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Muliple sets superior to one set (hit)

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Rmj11:

--- Quote from: Donny on October 07, 2024, 05:07:49 AM ---aside from the weekly number of sets ..would the daily stimulation trigger growth ? I mean the signal to the muscles is being sent more often

what i´m getting at is the daily stimulation

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It would help to maintain maybe but to trigger further growth, no.

Donny:

--- Quote from: Rmj11 on October 07, 2024, 05:42:04 AM ---It would help to maintain maybe but to trigger further growth, no.

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It would be an interesting experiment

oldtimer1:
I just finished six sets of half mile repeats does that count? I used a quarter mile warm up and quarter mile cool down.  Then I hit the heavy bag for a couple of three minute rounds.

Getting back to multiple sets Robert Kennedy said this.  He might be right on target.   He said in effect that one set to failure gets you 85% of a stressor for adaptation.  Two sets might bring you to 90%. Three sets might bring you to 92%. In other words more sets is better but there is diminishing returns.

It's just apples to oranges. A 400 meter runner would never put down a 10K runner's training as easy because it isn't as intense. A 10K runner will never say a 400 meter runner doing 200 meter repeats is a walk in the park.  It's too different types of training.

No one does more full ass to the ground squats than Olympic lifters. They use low reps and plenty of sets with heavy weight.  While they have thick muscular thighs they don't compare to bodybuilders. Then again a bodybuilders by definition are pumped up with drugs. True, the best way to build muscle for lack of a better term might be to train for muscular endurance as in multiple sets and high reps.

 Danny Padilla touched on this.  To paraphrase him he said he tried HIT and used seriously heavy weights. He said his workouts became scary. Scary was the word he used. Maybe he meant dread.  Hard to go into a gym everyday knowing you're going to bang your head into the wall so to speak. He said he got his best results doing 5 sets of 12 reps using the same weight for an exercise.

IroNat:
The truth is you will not look like a drug using bodybuilder without taking drugs, no matter how you train.

However, if you take the drugs and train just about any way, you will look very muscular.

oldtimer1:

--- Quote from: IroNat on October 07, 2024, 04:27:58 PM ---The truth is you will not look like a drug using bodybuilder without taking drugs, no matter how you train.

However, if you take the drugs and train just about any way, you will look very muscular.

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You are on fire with that response.  That's the truth.  I've always said if guys that look really good on drugs are such hard scientific trainers how come they look like hell off the drugs?  Suddenly they aren't hard trainers anymore and forgot how to train scientifically?

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