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If you take a look at the pyramid, you will notice that it is numbered on both sides. It goes from 1-5 on one side, with the number 6 on the top, and then 5-1 on the other side. Each number represents a step in the pyramid. Your goal is to climb the pyramid all the way up, and all the way back down. So you can consider each step a "set" of your workout.
At the bottom, you will find "pullups x 1, pushups x 2, situps x 3". What this means is that at each "set" or step of the pyramid, you perform 1 pullup for every step you are on, 2 pushups for each step, and 3 situps for each step. You start at the bottom of the pyramid, at number one. For each set, you multiply each set number by 1 and that tells you how many pullups to do. You multiply it by 2 to get your pushups, and multiply by 3 for situps. You keep progressing until you get to the top of the pyramid, or your maximum effort at muscle failure. At step six you perform 6 pullups/ 12 pushups/18 situps. Now, you start working your way back down the other side and continue on step 5 on the way back down. So, you'll do 5 pullups/10 pushups/15 situps. Keep going until you work all the way back down to one.
Listed below is a number summary of the pyramid: Go Up the Pyramid: (or half pyramid workout)- Set/Step 1: 1 pullups/1 dip/ 2 pushups/3 situps- Set/Step 2: 2 pullups/2 dips/ 4 pushups/6 situps- Set/Step 3: 3 pullups/3 dips/ 6 pushups/9 situps (Your first few set are basically a warmup)- Set/Step 4: 4 pullups/ 4 dips/ 8 pushups/12 situps- Set/Step 5: 5 pullups/5 dips/ 10 pushups/15 situps- Set/Step 6: 6 pullups/6 dips/ 12 pushups/18 situps (Here is where you may fail/max out)Go Down the Pyramid: (or reverse order pyramid)- Set/Step 5: 5 pullups/ 5 dips/ 10 pushups/15 situps- Set/Step 4: 4 pullups/4 dips/ 8 pushups/12 situps- Set/Step 3: 3 pullups/3 dips/ 6 pushups/9 situps (Finish cool down)- Set/Step 2: 2 pullups/2 dips/ 4 pushups/6 situps- Set/Step 1: 1 pullups/1 dip/ 2 pushups/3 situps