TechChemY
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alright guys......My room mate (DocBanner) and I got into a discussion this morning about the better way to train.
My point was that I believe strongly in pyramiding up with sets: for example:
Bench:
135 x 10 warm up
185 x 10 warm up
225 x 10 working
245 x 6 working
265 x 4 working
225 - failure.....
(this was my last routine)
I believe that you should get your muscles up to par with heavy weights and work til failure on the last set (a burn out set).
However, Doc says that he prefers to do straight sets. for example.
Bench:
135 x 10 warm up
185 x 6 warm up
225 x 3 warm up
265 - failure
265 - failure
He says..."why tax the muscle and wear it out by pyramiding up. With pyramiding you take away from your strength set @ 265."
I can understand what he's saying but I would think that you'd get much more work done if you pyramid up to quite a heavy set.
What do you guys think??? What would you prefer...or...what would you suggest??? we basically came to the conclusion that some ways work better for others at certain points in their training.
My point was that I believe strongly in pyramiding up with sets: for example:
Bench:
135 x 10 warm up
185 x 10 warm up
225 x 10 working
245 x 6 working
265 x 4 working
225 - failure.....
(this was my last routine)
I believe that you should get your muscles up to par with heavy weights and work til failure on the last set (a burn out set).
However, Doc says that he prefers to do straight sets. for example.
Bench:
135 x 10 warm up
185 x 6 warm up
225 x 3 warm up
265 - failure
265 - failure
He says..."why tax the muscle and wear it out by pyramiding up. With pyramiding you take away from your strength set @ 265."
I can understand what he's saying but I would think that you'd get much more work done if you pyramid up to quite a heavy set.
What do you guys think??? What would you prefer...or...what would you suggest??? we basically came to the conclusion that some ways work better for others at certain points in their training.