drop sets

[madmancman]

i have just started to use drop sets in a few of my work out
such as on

bicep curls
shrugs
side rasies
front rasies
tri push downs

i just wanted to know when do any of you guys use them and on what exercises.

[CHAP]

I use dropsets sometimes just to change the workout up a little . But only for 1 set and on the last one

[eatrainrest]

throw drop sets out of yourroutine

[FireGuy]

I think they serve a purpose and I will use them now and then on various exercises.

[t-gunz]

throw drop sets out of yourroutine

whats your reason behind this?

what about super sets then ?

[ph34rsh4ck]

whats your reason behind this?

what about super sets then ?

is a super not a drop set...?

[t-gunz]

super set is from one exercise to another, e.g. fly's to dips. that is one set.

[eatrainrest]

well, i love supersetting, sometimes the same muscle group, most of the time antagonistic muscle groupsl ike bis tris, chest, back. why do i not perform beyond failure techniques liek drop sets? well here is ronnies reasoning


"There’s a very good reason that most veterans in this sport have stopped using extreme training techniques. It doesn’t matter if beyond failure training techniques are used in the lower rep-ranges or the higher rep-ranges because the burn and stress still carries over to the vulnerable joints and tendons-hence greatly increasing your odds of developing tendonitis and tearing a tendon. Using beyond failure training methods like rest-pause, forced reps and drop sets will force you to train with less volume and weight. Therefore, you won’t be able to keep the training volume and weight loads high enough for a long enough period to experience maximum muscular growth"

heres my reasoning-
in regards to overtraining-the effect of intensity on the muscle tissue can be likened to breaking and repairing a pencil lead; by constantly training beyong failure, you are taking a hammer and shmashing the actin and myosin (pencil lead) amking it very difficult, if not impossible to repair.

and in regards to possible injury of joints/tendons/CNS burnout/etc. etc.

[t-gunz]

great info. thanks

[Ronnie Rowland]

throw drop sets out of yourroutine

I agree with eatrainrest as increasing volume with straight sets is better but if must do them try for only 1 set and on the last one like CHAP suggested.

[Ronnie Rowland]

well, i love supersetting, sometimes the same muscle group, most of the time antagonistic muscle groupsl ike bis tris, chest, back. why do i not perform beyond failure techniques liek drop sets? well here is ronnies reasoning


"There’s a very good reason that most veterans in this sport have stopped using extreme training techniques. It doesn’t matter if beyond failure training techniques are used in the lower rep-ranges or the higher rep-ranges because the burn and stress still carries over to the vulnerable joints and tendons-hence greatly increasing your odds of developing tendonitis and tearing a tendon. Using beyond failure training methods like rest-pause, forced reps and drop sets will force you to train with less volume and weight. Therefore, you won’t be able to keep the training volume and weight loads high enough for a long enough period to experience maximum muscular growth"

heres my reasoning-
in regards to overtraining-the effect of intensity on the muscle tissue can be likened to breaking and repairing a pencil lead; by constantly training beyong failure, you are taking a hammer and shmashing the actin and myosin (pencil lead) amking it very difficult, if not impossible to repair.

and in regards to possible injury of joints/tendons/CNS burnout/etc. etc.

I still have issues with my right elbow and right shoulder til this day from experimenting with beyond failure training methods in my youth. There's an old say-"it's better to learn from the mistakes of others as opposed to finding out for yourself".

[eatrainrest]

I still have issues with my right elbow and right shoulder til this day from experimenting with beyond failure training methods in my youth. There's an old say-"it's better to learn from the mistakes of others as opposed to finding out for yourself".

that is part of the reason that i have tendonitis, yet people still disregard our advice lol