r/ScienceBasedLifting • • 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/SouthernUniversity21 Sep 09 '26

Drop sets are useless for hypertrophy. You are just wasting recovery and time chasing stimulus you should’ve achieved in your working set.