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Originally Posted by dogsoldier
Hi folks.
I have been away from weight lifting for a bunch of years and got my lazy butt back in the gym about 6 months ago. I have been doing pretty good, nothing spectacular, but I'm making decent gains. During my reading to catch up with training therories, I have noticed that drop sets have pretty much fallen off the map. Ten years ago, everyone was talking about them for faster gains and so on. Has this been proven not to be the case? Just wondering.
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In general more sets equals less gains. A drop set is just causing undue stress on your central nervous system, and fires no more motor units than doing a set with a weight of at least 80% of 1 rep max. Over my years of experience, I've learned doing less sets with heavier weight in the rep range of 1 to 5 yields the best results. To many sets and all your doing is spelling O-V-E-R T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G, or at the least over reaching. Of course it doesnt hurt to do a drop set now and then to give a little shock, but it should most definately not be incorporated into any kind of frequency.
Welcome to the boards and good luck with your new lifestyle.