Pyramid Descriptions
Medium (100% = 2 rep max)  approximately 95% of 1 rep max
Exercise #1
Set #
Weight
Reps
1
10%
20
2
20%
12
3
40%
8
4
60%
5
5
80%
2
6
100%
Failure
7
80%
Failure
8
60%
Failure
9
40%
Failure
optional 10
20%
Failure
optional 11
10%
Failure
Exercise #2 & #3
Set #
Weight
Reps
1
100%
Failure
2
80%
Failure
3
60%
Failure
optional 4
40%
Failure
optional 5
20%
Failure
With 20% weight decrease - your reps will
increase fairly quick.   2-3, 5-6, 10-12, etc.
Medium/Heavy (100% = 2 rep max)  approximately 95% of 1 rep max
Exercise #1
Set #
Weight
Reps
1
10%
20
2
20%
12
3
40%
8
4
60%
5
5
80%
2
6
100%
Failure
7
90%
Failure
8
80%
Failure
9
70%
Failure
optional 10
60%
Failure
optional 11
50%
Failure
Exercise #2 & #3
Set #
Weight
Reps
1
100%
Failure
2
90%
Failure
3
80%
Failure
optional 4
70%
Failure
optional 5
60%
Failure
optional 6
50%
Failure
With 10% weight decreases - your reps will increase more gradually than medium days.  2-3, 3-4, 5-6, etc.
Heavy (100% = 1 rep max)
Exercise #1
Set #
Weight
Reps
1
10%
10-12
2
25%
8-10
3
40%
6-8
4
55%
4-6
5
70%
2-4
6
85%
1-2
7
100%
Failure
8
95%
Failure
9
90%
Failure
10
85%
Failure
11
80%
Failure
optional 12
75%
Failure
optional 13
70%
Failure
optional 14
65%
Failure
optional 15
60%
Failure
Exercise #2
Set #
Weight
Reps
1
100%
Failure
2
95%
Failure
3
90%
Failure
optional 4
85%
Failure
optional 5
75%
Failure
optional 6
70%
Failure
With only 5% weight drops - your reps will increase
very slowly and remain fairly low.  1, 1, 2, 2, etc.

and probably never exceed 10.
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Light (100% = 1 rep max)
Light workouts vary drastically anywhere from sets of 15 to sets of 100 or more
Light does not necessarily mean easy .