Anonymous #3 13w

Or just progress within a rep range. Pick a weight, pick a rep range (let’s say 5-8) and do it until you max out the top of your rep range (so you can do the weight for 8 reps) then bring it back down

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Anonymous #3 13w

Is this better than doing the opposite where you start with the heaviest and go lower with more reps

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Anonymous #3 13w

Also wait, this makes absolutely no sense lmao

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Anonymous #4 13w

Just do the same weight lmao. This is severely over complicating it

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Anonymous #4 13w

I’m not very sure. I’ve done it both ways and I personally like going lighter first than heavier because it’s easier to see my progression in strength and move up weight when I need to. If I’m maxing out on the last set at 6 one week and the next week I max out at 8 on the last set I know to move up weight a little next time

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Anonymous #1 13w

It’s called progressive overloading. You also don’t need to do it all in the same set but you shouldn’t be doing the same weight all the time you will see very little progress that way

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Anonymous #3 13w

Yeah obviously you progressive overload over time. Progressive overload doesn’t take place within the same workout lmao

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Anonymous #1 13w

It does it called pyramid training lol. The one the other guy is talking about is called drop setting

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Anonymous #2 13w

Good 👏 this is when I really started seeing change!!!

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Anonymous #3 13w

Pyramid training accomplishes nothing lol, it doesn’t do anything different for the muscles that maintaining the same weight and rep ranges doesn’t do, just makes you move around plates a lot more. And this is not a dropset. A dropset is when you hit failure, drop the weight, and do more reps with no rest time (this is also stupid and pointless). What he’s describing would just be reverse pyramid training.

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Anonymous #1 13w

Lol well it works for me. I went from benching 155 to 225 in a month. I was just suggesting it because op said they are not seeing progress and I was offering a way for them to have some structure in their workout and maybe see better results. If you don't thinks it's beneficial oh well🤷🏽‍♂️

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Anonymous #5 13w

OP didn’t say they are, they said that when they were do lowing reps + high weight they had bad form, so they’re lowering the weight to be able to work on it

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Anonymous #3 13w

Didn’t say it doesn’t work, it just doesn’t do anything different than regular sets.

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Anonymous #1 13w

Everyone body is different and may respond differently to different stimuli. Yes it’s not universally different but a person may find it better than a different technique

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Anonymous #2 13w

Ya that was kind of the point of the post

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Anonymous #7 13w

Wrong ways? Not really. Better and worse ways? Yes

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Anonymous #1 13w

i agree

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Anonymous #3 13w

You can just use a rep range you do not have to make it this complicated

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Anonymous #3 13w

It mechanically will not do something different lol. It’s completely fine to do, it’s not really hurting you, but people shouldn’t think it’s magic

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Anonymous #1 13w

Exactly idk why he said that like pyramid sets are the key to gains

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