Reverse Pyramid Training

DaneDuncan

Hi everyone,

I am interested in building muscle and progressive overload. I currently do 3 day splits and reverse pyramid training, with a rep range of 6-12 and 4 sets per exercise, 2 exercises per muscle group (so 4 each workout session) and I mix the types of exercise up each week but tend to do a mix of isolation and compound. I go to just before failure.

I'm interested in other people's ideas about what works best. I read that there is a "modified reverse pyramid training" method but unsure what this is. I'm wondering if you do less sets as the session progresses, eg starting with 6-12 then 6-8 perhaps... or perhaps 4 sets then 3? I wondered if anyone else did this and had experience of what works best and why?