The Claim
Doing leg extensions with drop sets (going to failure, then lowering the weight and going again) makes the front part of your thigh muscle grow more than doing regular sets, but only in the upper and middle parts—not the bottom or the side muscles.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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Doing leg extensions with drop sets (going to failure, then lowering the weight and going again) makes the front part of your thigh muscle grow more than doing regular sets, but only in the upper and middle parts—not the bottom or the side muscles.
See the scientific wording
Drop-set resistance training using unilateral leg extensions for eight weeks causes greater hypertrophy in the proximal (30%) and mid (50%) regions of the rectus femoris muscle compared to traditional training in recreationally active young men, with effect sizes of 1.20 and 0.89 respectively, while no difference is observed in the distal (70%) region or in the vastus lateralis at any site.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that doing leg extensions with drop sets made the top and middle parts of one thigh muscle grow more than regular training, but didn’t help the bottom part or other thigh muscles — just like the claim said.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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