Is DC Not For Me?

Training Bodybuilding
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I’m going to finish my second week of blasting today, but I have several problems that I feel may hinder my progress both in and out of the gym. Guys, I need help preventing over-training, or something. I’m a sophomore in college, and while DC is kicking my ass in the gym, it’s obliterating my CNS.

  1. I find myself needing 9 hours of sleep to function. Due to my recent course load (anatomy, theology, abnormal psychology, physical therapy background, ethics, and physics) it’s becoming real hard to cram it in. I’m constantly fatigued throughout the day, and I’m drinking green tea and (trying not to drink too much) coffee all the time!

  2. My food bill. The protein requirement is nothing new, but I am working with around $80 every two weeks to dispense on food. As a result of trying to eat perfectly clean, I only stay in my apartment to eat, and cooking the meat and storing it is getting real hectic, and again, clashes with studies and the bill. It’s hard for me to gain weight, so I’m spending nearly my whole paycheck as well.

  3. My social life is in the pits. I’m constantly studying or napping. I’ve picked up playing the bass (roommate brought it from home), but even then I only get to play it a couple times on the weekends.

I do some HIIT 2 other days during the week (swimming or running on treadmill) for no longer then 30 minutes. I have creatine monohydrate pre and post. PW drink consists of a bastardized Surge (due to $$), which is a scoop of hydrolyzed whey and some gatorade (20g protein, 40g carb). I also have some casein I use as a meal supplement…have about 30-50g of that a day.

I don’t mean to be a bitch, and constantly go on about this…but I have fucking six tests in the next 8 days. If my body doesn’t cooperate, i don’t want to be out of my future job.

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[quote]dreads989 wrote:
I’m going to finish my second week of blasting today, but I have several problems that I feel may hinder my progress both in and out of the gym. Guys, I need help preventing over-training, or something. I’m a sophomore in college, and while DC is kicking my ass in the gym, it’s obliterating my CNS.

  1. I find myself needing 9 hours of sleep to function. Due to my recent course load (anatomy, theology, abnormal psychology, physical therapy background, ethics, and physics) it’s becoming real hard to cram it in. I’m constantly fatigued throughout the day, and I’m drinking green tea and (trying not to drink too much) coffee all the time!

  2. My food bill. The protein requirement is nothing new, but I am working with around $80 every two weeks to dispense on food. As a result of trying to eat perfectly clean, I only stay in my apartment to eat, and cooking the meat and storing it is getting real hectic, and again, clashes with studies and the bill. It’s hard for me to gain weight, so I’m spending nearly my whole paycheck as well.

  3. My social life is in the pits. I’m constantly studying or napping. I’ve picked up playing the bass (roommate brought it from home), but even then I only get to play it a couple times on the weekends.

I do some HIIT 2 other days during the week (swimming or running on treadmill) for no longer then 30 minutes. I have creatine monohydrate pre and post. PW drink consists of a bastardized Surge (due to $$), which is a scoop of hydrolyzed whey and some gatorade (20g protein, 40g carb). I also have some casein I use as a meal supplement…have about 30-50g of that a day.

I don’t mean to be a bitch, and constantly go on about this…but I have fucking six tests in the next 8 days. If my body doesn’t cooperate, i don’t want to be out of my future job.[/quote]

You’d probably get more informed responses if you posted this in the DC thread but I’ll give you my opinion.

A) you should have started DC with straight sets to assess recovery. If rest pauses+statics is crushing you then you need to scale it back. Recovery is individual and that’s smoething that needs to be tailored and monitored right from the get go.

B) Food I don’t know what to tell you, if you want to grow you’ve got to eat and especially on DC eat BIG.

C)Your post workout nutrition sounds weak, I take in about 50 grams carbs 10 grams BCAA and creatine and then 75 grams protein, and I’m losing bodyfat.

D) When it comes down to it it’s just training. School/work/social relationships are more important(GASP!) and if you can’t do the things you like and want to do because of training then it’s not worth it. Go back to straight sets and see how you do from there, if you are still beat to shit from that spread the training out a little farther. Either split the body into a push pull legs and do that over MWF or keep the regular two way split and do maybe 1 on 2 off 1 on 2 off or whatever.

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Oh and crap, HIIT+DC do NOT mix.

