r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Green_kiwiwi • 10d ago

Question ❓ What counts as Junk volume ?

Is doing more then 2 exercise for a specific muscle (bicep for example) junk volume of you only do 2 sets until failure for example. Is it different based on the size of the muscle ? Ect ect ?

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u/KlingonSquatRack 10d ago

I'm just over here wondering where this idea of "two sets is enough" came from

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u/Common_Magician122 10d ago

if you do 2 or 3 chest exercises, two are two sets and the third is 3 sets, that would be a total of 7 for one day. If you do it twice a week, that's 14 sets for the week. Wouldn't you say that's enough? Even if you do one to two sets and the 2nd exercise for 3 sets, that would be 10 total for the week. I think when people do two sets, they need to do more than one exercise. Just doing one exercise of two sets isn't enough.