BOTH are equally important, although a lot of it depends on
goals and
individual recovery.
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What do you mean "it's the opposite" - doing 5x5 of 120 for a guy who maxes at 280 wouldn't do anything...
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I meant that keeping the weight static is more challenging than a pyramid to a top set. Then again, it depends on the increments (not that those are imperative either).
If you look at that DFT 5 x 5 sticky, you'll notice that most of them, especially the beginner through intermediate templates all have pyramids. That's not necessarily because it's the most effective way to building mass. It's more to lower the overall volume down enough to where beginners and intermediates can RECOVER from session to session (managing fatigue) while keeping the focus more on strength progressions on a linnear path. And for beginners and intermediates, as they continue doing those pyramids gaining strength, a very big byproduct stemming from that is muscle mass.