Working up or working down - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

nathanlowe · 23-07-2008, 11:01 PM

What are the general positives to:

Increasing the weight each set working up to heavy last sets

as appose to

Starting heavy and then going lighter

oggy1992 · 23-07-2008, 11:31 PM

i do a really light set to warm up then go to really heavy and work down if i do it light then work to heavy i cant get the best out of those heavy reps and considerin i want strengh i want to do better at the heavy reps, depends what you want really

Inggasson · 23-07-2008, 11:35 PM

Starting off very heavy is a risk as your tendons and muscles might not be warmed up adequately. Play it safe and scale up.

Spangle1187 · 24-07-2008, 12:21 AM

To bigger a risk of injury I think has to be the first consideration although once warm you can do drop sets, dropping the weight and increasing the reps.

Lost Soul · 24-07-2008, 11:08 AM

Both sides of the debate can be argued and much will depend on what your training for, your ability to undesratnd your body and the load of a training plan.

Reverse pyramiding has its place yet there are issues with the CNS and going to failure early on. There is also the point about buidling up blood flow

end of the day, you can deabted either side from physiology to pscyhology but no one way to do things

23-07-2008, 11:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
nathanlowe Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,235	Working up or working down What are the general positives to: Increasing the weight each set working up to heavy last sets as appose to Starting heavy and then going lighter

23-07-2008, 11:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
oggy1992 becoming a beast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: manchester Posts: 136	Re: Working up or working down i do a really light set to warm up then go to really heavy and work down if i do it light then work to heavy i cant get the best out of those heavy reps and considerin i want strengh i want to do better at the heavy reps, depends what you want really

23-07-2008, 11:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Inggasson Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ross-On-Wye Posts: 478 Blog Entries: 10	Re: Working up or working down Starting off very heavy is a risk as your tendons and muscles might not be warmed up adequately. Play it safe and scale up.

24-07-2008, 12:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
Spangle1187 Getting bigger Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greenwich Posts: 387	Re: Working up or working down To bigger a risk of injury I think has to be the first consideration although once warm you can do drop sets, dropping the weight and increasing the reps.

24-07-2008, 11:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lost Soul Curing the 'Arms & Supplements Syndrome' (ASS) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,141	Re: Working up or working down Both sides of the debate can be argued and much will depend on what your training for, your ability to undesratnd your body and the load of a training plan. Reverse pyramiding has its place yet there are issues with the CNS and going to failure early on. There is also the point about buidling up blood flow end of the day, you can deabted either side from physiology to pscyhology but no one way to do things

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