Two different ways of lifting weights—pre-exhaustion and traditional—both help you get stronger and last longer during exercise about the same amount.

Doing a simple exercise right before a harder one with no break doesn't make you stronger or build more muscle better than just doing regular workouts, according to current research.

Using light weights until you're exhausted or slow builds your muscle stamina better than heavy weights, but doesn't make you as strong as lifting heavy weights.

If you do the same total amount of exercise, three different workout styles—regular weight training, pre-exhaustion, and drop sets—all work just as well for building muscle strength, endurance, and size.

Doing all your sets for one exercise before switching to the next might build a tiny bit more muscle than mixing exercises up, but it's such a small difference we can't be sure it's real.

Different ways of lifting weights—like regular sets, pre-exhaustion, or drop sets—all work just as well for building muscle strength, endurance, and size if you do the same total amount of work. Changing the method doesn't give you better results.