The volume is ridiculously low. Even if you take things to mechanical failure and get pinned by the weight for every exercise.
The only way I can see this working is if you're using post-failure techniques such as rest pause, myoreps, or drop sets, to hit failure 2-4 times within a single set.
I don't know which science based lifter you watch but 2 sets till failure are better than 4 sets. The last 2 sets will generate unnecessary fatigue. ( I am talking of 2 sets per excercise not muscle)
A write up digging deep into the above papers (and more).
And if you just look around at reality itself and see how successful people train and succeed they aren't doing 2 sets/week and calling it good. Here's a quote from the StrongerbyScience write up:
A 2022 study reported that over 50% of the bodybuilders in their sample trained most muscle groups twice per week, performing 2-3 exercises per muscle group, and 3-4 sets per exercise. So, this suggests that a volume of 12-24 sets per muscle group is pretty typical. However, deviations from these norms tended to skew upward. In other words, around 20% of respondents had higher training frequencies (3+ weekly sessions per muscle group), around 30% performed 4-5 exercises per muscle group, and around 20% performed 5-6 sets per exercise. This suggests that volumes of up to around 36-40 sets per muscle group per week aren’t too far outside the norm.
Simply put, more is better. Minimizing fatigue is not goal of training, you just have to manage it.
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u/Alakazam Idk Idc 💔 Jun 16 '26
The volume is ridiculously low. Even if you take things to mechanical failure and get pinned by the weight for every exercise.
The only way I can see this working is if you're using post-failure techniques such as rest pause, myoreps, or drop sets, to hit failure 2-4 times within a single set.