Even though drop sets sound like they should make muscles grow more by keeping them under stress longer, they don’t actually make you bigger than regular workouts.

Drop set training produces equivalent muscle hypertrophy in significantly less training time compared to traditional resistance training, resulting in greater hypertrophy per unit of time.

When you train to near failure, doing drop sets doesn’t make your muscles grow bigger than doing regular sets — both methods build muscle about the same in young men.

Even if you train until you can’t do another rep, it doesn’t make your muscles grow more than stopping just before failure — both ways work about the same.

Doing drop sets (lifting heavy, then lighter weights without resting) builds muscle just as well as doing regular sets with longer breaks, at least in young, experienced lifters.

Both drop sets and regular weightlifting make your muscles bigger — and both work pretty well, even if you're just starting out.