why?

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diego, the white edition page

because he wants to?

Because every fitness magazine, every trainer ive talked to, and the several body builders I personally know have all said that three is the minimum # of sets to do to see real growth and strength gains throughout all the muscle fibers. You just look fat if you do power sets of 1 and 2.

i'm just trying to understand the reason behind doing so many sets, or why they are neccsary, just seems like alot

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diego, the white edition page

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Originally posted by Orbax Because every fitness magazine, every trainer ive talked to, and the several body builders I personally know have all said that three is the minimum # of sets to do to see real growth and strength gains throughout all the muscle fibers. You just look fat if you do power sets of 1 and 2.

what are power sets

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diego, the white edition page

i've recently started doing 3 sets instead of 2, but never could see myself doing 5

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diego, the white edition page

your muscles are composed of thousands of fibers. THey can be broken down into the strong "sprint" class, and the weaker "marathon" class. If you only do a few sets the relatively small # of sprinting class fibers will just do their regular duty and maybe get slightly stronger and larger. you will never utilize the remaining 70% of your muscle if you dont do enough sets to tire out the sprinters and get the marathoners going. Thats also why they say for best growth with definition gains, also do sets of 8 or higher.

Look at body builder then look at power lifters/"Strong Men"

youll get big either way, but one tends to be less strong but better looking.

Power sets are doing 6 reps or less.

wow 8 sets, talk about killing it!

ye i don't do power sets, a while back i started on them, while not meaning to, was trying to increase the weight too fast

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diego, the white edition page

opos i meant 8 reps sorry lol. 3-5 sets of 8-10 reps.

then 2 exercises per muscle.

ie bench then lat pulls then calf raises then incline flies then seated rows then hamstring curls

i getya, that makes more sense

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diego, the white edition page