If you’re a regular at the weight rack, you likely have a range of rep schemes in your training arsenal. Drop sets, monster sets, giant sets, supersets, tri-sets—even if they aren’t part of your ...

You will see in both my Military.com articles and my books that I like the Pyramid System of training. Though it does not make up a majority of my programming, it has a significant part in building a ...

If your lifting routine has gone stale and you’re looking for a way to shake it up, let me introduce you to the pyramid set. While you typically increase volume, weight, or reps to make a session more ...

Pratik Thakkar specializes in fitness, providing tips on exercise routines, nutrition, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It means that you will pick the heaviest weight first, bang out as many reps ...

This is an article recently written by a friend of mine, retired Royal Commando "Sol" Sollerer. A number of people have approached me, saying they have reached a plateau in terms of how fast they can ...

Want to mix up your training while still getting stronger? Here’s why pyramid sets could be the answer.

Of all the training programs out there that promise big jumps in strength and size, few can hold a candle to reverse pyramid training (RPT). Made popular by Swedish trainer and nutritional consultant ...

A chiropractor explains why strength training reps in a weight training workout should follow a decending pyramid in order to keep your back safe. “Sometimes, the amount of weight that you’re lifting ...

THERE'S A REASON why “3 sets of 10” has been a strength training mainstay since at least the 1950s: The rep scheme works. Decades of research and reams of real-world evidence prove that hefting a load ...