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Slim Jim · 08-30-2001, 01:04 PM

I do my drop sets the way Scotty does, how do you do them TSB?

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**Prince** · 08-30-2001, 01:22 PM

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cytrix · 08-30-2001, 03:05 PM

prince, your new smile has already become your favorite i see!

w8lifter · 08-30-2001, 07:02 PM

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No you illiterate mofo's. I do drop sets the same way you guys do, but it is 2 sets, no one. You do one set, drop the weight and then without rest do another set. Count them, 2 sets. Not one, but two.

A "set" is defined as a set number of repititions separated by rest. If there is no rest between changing the weights, it is ONE set.

So I was watching this guy at the gym doing dips between benches. He had a stack of plates on his legs and he just kept doing dips, when he gave a signal, his buddy would remove a plate. He did not stop dipping at all, his buddy just removed the plates one by one, how can you say that changing the weight constitutes a separate set? It is the rest that determines a set.

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TheSupremeBeing · 08-30-2001, 08:11 PM

Bollox, using that logic a chest/back superset is one set. I flye/bench press superset is one set, a circuit covering the entire body is one set, and this doesn't make sense at all. A set is training load of a magnitude above a neutral level, which causes a positive adaptation. So, obviously when you drop the weight you are doing another set at a different load (the key here is the load) and it is above a neutral level and hopefully will cause a positive adaptation.

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w8lifter · 08-31-2001, 04:29 AM

Okay, but you're talking about changing exercises, a drop set uses the same exercise w/ different weight.

I think we're both arguing semantics and it should be called "one drop set"....then everyone would know what we're talking about

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**Prince** · 08-31-2001, 09:27 AM

Drop sets:
Start with your usual weight, push out 8-10 reps, strip off about 10% of the weight or less, push out another 8-10 (with minimal/no rest), do this again for a total of 3-5 sets.

Super Sets & Giant Sets:
The basic idea behind these principles is to perform 2 (supersets) or more (giant sets) exercises for different muscles (usually opposing, i.e. Biceps/triceps or back/chest) in rapid succession. Then take a break and do them again.

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08-30-2001, 01:04 PM	#31
Slim Jim Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 54	I do my drop sets the way Scotty does, how do you do them TSB? ------------------ I wish I hadn't eatin that.

08-30-2001, 01:22 PM	#32
Prince the one & only Administrator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Colorado Posts: 33,720 Blog Entries: 25 Photos: 320	------------------ Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!

08-30-2001, 03:05 PM	#33
cytrix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: chicago, il , usa Posts: 287	prince, your new smile has already become your favorite i see!

08-30-2001, 08:11 PM	#35
TheSupremeBeing Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Chillin' in mah cribb, yo. Posts: 598	Bollox, using that logic a chest/back superset is one set. I flye/bench press superset is one set, a circuit covering the entire body is one set, and this doesn't make sense at all. A set is training load of a magnitude above a neutral level, which causes a positive adaptation. So, obviously when you drop the weight you are doing another set at a different load (the key here is the load) and it is above a neutral level and hopefully will cause a positive adaptation. ------------------ Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers.

08-31-2001, 04:29 AM	#36
w8lifter Join Date: May 2001 Location: Around..... Posts: 14,964	Okay, but you're talking about changing exercises, a drop set uses the same exercise w/ different weight. I think we're both arguing semantics and it should be called "one drop set"....then everyone would know what we're talking about ------------------ Behind every great man is his BUTT My FitPit

08-31-2001, 09:27 AM	#37
Prince the one & only Administrator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Colorado Posts: 33,720 Blog Entries: 25 Photos: 320	Drop sets: Start with your usual weight, push out 8-10 reps, strip off about 10% of the weight or less, push out another 8-10 (with minimal/no rest), do this again for a total of 3-5 sets. Super Sets & Giant Sets: The basic idea behind these principles is to perform 2 (supersets) or more (giant sets) exercises for different muscles (usually opposing, i.e. Biceps/triceps or back/chest) in rapid succession. Then take a break and do them again. ------------------ Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!