Need Some Training Advice

[PunchDrunk]

Pyramid training is dumb. Way too many reps, and by the time you get to the actual heavy sets, you'll be too tired to actually lift as heavy as you could with proper warmup, and low rep sets.
In the pyramid smokin' proposes, you only get ONE set that is actually heavy, the middle one. The rest is just jerking off... how do you propose to gain strength, wasting your time doing 12 rep, 10 rep, and 8 rep sets WAY below your max?? That's not gonna gain you strength, it'll tire you out for the ACTUAL heavy sets, so you'll perform worse on those than you actually could.

No one who knows anything about strength training for athletes would recommend pyramid training.

Keep it short, simple and effective.

[Ringo]

PunchDrunk is right. The only pyramid-type workout that does ANY good is the inverted pyramid, where you warm up, then start heavy and increase reps as you decrease weight. However, that type of workout is ONLY good on a cycle of about 4 weeks. Stay away from pyramids unless you are interested in increasing your one-rep max.

[PunchDrunk]

For a boxer who doesn't want to add bodyweight (and NO boxer should want to do that, unless there's a million dollar payday at a higher weight. None of you guys have that luxury problem :P), too many reps is not adviseable. Stay at 25 reps or less, all actual work sets included. The heavier you go, the less reps you need. 5x5 (25), 6x4 (24), 6x3, 4x3 even 3x3 and singles are good.
Another thing about excessive workload, is that you'll require more rest, meaning that the rest of your training can suffer for it. A boxer doesn't want that!

[NJFighter91]

Thank you PunchDrunk. I knew I wasn't wrong ...

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to PunchDrunk again.