If you do your workouts with either drop sets, rest-pause, or regular sets — but do the same total amount of work — your muscles grow about the same size in your thighs.

Scientific Claim

Drop-set and rest-pause resistance training produce similar increases in thigh muscle thickness as traditional resistance training in resistance-trained males when total training volume is equalized, indicating no hypertrophic advantage from either technique.

Original Statement

“hypertrophic adaptations are similar between conditions. There were no between-group interactions for MT.”

From study:Rest-pause and drop-set training elicit similar strength and hypertrophy adaptations compared to traditional sets in resistance-trained males.

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

probability

Can suggest probability/likelihood

Assessment Explanation

The study design supports causal claims, and the abstract uses neutral language ('similar') consistent with non-significant findings. No overstatement detected.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

Rest-pause and drop-set training elicit similar strength and hypertrophy adaptations compared to traditional sets in resistance-trained males.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2021 Nov

When people lifted weights using three different methods—regular sets, drop-sets, and rest-pause—all with the same total amount of lifting, their thigh muscles grew the same amount in all groups. So no method was better for building muscle.

Contradicting (0)

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Rest-pause and drop-set training elicit similar strength and hypertrophy adaptations compared to traditional sets in resistance-trained males.

Score: 54

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0278

Similar Assertions

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