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Has anyone tried Reverse Pyramid Training promoted by Martin Berkhan of leangains? I'm planning out my next BP run on a cut, and am thinking about using this type of training.

My questions:
1] What did your split look like?
2] What were the number and rest periods of your warmup and working sets?
3] What was your caloric status during this training (cut, maintenance, bulk)?
4] Was this training effective for you?

Thanks.

I can only speak to this for my calves... kindof.

What I currently do for my calves is a pyramid then reverse pyramid (drop set) with little to no rest between sets followed by a 10 min rest and a static hold.
Basically: 45 lbs x 12, 90 x 8, 135 x 6, 180 x 2-4, 135 x 4-6, 90 x 6-8, 45 x 8-12, rest

Followed by static hold.

I've found that this has increased my seated calf raise numbers that were stuck for awhile. I plan on moving on to gironda's 10 8 6 15

The unfortunate thing about the seated calf raise is that it almost always allows the stronger leg to take over, so I switched to one leg at a time.