are they a waste of time? I have a friend who constantly does strip sets every week for all exercises. I know from time to time its okay to do something like this to "shock" the muscle, but aint every week a tad over board? I mean the goal is to build muscle - not endurance. You build endurance from strip sets and pyramids, right?
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10-06-2005, 07:30 PM #1
strip sets, drop sets, pyramids, 21s...
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10-06-2005, 08:16 PM #2
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10-06-2005, 08:33 PM #3
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10-06-2005, 08:46 PM #4
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10-06-2005, 09:42 PM #5Originally Posted by animal2b
I think pyramiding can be effective but once again, it shouldn't be overused. The best tip I can give you on those is to:
* limit the "spread" to around 10%, which usually works out to be around 4-5 reps between the range of 4-12, and
* don't take too long to progress to the heaviest set (no more than 2-3 sets)
So you might pyramid up over 3 sets like this: x10, x8, x6. Avoid the pointless big jumps in pyramid sets some people do like starting at 15 reps and working up to 3. All it does is induce premature fatigue.
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10-06-2005, 09:46 PM #6
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10-06-2005, 10:17 PM #7
I usually choose one exercise per workout to do a drop set on...But I always change it up so I never do the same drop set/exercise combo two weeks in row..
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-Bruce Lee
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10-06-2005, 10:22 PM #8
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10-06-2005, 10:23 PM #9
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10-06-2005, 10:29 PM #10Originally Posted by $AJ
People will say warmups are enough but jumping from <50% to >85% is not something I feel comfortable with, and at the same time I'm not a fan of doing a lot of warmup sets. I'll use the 10% guideline on pyramid sets at the start of a workout to reach the desired intensity level and then try to maintain it from there.
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10-06-2005, 10:33 PM #11
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10-06-2005, 11:05 PM #12
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