It's an interesting setup. Draws a lot from HIT/Hardgainer material, focuses on a lot of training economy by hitting the one-set-to-extreme-failure.
I've been reading up on it and occasionally playing around with it for around 5 years now. I like it, but you really have to be of a certain mindset and be the type that responds to intensity to make it work. I'm finding that I have to get away from that kind of training since it wears on me if I keep it up for too long. But DC is one approach I keep in the stable when I want to go to something bodybuilder-ish.
There's a heavy focus on improving weights as much as possible, although he does periodize by doing "blasts" and "cruises" to bring up weights and back off, respectively.
The rest-pause stuff gets painful and it's really helpful to have a training partner. He also makes a lot of use of machines, so it's totally not functional. But who gives a shit, you're doing the program to get bigger.
The extreme stretching, well, the science on the whole stretch/hyperplasia connection is really shaky, but loaded stretching can do neat things in other ways, so it's good to use in the confines of the system.
Overall, it's not a bad system by any stretch. If you're looking to add a little size, you could do a lot worse.
The guys that do it and follow Dante's dietary advice usually do really well.
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