0311,
I totaly agree with your train of thought. I have never understood the logic of pyramid training where a person takes lighter warm-up sets to failure. To me doing the defies simple body logic, an individual is always strongest at the beginning of a run unless he or she is deliberatly holding back. Hit a nail with a heavy ass hammer one mighty time instead of thumping it for hours with a tack hammer.
I have asked people why they pyramid and they really cant give me a good reason. I think they just dont annalyze their training at all. 0311, remember this, I am 42 and I can garauntee you that more than 90% of the guys I use to train with over 20 years ago dont even touch the weights now. So, all theese guys who dont annalyze their training or give you a lame ass execuse will 9 times out of 10 ten or more years from now; wont even be lifting weights.
Sleeper