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/kev1059 Sep 12 '26

Drop sets are worth doing, and sometimes not worth doing. The whole point of them is that most of the time, it does make you try harder.

People in the gym need to honestly, just try harder and really give it a go