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

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

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2021 Aug 29

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

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DOI: 10.3390/sports9090119

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