The Claim

The side muscle of your thigh doesn’t grow any more with drop sets than with regular sets—no matter where you measure it.

Source: Drop-Set Training Elicits Differential Increases in Non-Uniform Hypertrophy of the Quadriceps in Leg Extension Exercise

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
54score
Challenges
0score

These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.

Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

The side muscle of your thigh doesn’t grow any more with drop sets than with regular sets—no matter where you measure it.

See the scientific wording

The vastus lateralis muscle does not exhibit differential hypertrophy in response to drop-set versus traditional resistance training during unilateral leg extensions in recreationally active young men, with no significant differences observed at proximal (30%), mid (50%), or distal (70%) regions.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Drop-Set Training Elicits Differential Increases in Non-Uniform Hypertrophy of the Quadriceps in Leg Extension Exercise

    The study compared two ways of lifting weights and found that for the big thigh muscle on the outside (vastus lateralis), both methods made it grow the same amount — no matter where you measured it. So the claim is right.

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