Some experts think drop sets are safer on machines because you’re less likely to get hurt when you’re too tired to lift — but no study actually tested this.

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

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.

To get the most muscle growth from drop sets, you have to push until you can’t do another rep — if you stop short, you might not get the same results.

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.

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