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sometimes stuff doesnt mix well, but you still have to choke it down…like my double choco whey+banana+peanutbutter+fish oil shake…if you cant afford to eat a small animal each day, then cut out the HIIT. since you’re a student, walking around campus should be plenty enough cardio

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[quote]Scott M wrote:
dreads989 wrote:
I’m going to finish my second week of blasting today, but I have several problems that I feel may hinder my progress both in and out of the gym. Guys, I need help preventing over-training, or something. I’m a sophomore in college, and while DC is kicking my ass in the gym, it’s obliterating my CNS.

  1. I find myself needing 9 hours of sleep to function. Due to my recent course load (anatomy, theology, abnormal psychology, physical therapy background, ethics, and physics) it’s becoming real hard to cram it in. I’m constantly fatigued throughout the day, and I’m drinking green tea and (trying not to drink too much) coffee all the time!

  2. My food bill. The protein requirement is nothing new, but I am working with around $80 every two weeks to dispense on food. As a result of trying to eat perfectly clean, I only stay in my apartment to eat, and cooking the meat and storing it is getting real hectic, and again, clashes with studies and the bill. It’s hard for me to gain weight, so I’m spending nearly my whole paycheck as well.

  3. My social life is in the pits. I’m constantly studying or napping. I’ve picked up playing the bass (roommate brought it from home), but even then I only get to play it a couple times on the weekends.

I do some HIIT 2 other days during the week (swimming or running on treadmill) for no longer then 30 minutes. I have creatine monohydrate pre and post. PW drink consists of a bastardized Surge (due to $$), which is a scoop of hydrolyzed whey and some gatorade (20g protein, 40g carb). I also have some casein I use as a meal supplement…have about 30-50g of that a day.

I don’t mean to be a bitch, and constantly go on about this…but I have fucking six tests in the next 8 days. If my body doesn’t cooperate, i don’t want to be out of my future job.

You’d probably get more informed responses if you posted this in the DC thread but I’ll give you my opinion.

A) you should have started DC with straight sets to assess recovery. If rest pauses+statics is crushing you then you need to scale it back. Recovery is individual and that’s smoething that needs to be tailored and monitored right from the get go.

B) Food I don’t know what to tell you, if you want to grow you’ve got to eat and especially on DC eat BIG.

C)Your post workout nutrition sounds weak, I take in about 50 grams carbs 10 grams BCAA and creatine and then 75 grams protein, and I’m losing bodyfat.

D) When it comes down to it it’s just training. School/work/social relationships are more important(GASP!) and if you can’t do the things you like and want to do because of training then it’s not worth it. Go back to straight sets and see how you do from there, if you are still beat to shit from that spread the training out a little farther. Either split the body into a push pull legs and do that over MWF or keep the regular two way split and do maybe 1 on 2 off 1 on 2 off or whatever. [/quote]

Thanks for the reply Scott. The only reason I didn’t put this in the DC thread (I will if I have further Inquiries) was b/c I thought it died off. I’ll stick with what I can afford for food…I might have to invest in five boxes of plastic bags so I can store everything for stuff on the go. HIIT will be gone now…and I’ll up the protein and/or carbs a little with the PW shake.

with straight sets, I’m just to beat it when I reach some destined rep goal, right (i.e. dips 15-20, BB rows 12, chest 11-15, etc.)?

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[quote]USMCGNPer wrote:
sometimes stuff doesnt mix well, but you still have to choke it down…like my double choco whey+banana+peanutbutter+fish oil shake…if you cant afford to eat a small animal each day, then cut out the HIIT. since you’re a student, walking around campus should be plenty enough cardio[/quote]

I’ll start throwing some more crap into the blender, thanks for the suggestion! Only problem with walking around campus though: my resting HR is 46 :-(. I don’t feel like I get any benefit from walking around campus, and I respond better to medium-high intensity cardio.

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[quote]dreads989 wrote:

Thanks for the reply Scott. The only reason I didn’t put this in the DC thread (I will if I have further Inquiries) was b/c I thought it died off. I’ll stick with what I can afford for food…I might have to invest in five boxes of plastic bags so I can store everything for stuff on the go. HIIT will be gone now…and I’ll up the protein and/or carbs a little with the PW shake.

with straight sets, I’m just to beat it when I reach some destined rep goal, right (i.e. dips 15-20, BB rows 12, chest 11-15, etc.)?[/quote]

This is the sort of thing that would revive it haha. I don’t know how much more I’m going to post on it because I’m spending more time at IM so unless someone else starts carrying it it probably will fade.

Yeah just pick whatever rep range you feel you can gain the best in, whether it be 6-9 10-15, 12-20, whatever and have the same war with the logbook. If straight sets are fine the next step up is straight sets with statics at the end.