Anybody have an opinion on whether increasing weight or decreasing weight per set helps add size?
Thanks very much.
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01-09-2010, 07:21 PM #1
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01-10-2010, 12:08 PM #5
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Regardless of whatever you do in the gym, if you do not eat enough and follow proper nutritional principles, including pre and post workout, you will not "add size".
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01-10-2010, 12:52 PM #6
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I've done both. For some workouts after a pyramid set, I finish with a drop set to exhaust as many muscle fibers as I can.
Example: A typical pyramid of 10, 8, 6 reps followed by a drop set for a weight I can do at least 15 reps and up to 25 reps, then drop 25-50% weight and go right into the next set with no rest, then drop another 25-50% weight for one last set to finish off.
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01-10-2010, 06:00 PM #7
As above, either will work, as long as you're lifting more weight, or the same weight for more reps, than last time.
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01-10-2010, 08:56 PM #8
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01-11-2010, 07:26 AM #9
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01-11-2010, 08:18 AM #10
Not a big fan of either. I always think back to what my former trainer (Dante - DC training) once posted regarding this very same question......
"I look at bodybuilding in simple terms of "Doing what you havent done before" "constant forward progression" "heavier and heavier loads used over time in a productive rep range"
Now ask yourself....is dropping back to a weight that you have done 4000 times previously as a warmup set going to get the job done?
In my opinion no. If a guy has full squatted 500 lbs for 12 reps will doing 135 pound squats for 10 rep sets with 30 second rest intervals between them until he drops to the floor..... going to make his quads bigger? I think people sometimes confuse "I worked hard" with "I got bigger" and I dont think thats the case alot of the time."
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01-11-2010, 08:39 AM #11
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01-11-2010, 11:46 AM #14
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Listen to this man - he is old, and with age comes wisdom.
Pyramid sets (increasing weight / reducing reps) are a tried and tested way of increasing your lifts to the next weight increment. With increased weight comes increased size - if you are eating enough of the right foods.
Pyramid sets, drop sets, 5 x 5s or whatever are just three of a multitude of variations which should be occasionally dropped (!) into your routines to maintain the challenge, keep it interesting and to keep progressingbecause fitness isn't coincidence
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