Hi..!

I just found this thread, and what a great read..!

Honestly, I thought I was the only one who worked out this way, and it took me over 3 years to develop such a routine:

One day, it dawned on me, there is little difference between performing 6 reps with 225, and doing 3 sets of 2 with 225. The same amount of work is performed, only with the latter, you can use more weight...

So 3 sets of 2 reps with 250 would be akin to 250 for 6 reps, but with about an 11% increase in the amount of weight used during a typical ascending pyramid scheme with a max of 225 x 6 reps.

Of course, I do use a much shorter rest interval between reps when doing 2's, but this type of training is the staple of my workouts, even today. An example would be:

Bench:

135x12
155x10
185x5
225x3
250x2
250x2
250x2

I've found that 3 sets of 2's when benching works best for me for building mass.

The only other thing i would add is that i also eliminated many isolations exercises, substituting synergistic movements in their place. Doing so is very easy, as a rule, just look at the weight used in all of your exercises, then cut out the ones in which the least amount of weight is used. The result is not only using more weight, but also doing fewer exercises and sets.

So a typical chest and triceps workout for me consists of Bench (7 sets), followed by weighted dips (5 sets), then my own version of tricep pushdowns (4 sets). That is the totality of my chest and tripceps workouts.

Anyway, great thread..!




-jaems