Quote Originally Posted by Diesel
I never understood these routines of starting with high reps and finishing low.......

Wasted sets IMO.

If you do 200X10 on your first set and 225x8 on your second........I truly believe you could have gotten more than 10 reps on the first set..
Pyramid is what worked best for me. I doubt any routine that works for someone could be a waste. I tried drop sets but I would venture to say starting out with 315 your very 1st set is not very good for you. I don the 1st set only as warmup and dont even really count the # of reps. I dont go to exhuastion though just till i feel streched and warm.