Just to clarify some facts for the board
Dave is 5'5" 1/2 (or slightly shorter than Shawn and Dexter)
Dave won his pro card at 162lbs in 2002
Three years later Dave competed in his last pro show at 204lbs. He has busted his ass and ate alot of food and lifted back breaking weights to put on 42lbs of muscle mass in 3 years
I personally believe there isnt a barbell shrug on this earth that can beat an incredibly heavy deadlift or rack deadlift for trap growth and if all bodybuilders do shrugs, why are ronnie colemans and Johnny Jacksons traps 2x the size of the other 400 or so odd pro bodybuilders (deadlifts)
Dave has gone up to I believe 735lbs on rack deads
Dave knows where he must go here. We are looking at 214-220lbs onstage (he was near 230lbs last offseason so he is making his way up)
Although the MD article stated what Dave did in one workout you have to look at the big picture, Dave trains back twice as often as most pro bodybuilders. So whereas most other bbers train back 52 times a year, Dave trains back up to 91 times a year. We do in 2 workouts what most people do in one. But we grow twice in 8 days while everyone else grows once. (Not trying to start a training argument, just explaining the method to the madness)
Lastly Dave is a great guy who never says a bad word about anyone...he is out there trying to do his very best as a bber and a person (something I feel alot of people should try to do (thats including myself)
Take care (Dante)
