Drop sets might help people stick to their workouts because they’re faster and less boring — but this study didn’t actually measure if people stuck with them better.

Drop set training enhances muscular endurance (repetition capacity at submaximal loads) to a greater extent than traditional resistance training protocols with matched volume.

People felt like they worked much harder during drop sets than during regular sets, even though they did fewer total sets.

We don’t know if drop sets work the same way for women, older people, or people who’ve never lifted weights — all the studies were on young men.

If you do the same total amount of work, using drop sets won’t make your muscles bigger or stronger than doing regular sets over two months.

Drop sets let you get the same muscle-building results in about half the time because you don’t rest between weight drops.