets?
3. Maybe it is the long negative part, but it seems I am using much less weight than I did before on some of the exercises. Guess that is OK, as long as I progress from here.
4. If I understand, the key as to how often I'll want to hit a muscle will be how the soreness is coming (althougth stretching, etc can effect that too), and how my energy level feels? I'd like to keep with the twice in 8 days if I can.
5. Is the day off critical (if feeling good). I know it is stupid, but something about being in the gym every day and being more focused and shorter workout. Guess if it was a good idea, I'd like to split the routine into 4 parts and do one a day without taking days off except every once in awhile. If I understood some of what I read, that may not be so good as the synergies of areas like chest, delt, and tricep means they should be done the same day?
6. In general any guidelines on the amount of rest between last warm up and the working set?
7. I'm open to any thoughts other might have and will share how things go over time. I'm 5'10.5" and weight 170 lbs, with bf of around 17%. I'd like to be around 180 or 185 with a bf of about 10%.
Thanks for you time
1. I'm an older guy who has trained on and off for years. Made a little progress, but always considered myself a hard gainer with small joints. Guess that is an ectomorph. But much of what I read here makes sense, so started myf first workout today with DC.
2. On all my warmup sets I did the full 6+ seconds of eccentric part. So took me longer. I have since read that you don't have to do that as much for the warmup sets?
3. Maybe it is the long negative part, but it seems I am using much less weight than I did before on some of the exercises. Guess that is OK, as long as I progress from here.
4. If I understand, the key as to how often I'll want to hit a muscle will be how the soreness is coming (althougth stretching, etc can effect that too), and how my energy level feels? I'd like to keep with the twice in 8 days if I can.
5. Is the day off critical (if feeling good). I know it is stupid, but something about being in the gym every day and being more focused and shorter workout. Guess if it was a good idea, I'd like to split the routine into 4 parts and do one a day without taking days off except every once in awhile. If I understood some of what I read, that may not be so good as the synergies of areas like chest, delt, and tricep means they should be done the same day?
6. In general any guidelines on the amount of rest between last warm up and the working set?
7. I'm open to any thoughts other might have and will share how things go over time. I'm 5'10.5" and weight 170 lbs, with bf of around 17%. I'd like to be around 180 or 185 with a bf of about 10%.
Thanks for you time
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