Does doing more exercises and more sets build more muscle than doing one exercise four sets per week?
What the Evidence Shows
We analyzed the available evidence on whether doing multiple exercises and more sets builds more muscle than doing just one exercise four sets per week. What we’ve found so far is that 55 studies or assertions support the idea that doing more exercises and higher volume doesn’t lead to noticeably...
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (0)
No supporting evidence found
Contradicting (0)
No contradicting evidence found
Primary Studies (2)
Equated volume load: similar improvements in muscle strength, endurance, and hypertrophy for traditional, pre-exhaustion, and drop sets in resistance training
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-024-01281-x
Increasing set volume relative to baseline does not augment skeletal muscle adaptations when compared to maintenance of baseline training volume in recreationally trained individuals
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-024-05655-4
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