Is there any merit to this?

RhineDHP
RhineDHP Posts: 1,025 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So when I go to the gym I see these two guys on the bench press. They put on two big weights, then about 5 or 6 small weights. One of them benches maybe 4 times, then the other guy takes off 2 weights, bencher benches like 3 or 4 times, other guy takes off 2 more weights, etc.


I've seen guys do this other than those two. Just wondering if there was any merit to lifting that way.

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  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Sounds like they're Posing.
  • Bun_Ya
    Bun_Ya Posts: 174
    It's a technique called 'drop sets'. The idea is you can keep working a muscle after it has reached failure at a higher weight.

    You can't do them all the time or you will mess your s**t up! (I don't like them at all and never use them but a bodybuilder might give you ten reasons why they're AWESOME)
  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
    They are doing drop sets. Its a great mass building technique.

    You only want to do workouts like that when in a calorie surplus and have supercharged recovery. That sort of work will make the muscles grow like nothing else.
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    ^^Yes what they said.^^
  • eryquem
    eryquem Posts: 66 Member
    Yeah, I'm doing this with my lifting now. It's definitely intense and effective. And the fact is, even though I'm eating just slightly below maintenance, my recomping is going faster then I would have expected.

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