Thread: Running the rack...

i honestly have never heard of such a thing

Call me ignorant to. ??

db drop sets?

Originally Posted by MillerMan

Just wondering if anyone else uses this method.

Yes

Must be real new school or real OLD school.

Please explain what this entails so the rest of us can join the conversation.

Running the rack is where you take an amount of weight you think you can only do a few times and put that on the bar, whether that be ez curl for bicep day or bench for chest day whatever, and you do as many reps as you can at the top weight, take 5 pounds off do as many as you can, take 5 pounds off do as many as you can until you make your way down to the bar only, this really kills the muscles when you need to shock the muscles.

Originally Posted by MillerMan

Running the rack is where you take an amount of weight you think you can only do a few times and put that on the bar, whether that be ez curl for bicep day or bench for chest day whatever, and you do as many reps as you can at the top weight, take 5 pounds off do as many as you can, take 5 pounds off do as many as you can until you make your way down to the bar only, this really kills the muscles when you need to shock the muscles.

I used to do that back in high school with the football guys. They all uses to do those crazy exercises. Put like 50lbs on the e-z curl bar. Do like 10 reps and work your way down to 1 while decreasing in weight. If that makes any sense.

How much of a break do you take between sets? Just enough to lower the weight?

Sounds like your typical reverse pyramid.....

Dropsets.

yupp, i usually do them every couple weeks...burns like hell...i love strip sets too...start with like 60lbs and work down to ten.ouch.

Originally Posted by KentDog

Dropsets.

dropsets or reverse pyramids..... they are the same thing.

actually i would consider a reversve pyramid as one set at your max, then rest, then next set lower wweight but more reps, then rest, then next set lower weight more reps, and so on,

where strippiing or dropset no rest in between taking off weight

Originally Posted by tryintogetbig

actually i would consider a reversve pyramid as one set at your max, then rest, then next set lower wweight but more reps, then rest, then next set lower weight more reps, and so on,

where strippiing or dropset no rest in between taking off weight

He is correct.
I use this often for side lateral raises...helps alot.

Originally Posted by TheRoyalOne

Sounds like your typical reverse pyramid.....

It's not.

I cant see Arnold working down to just curling the bar lol.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

He is correct.
I use this often for side lateral raises...helps alot.

I guess I stand corrected.

That's why I like it around here, there is always something new to learn.

Running the Rack sounds more like dumbell, not barbell or EZ - thats just a regular dropset.

If I dropped 5 pounds I'd be lucky to squeeze a rep with no rest.