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Old 27-01-2005, 06:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by big
Good stuff SD!

Every time a study is done like this, the results/suggestions are different! There are countless experiments which show that 1 set is as good as multiple - and countless the other way around.

Did it say anything about how close to failure they recommend? The hypertrophy suggestions are saying 20 sets per bodypart on average?!? How many days per week? That sounds exactly what I was doing when I overtrained drastically (while on juice too!). Did the study say anything about changing things up regularly?
Hiya Big,

The study did compare experiments on one or multiple sets and found multiple to have the advantage but not by much. The point here is that for the extra effort you don't gain much extra strength/size.

All sets were to failure I assume although it doesn't mention it directly. Referring to them in refernece to the 1 RM indicates they are to failure.

I see what you mean Big, it is a lot of volume and could lead to overtraining, none of the studies combined all the factors in the way I have detailed them here so it would be difficult to say, definately not for beginners though and should be periodised like any training with breaks for strategic deconditioning.

Days per week were 4-5 which compared favourably over 2-3 or 3-4.
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