Drop Sets vs Normal Sets for Muscle Growth
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Date: 2022-01-03
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Anthony
There needs to be more drop set research. I feel like this could be an insane potential for casual fitness enthusiasts to gain a massive amount of muscle in a limited time.
For example, after I wake up, I walk from my bedroom over to my bench, do a set of 10reps, then do an additional 'drop set' of push-ups until failure.
That's my morning, I might do some additional exercises later in the day. But if that's all I'm doing in the morning, the drop set aspect I feel is hugely beneficial. Without the drop set, I never feel DOMS, and I feel my hypertrophic gains are minimal. With the drop set, I've been seeing my reps on bench go from 10 to 12 quickly. (I'll increase weight benched soon to bring that back down to 10)
Basically my argument is that drop sets could be critical for someone short on time and not looking to spend hours in the gym.
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There needs to be more drop set research. I feel like this could be an insane potential for casual fitness enthusiasts to gain a massive amount of muscle in a limited time.
For example, after I wake up, I walk from my bedroom over to my bench, do a set of 10reps, then do an additional 'drop set' of push-ups until failure.
That's my morning, I might do some additional exercises later in the day. But if that's all I'm doing in the morning, the drop set aspect I feel is hugely beneficial. Without the drop set, I never feel DOMS, and I feel my hypertrophic gains are minimal. With the drop set, I've been seeing my reps on bench go from 10 to 12 quickly. (I'll increase weight benched soon to bring that back down to 10)
Basically my argument is that drop sets could be critical for someone short on time and not looking to spend hours in the gym.
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Chris
I have been doing drop setting exclusively lately with cardio (jumping rope, quick treadmill run) in between each exercise. I do a circuit of it and I am wasted by the end. I have never seen results and have tried pretty much every method of weightlifting. I have large muscle groups for my size so adding volume in a short period has always been challenging. I don't care much about strength but I am satisfyingly getting stronger. Last note: Although he covers metabolic stress. but the big gain often not talked about is drop setting maintains pretty much a cardio level burn. That is why my 'rest' is more cardio. So on strength training days I am getting a full hour of cardio. And on my run days pretty much the same.
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I have been doing drop setting exclusively lately with cardio (jumping rope, quick treadmill run) in between each exercise. I do a circuit of it and I am wasted by the end. I have never seen results and have tried pretty much every method of weightlifting. I have large muscle groups for my size so adding volume in a short period has always been challenging. I don't care much about strength but I am satisfyingly getting stronger. Last note: Although he covers metabolic stress. but the big gain often not talked about is drop setting maintains pretty much a cardio level burn. That is why my 'rest' is more cardio. So on strength training days I am getting a full hour of cardio. And on my run days pretty much the same.
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dproulx222
Thanks so much for all of your quality videos. I've watched all of them and l'm implementing a lot of what I learned in my own personal workouts. I'm slowly progressing. I'm 50 years old and 64kgs and suspect have a height similar to yours (around 173cm. I'd love to know where I can get a tank top like the one's you wear in your videos.
Important question: What brand of tank top do you wear? I'm a fellow Canadian in South Korea, but I've scoured all the major sports retailers in North America and can't seem to find a decent fitting tank top like yours.
Where can I get that tank top that you wear in your videos (the blue or gray?
Can someone help me?
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Thanks so much for all of your quality videos. I've watched all of them and l'm implementing a lot of what I learned in my own personal workouts. I'm slowly progressing. I'm 50 years old and 64kgs and suspect have a height similar to yours (around 173cm. I'd love to know where I can get a tank top like the one's you wear in your videos.
Important question: What brand of tank top do you wear? I'm a fellow Canadian in South Korea, but I've scoured all the major sports retailers in North America and can't seem to find a decent fitting tank top like yours.
Where can I get that tank top that you wear in your videos (the blue or gray?
Can someone help me?
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Simon
Great video thanks. I doin normal sets. 3. Or 4. Depending on what machine. I do a two warm up First. And on last two weeks if I doin a m /cycle I also do 1or 2. Pump low weight finish sets also. But I just doin. Month Recom. p. At present. From a few months bulk. So. Also looking for new more private gym /so thanks video. Great. I just try to get new gym sorted over next month. . and the recomp. I see how that goes for me. . I alway struggle a little, with recomp. But I still want to do program once I find a best fit gym for me marcus /simon
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Great video thanks. I doin normal sets. 3. Or 4. Depending on what machine. I do a two warm up First. And on last two weeks if I doin a m /cycle I also do 1or 2. Pump low weight finish sets also. But I just doin. Month Recom. p. At present. From a few months bulk. So. Also looking for new more private gym /so thanks video. Great. I just try to get new gym sorted over next month. . and the recomp. I see how that goes for me. . I alway struggle a little, with recomp. But I still want to do program once I find a best fit gym for me marcus /simon
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Tom
Can we try to explain Steve Reeves? The man still has arguably the best physique weve seen in the sport- ever. In any era. He rested 45 secs or less between sets, and regularly used drop sets on the bench press.
Modern wisdom states none of these techniques should produce good results.
Thoughts?
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Can we try to explain Steve Reeves? The man still has arguably the best physique weve seen in the sport- ever. In any era. He rested 45 secs or less between sets, and regularly used drop sets on the bench press.
Modern wisdom states none of these techniques should produce good results.
Thoughts?
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Greg
I classify a drop set with a heavy/medium/light transition as a single set, whereas the study counts it as three sets. I bet doing three drop sets (like what I described) would give better results than the single drop set described. The study would say that's like 9 sets, as opposed to three.
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I classify a drop set with a heavy/medium/light transition as a single set, whereas the study counts it as three sets. I bet doing three drop sets (like what I described) would give better results than the single drop set described. The study would say that's like 9 sets, as opposed to three.
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sport
I had surgery and doctors told me I couldnt do heavy weightlifting for a few weeks. So I used drop sets to give me something to do. I have never felt more destroyed from a workout and I think I am just going to keep it up after recovery.
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I had surgery and doctors told me I couldnt do heavy weightlifting for a few weeks. So I used drop sets to give me something to do. I have never felt more destroyed from a workout and I think I am just going to keep it up after recovery.
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um52
To me, Key factor in drop sets is the first set of weight and exercise being used. Always just always begin with a compound exercise and always use the heaviest weight possible with good form where you fail in 5-12 rep range.
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To me, Key factor in drop sets is the first set of weight and exercise being used. Always just always begin with a compound exercise and always use the heaviest weight possible with good form where you fail in 5-12 rep range.
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david
I think saying they got more size with drop sets, I would think that would be very difficult to prove, probably they would get bigger pump after drop set but that doesnt necessarily mean more size.
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I think saying they got more size with drop sets, I would think that would be very difficult to prove, probably they would get bigger pump after drop set but that doesnt necessarily mean more size.
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Chase
I did 1 big set with 5 mini drop sets in it i tried to do this twice on the 6th or 7th drop set my legs felt like someone was cutting my hammys its a good way to damage to muscle fast
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I did 1 big set with 5 mini drop sets in it i tried to do this twice on the 6th or 7th drop set my legs felt like someone was cutting my hammys its a good way to damage to muscle fast
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