DC training is definitely not classified as easy..! I agree. Some of volume is really semantics in how you count sets. You might do what person A calls 4 warm up sets then 1 working set. Person B might start counting sets and say you did 5 sets.....kind of like those who actually wathced Mentzer train will tell you that he did alot of work sets to get to his tough set..and then just called it one set..was it really low volume?
I like to vary the number of sets...wave volume up and down....but I do not like to wave intensity...intensity created adaptation...
of course we all need down time, not saying to go 100 mph all the time....so it's smart to work that in too.....but this deloading every 2 or 3 weeks is a little silly too....
you have holidays off, you get sick on occasion, you go on vacation, you take scheduled time off, you take it easy after a show, etc...how many deloads do you think you really need? haha - just thought I would throw that in as well...