If you're already fit and lift weights, doing way more sets (15–20 per muscle group per week) doesn't make you stronger faster—in fact, you might even gain less strength than if you stick to just 5–10 sets.

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In trained men, doing 5 to 10 sets of exercises per week made them stronger than doing 15 to 20 sets — more work didn’t help and actually hurt progress.

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