SAM SULEK does it right!

[UltraMagnis]

Yep I do this. Heavy compounds first ...lighter isolations later it's basic but it works. focusing on the contraction and more so the stretch.

[MyLegsAreKindaLong]

Yea. An advice I would like to add is dont take every sets to failure like Sam. Sam trains very high volume, high intensity and very frequently. His style of training is too fatiguing and will 100% lead to overtraining if you dont have the aid of some special creatine

[briansylvester]

I do this as well. Huge results by progressively overloading using reverse pyramid. A warm-up should be extremely light without an adverse impact on the lift.

[nishanthsurendran]

I do the same for the reason that I don't wanna be squashed under the weights.

[Hfidon]

I always wondered why a lot of guys didn't do it this way. It just makes sense

[ThePhysicalReaction]

Make sure to do 1-2 warmup sets with half or 2/3 weight even if only 5 reps each, slow full range of motion before starting heavy and pyramiding downwards.

[tonythetitan_]

I start with 1 set of 15 then 1 set 10-12 then 1 set 8-10 then 1 set of 6 then another set of 6 that’s been my rep scheme for a while now. I love it.

[donaldhammond]

I used to pyramid my working sets up to where my last set was my heaviest…until I started watching Sam… I switched to warming up, then having my first working set be my heaviest, and then start dropping weight every set. I immediately broke through about a 3-4 month plateau and this was the only change I made.

[doctorlasagna]

I usally do it with my favorite exercise - the incline dp bench press.
I usually go heavy low rep for the first set and lighter the weight with higher rep range, usually 3 or 4 more for the next 3 sets, all close to failure and the last set all the way to failure. The burn is insane.

[zezeti]

I've always done my heavy sets first, I thought I should do the hard sets before the light sets while I'm fresh

[marcusburgess]

I start out with low weight high reps because I've been working out for like 22 years and my elbows amd wrist bother me sometimes and starting out heavy hurts my body joints tendons ect. Low weight high reps is my warm up. My stretching out. Getting lubricated of you will. Everyone's body is different

[TheSpecialJ]

I love to start heavy with compound lifts, and by the time I get to isolation exercises I'm doing drop sets to failure. Incredible strength gains doing this, but it's so taxing on the nervous system, you gotta work up to it or risk being a zombie for a whole day after one of these.

[JackgarPrime]

Yeah, the big, heavy compounds always go first for me, and for the smallest number of reps for the day. Then the last of the day is relatively light and highest reps.

[kalfaxplays]

smart except for that when ur body is warmed up you can easily make an extra 10kg feel the same as the previous lift without a warmup feel the same. so lifting heavier later in the workout actually brings higher lifts. also starting off with heavy weights will cause injuries way more easily, there's a reason why u see so many injuries in egolifting where people don't properly pace themselves.

[Billyrd]

I was lucky to have learned this in 1993. Used to do bodybuilding in early 2000s for the NPC. Took 3rd once and 2nd twice, rightfully.

[jmtenet]

Thanks for answering a question I had burning in my mind. I have been trying something new at bench for the past two weeks.

My one rep max is presently 205, I'm 47, 6'2 and 225 lbs. I "warm up" with 2 x 185 x 6. Then go to 1 x 175 x 10...2 x 155 x 10 and then 3 x 135 x 10.

I'm feeling a much deeper stretch. Is this method advised or is it crazy?

[RBC]

But sometimes age, and wear & tear, combined with not wanting to abandon the lift, means you have to do it later in the set. Simple, really.

[Yupppi]

I always have psychotic burn. Were we talking about training?

[SquishingBunny]

is there a point of getting that burn ?

[tart]

why was i taught to start low weight :(