jakicooke wrote: » you do both ascending and descending pyramids. so for my squat press i do on the olympic pivot bar 20 x empty 15 x 5kg 10 x 10kg 5 x 15kg 10 x 10 kg 15 x 5kg 20 x empty and do that for 3 rounds
DvlDwnInGA wrote: » Your math is right, that is some serious volume. Don't know why you would need that much, but to each their own. GVT only has 100 reps across an exercise, this has 3 times that. Why do you need that many reps? You must be in the gym for 3 to 4 hour sessions. Unless you only do one exercise per session.
aggelikik wrote: » Is there a point in bothering with playing around with weights for something like this? I would assume that to do hundreds of reps, for any exercise, weight plays a minor part at this point and it very low to actually make a difference. So, if I intended to do 300 squats, would it really make a difference if I did some with 5 kilos and some with 10 kilos, or if I did everything with one weight? Or if just skipped the weights alltogether and did bodyweight squats till I dropped? just curious
jakicooke wrote: » Im in for about an hour doing this session i do a similar set for deadlifts but go heavier then do supersets for the rest of my body. i try and keep the rest period right down as my primary focus is to shift the fat and try and keep hold of any muscle i can
rybo wrote: » That's way too much volume reps. If you're gonna do pyramids, up the weight and back down the reps significantly.
jakicooke wrote: » rybo wrote: » That's way too much volume reps. If you're gonna do pyramids, up the weight and back down the reps significantly. why do you think its too much?
aggelikik wrote: » I always assumed that in a pyramid routine, the change in weights is something that is supposed to really make a difference, so not a completely negligible weight difference. If for example, your can squat 100 kilos (random round number), you would not have variations like 20, 22 and 24 in the pyramid, as you could barely feel the change anyway. But, in order to squat 300 times, the weight has to be really low. So, why bother with the changes? Will these small variations, in all these reps, make a difference?
jakicooke wrote: » aggelikik wrote: » I always assumed that in a pyramid routine, the change in weights is something that is supposed to really make a difference, so not a completely negligible weight difference. If for example, your can squat 100 kilos (random round number), you would not have variations like 20, 22 and 24 in the pyramid, as you could barely feel the change anyway. But, in order to squat 300 times, the weight has to be really low. So, why bother with the changes? Will these small variations, in all these reps, make a difference? ha ha i can certainly "feel" the difference with these "small" variations :-)
aggelikik wrote: » jakicooke wrote: » aggelikik wrote: » I always assumed that in a pyramid routine, the change in weights is something that is supposed to really make a difference, so not a completely negligible weight difference. If for example, your can squat 100 kilos (random round number), you would not have variations like 20, 22 and 24 in the pyramid, as you could barely feel the change anyway. But, in order to squat 300 times, the weight has to be really low. So, why bother with the changes? Will these small variations, in all these reps, make a difference? ha ha i can certainly "feel" the difference with these "small" variations :-) But, if you can squat 15 kg as in you example, what is the point of the (20+20)*3 = 120 empty bar squats? I can see the empty bar squats (or even body weight squats) working at high reps. I can see the purpose of a typical pyramid scheme like the one AllanMisner posted. But what is with the combo of super high volume plus weight variations? What is it aiming at? Sorry if I sound annoying, but I really am trying to understand what this will help. If it is for endurance, why the weight changes? And if it is for strenght, aren't all the "easy" reps holding you back?