How many of you add more weight each set??

[tzan]

I was just wondering how many of you use the same amount of weight durring your sets, and who increases the weight each set.

 

[needsize]

I do 3-4 increasingly heavy warmup sets first, then jump right to my first heavy workset. I try and maintain that weight for the sets I'm doing on that exercise. I find that I grow when I lift heavy, and if I pyramid then I don't have the strength to go as heavy as I need to.
just my .002

 

[tzan]

I find that I grow when I lift heavy, and if I pyramid then I don't have the strength to go as heavy as I need to.
just my .002

Agreed!! After years of pyramiding I would never think about going back to it. For me it just doesn't make sense. You want to lift the heaviest weight possible, how can you do that if you keep going up in weight.

 

[visions]

I do 3-4 increasingly heavy warmup sets first, then jump right to my first heavy workset. I try and maintain that weight for the sets I'm doing on that exercise. I find that I grow when I lift heavy, and if I pyramid then I don't have the strength to go as heavy as I need to.
just my .002

alright for example lets say your trying to lift heavy and you go warmup then sets of 6 4 2 or your saying you should skip the 6 and the 4 and just do 3 sets of 2?? or just do what you can do at 3 sets of 6??

 

[pact]

not to be a dick, but if i benched let's say 200lbs 6 times, why would i want to do that again or come up short? why not go to 210lbs for 4 reps? you could say skip right to 210 or whatever, but that leaves the same dilemma. i guess i feel that i already did a weight so many times so i should move up. nextly, why not max out at 8 reps, then up the weight and max out at 6 , then up it some more or stay the same and get 4 or 5?
pact

 

[needsize]

visions, for my first exercise I aim for heavy sets of 5 reps, usually 3-5 sets. When I can get the targetted number of sets for 5 reps, then I add weight for the next week, I can usually do that consistently while training heavy.
Here's an example of my deadlift warmup:
135lbs for 6 reps
225 for 5 reps
315 for 3 reps
405 for 3 reps
455 for 1-2 reps
500lbs for 3 sets of 5
As soon as I get all 3 sets of 5 reps, the next week I'll go 510. The number of reps in my warmup is enough to warm the muscle up and get the feel of the heavy weights, but leaves me strong for the heavy work sets.
This approach works for me

 

[Haz]

I like to pyramid cause that allows me to use a variety of weights and reps. Lower weight with higher reps to start out, then going to heavier with fewer reps. I think this way you get the best of both worlds. Plus it allows plenty of warmup so that you don't hurt yourself.

Of course you can't lift as much if you pyramid, but the actual poundage isn't that important, as long as you are stressing the muscle.

 

[Warik]

I increase the weight between sets, but only due to the way I progress each week. If I was able to complete all of my reps for a given weight the previous week, I increase the weight of the last set by 5lbs and leave the weight of the first set alone. Since I only do two sets of each exercise, then this could be viewed as an increase each set.

Of course, there are a variety of ways to do these things effectively, but I've found this method to work best for me thus far.

-Warik

 

[gmanlax7]

i start light then buildup over a few sets until im realy struggling to get out some low reps, then ill do one more set with medium weight

 

[Complete Muscle]

OK so I'm weird compared to everyone else... What I've been doing for a while now is lowering my weight on each successive set (after warm up) to keep my reps the same for each work set. So I would be doing 8 reps every set. Then I add a pound or two(literally) each week. Except leg press I add 5-10 pounds a week. It's working really good.