If you're already experienced with weightlifting, doing rest-pause sets (short breaks between reps) for 8 weeks might help you lift a little more weight in squats than doing regular sets, but not better than drop sets.

For guys who already lift weights, doing short bursts of heavy lifts with brief rests in between can help them lift a little more weight after 8 weeks than doing regular sets, even if they do the same total amount of work.

Doing short bursts of heavy lifts with brief rests in between can make you stronger in squats a little more than doing regular sets, if you're already trained and doing the same total amount of work.

Whether you rest 1 minute or 2.5 minutes between sets, your strength gains in squat and bench press end up being about the same after 10 weeks of training.

If you slowly add more sets to your leg workouts every two weeks, you’ll get stronger in the squat than if you keep doing the same number of sets the whole time.

If you're already strong and lift weights, training each muscle group either once or five times a week for eight weeks will give you about the same strength gains on the bench press, squat, and row.