DC Training

DC Training is another method that was created by a guy who struggled to build muscle using traditional training methods and force feeding himself tons of food. Dante Trudel eventually started to stay away from traditional ideas on building muscle and convinced himself that people lift entirely based on their egos. Traditional training often features many lifts for each body part with a large amount of sets and repetitions, ensuring that the muscle is thoroughly stimulated. Dante believed that this was just beating the muscle more than it needed to, delaying the recovery process even further.

His high intensity training style focuses on one lift per body part that includes only one set per lift. He believes that if you do one set to complete failure, followed by rest pauses to take your body beyond failure, it will leave your muscle thoroughly worked and not beat down to the point that it needs a whole week to recover. Dante often has people work the entire body with three different workouts, split on a Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday schedule. With this regiment, you will work every muscle on Monday through Thursday (Mon: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Tues: Back and Biceps, Thursday: Legs) and Friday will be the Monday workout once again, where you will try to beat your previous bests.

If this sounds confusing and thorough, it's because it is. It's one of the most complex training programs I have ever participated in. Besides that, it's not for the faint of heart; there were times I've almost passed out taking my body beyond what I previously thought possible. Also there will be times where you think you haven't done enough because one set of one lift per body part goes completely against any traditional beliefs on lifting.

DC Trainee Cedric McMillan

DC Trainee David Henry

What makes Dante Trudel so unique is that he has never wanted to be a trainer. He has made an incredible amount of money creating a supplement company. His company, True Nutrition sells bulk supplements very successfully. Since he doesn't advertise, endorse any athletes, or package his products in bottles with fancy labels, he sells his product at a fraction of the price of his competitors. What's even more interesting is that most of the supplement industry pays him to create their supplements for him. Every year he gets thousands of people trying to be trained by him, but he will only select 3 or 4 guys to train because he feels an obligation to.

He hasn't given up on his contributions to helping people, however. He is a moderator of the boards on Intensemuscle.com and provides as much information as he can to people. Dante has sponsored many aspiring bodybuilders, providing them supplements his company produces to help them with their careers. I have read endlessly on DC Training and it has all been written by Dante Trudel himself. Many bodybuilders have become what they are today because of the advice that this man has given them. A couple guys he still trains are: David Henry and Cedric McMillan.