Drop Sets.... Some gym goers cringe at the term. They can be down right brutal. I actually enjoy them and incorporate them into my training regularly. A drop set is done by doing an exercise until failure and as soon as failure is reached, you drop the weight and continue until you reach failure again. You can really improvise with drop sets. You can drop once, twice, or as many times as you feel necessary. You can also vary the amount of weight that you drop each time. Of course the more weight dropped the more additional reps you will be able to accomplish and vice-versa.
I tend to drop twice and drop 30% each time. For instance lets say I bench 225 lbs 10 times and couldn't do an 11th rep. I would immediately drop the weight by 65 lbs and crank out as many reps as I could (That would be 160 lbs or 225-65). After reaching failure a second time I drop the weight again. This time by 45 lbs so I am now lifting 115 (160-45), and I continue until I fail again. After two drop sets 115 lbs feels like 500! As you can see it is very important to use a spotter when trying drop sets with bench press, squat, etc. It can be very dangerous otherwise.
Drop sets are one of the best ways I know to reach a maximum pump. Drop Sets flood the muscle with blood. Your veins pop out and your muscle is so tight that you fear your skin might rip at any second. To most people, that would sound scary, but to a regular weight trainer it is what we go to the gym for! Check out this blog post from "An Omnipotent Blog" for tips on incorporating these drop set techniques into a routine. Good luck with drops setting. Check
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