[quote]DazeDolo wrote:
Now i’m stuck. I don’t understand how ramping could cause more hypertrophy than pyramding. During ramping the muscle only really works hard on that last set while pyramiding puts tension on the muscle every set . So shouldn’t more tension = more growth? Maybe i’m just too much of a nooby still and im missing something lol.
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what you’re missing is the idea of cumulative fatigue. furthermore, lets say you bench 405, do you think a set at 350 isnt doing “anything” for muscle growth? both are used, it just comes down to preference. i know modok (because of his use of big beyond belief) starts with his heaviest set and then tries to stay in the same rep range by either straight setting or stripping off weight as fatigue hits. this runs counter to both methods you’re talking about but his physique is better than 99% of the people on this board.
try them all and find what works best for you.