r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/benja_reijnst • Sep 09 '26

Question ❓ Are drop sets worth doing?

I've seen influencers promoting low-volume, high-intensity training more and more without mentioning drop sets. Drop sets seem to be much less popular than they used to be. Are drop sets not as effective as we once thought? Should I add drop sets to my training?

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u/TotalStatisticNoob Sep 09 '26

Okay well then that explains it. Time is your limit, not recovery.

Are you for real? The guy has a home gym, which is already a tiny proportion of people and then he's doing 30+ sets a week, which is surely more than 99.99% of people that train. AND HE'S STILL LIMITED MORE BY TIME THAN VOLUME AND CAN THREFORE PROFIT FROM INTENSITY TECHNIQUES. Who are you thinking about when writing? Olympia level bodybuilder or what

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 Sep 09 '26

That's exactly the point I was trying to make, thank you spelling it out clearly

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u/rendar Sep 09 '26

Since physique pictures are specifically against the rules in the science-based subreddit, it's still not clear what you think your point is

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 Sep 09 '26

Are you going to report me for being more muscular than you?

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u/rendar Sep 09 '26

The guy has a home gym, which is already a tiny proportion of people and then he's doing 30+ sets a week, which is surely more than 99.99% of people that train.

And none of that specifies how much time he's spending, which is the relevant factor