Not necessarily.Originally Posted by oatmeal69
Pyramiding is a proven system concerning hypertrophy and it yields results for many people. Muscle fibers react well to a system where you do higher reps with lower weights and lower reps with higher reps within the same exercise. In this system, both fast and slow twitch muscle fibers (or Type I and Type II fiber types) are worked. Also, risk of injury is also reduced by making sure that the targeted group is warmed up before entering the heavy sets.
It is one of the systems I have adopted and benefited from in the past, and I truly believe that it is one of the systems that needs to be practiced by every lifter at some point.
I would not advice HIT to someone who asks for a workout scheme to develop trapezius muscle, since it becomes obvious at that point he is on a beginner level.
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