Breakdowns

[Slim Jim]

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

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[Arnold]

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[cytrix]

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

 

[w8lifter]

Prince posted

LMFAO!!!!

TSB cried

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]

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]

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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[Arnold]

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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