Pyramid Training & Drop-Setting - Both Useless? | Part 2/2 of a Research Update on 3 Popular 'Intensity Techniques'
Machines offer ideal conditions for drop-setting: Switching back and forth between weights is easy and fast. As I've pointed out in the first part of this article ( published on Tuesday ), people tend to assume that there is a linear relationship between workout intensity and the gains you're rewarded with. "It just feels effective", or "I feel that I've made greater progress" are characteristic statements you will hear people make even though studies suggest otherwise. While "no pain, no gain" may be a valid statement, "more pain, more gain" is a motto that may easily burn you out and ruin, not multiply, your gains. Are you looking for muscle builders for the year 2016? Find inspiration in these articles: What's the Latest on Failure? Drop-Sets: Vol-ume ↑, Gains ↕ Pre-Exhaustion = Growth!? Full ROM ➯ Full Size Gains! Super-Setting - Yes, but How? Eccentrics For Excellent Gains? The above obviously ...
