DoggCrapp

[SofaGeorge]

I just did my first day of DoggCrapp training.

Obviously it is too early to tell what kind of results I am going to get from it, but I can make one noteworthy observation:

I feel great!

I'm actually tired. I feel like I had a hard work out... and now I have that heavy, relaxed feeling you only get after really pushing yourself to the extreme.

I'm sort of surprised. I didn't think doing only a couple exercises... one set each... would do much.

I normally train hard. I go to failure on all exercises... but today I feel like I just climbed Mt. Everest.

This is probably the feeling I like best in the world. I love to work hard enough that I feel tired. (When I go on vacation at Burning Man... I usually volunteer for 3-4 of the civic organizations. Why? Because I love that feeling you get from working all day... and then all night... and into the next morning. I don't think there is anything better than finally hitting the sack and you are so tired you are asleep before your head hits the pillow.)

I didn't think DoggCrapp would hit me like this. I only did five exercises... but I did do them EXACTLY as described in the articles on DC training... so I can say that doing the 110% DC effort is a blast.

I may end up hooked for life.

 

[louden_swain]

It is excellent to hear this!!! I felt the same way when I started.

How did you warmup for your exercises?

Feel free to post your routine and results on the sticky thread.

 

[SofaGeorge]

How did you warmup for your exercises?

The warm ups really slow things down. I thought I was going to be in and out of the gym in 20 minutes... but doing the proper warmups for each exercise made the whole work out stretch out to about an hour... so DC definitely doesn't save you time in the gym.

That's actually okay, though. I'm 44 and I am a big believer in training smart to prevent injuries.

Most people don't know this... but when you study classical dance... the first thing they teach you is how to dance for a life time to stay injury free. You aren't learning to jump and spin... you are learning to jump and spin so as to not hurt yourself. It is the critical concept in dance. You have to learn to avoid the long term build up of small damage.

Weight lifting is the same. You have to learn to avoid long term unperceptable damage. Warm ups and stretching help with that.

 

[Dirty Workout]

Good going SG.

I love the intensity. Almost puked today, and it was during upper body day!!!! YES!

Also, I never used to really sweat during workouts and I worked hard. Now I am like Patrick Ewing after 15 minutes (drenched).

 

[Citruscide]

Good going SG.

on a side note, I tried to hit you with K-darma... but I needed to pass it around... go figure. Dial up crap, I haven't really been around alot to hit.

C-ditty

 

[Thaibox]

Nice SG...I had to put off my first day until Wednesday instead of today, but I hope I'm as happy with it.

 

[Nonerz]

I'm actually tired. I feel like I had a hard work out... and now I have that heavy, relaxed feeling you only get after really pushing yourself to the extreme.

I'm sort of surprised. I didn't think doing only a couple exercises... one set each... would do much.

I normally train hard. I go to failure on all exercises... but today I feel like I just climbed Mt. Everest.

I know what you mean...you feel like you've never worked out before...that kind of sore exhaustion!

 

[Jae]

SG - can you post your workout and exercises?

 

[SofaGeorge]

SG - can you post your workout and exercises?

This is how I have it written now:

Day 1 (monday)

Chest – Incline Bench Press
shoulders – Hammer shoulder press
triceps – French Curl aka skullcrushers
back width – Pullups
back thickness – Barbell bent-over rows


Day 2 (wed)

biceps – Barbell curl
forearms – Hammer curl
calves – Standing calf raise
hams – Straight leg deadlift
quads – squat

Day 3 (Friday)

Chest – Dips
shoulders – Side lateral raises
triceps – Dips
back width – Pulldowns
back thickness – Deadlifts


Day 4 (Monday)

biceps – Incline dumbbell curls
forearms – Scott Curls
calves – Seated calf press
hams – Leg curls
quads – Leg press

Day 1 (Wednesday)

Chest – Decline bench press
shoulders – Dumbell military press
triceps – Triceps push down
back width - Chinups
back thickness – Smith machine Bent-over rows

Day 2 (Friday)

biceps – machine curl
forearms – wrist curls
calves – Standing calf raise
hams – Straight leg deadlift
Quads – Hack squat