You're Counting Volume Wrong
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Sam's right, and this is exactly what most people get wrong when it comes to training volume. Everyone talks about volume as if it’s just the total number of sets you do. But tension is the actual stimulus for growth, and the amount of tension you create depends on how close or far away you are to failure. So not all sets are created equally. If you go into the gym and do 5 exercises with 15 total sets for a muscle but you leave 3-4 reps in the tank like most people do, it looks like "high volume" on paper, even though the actual growth producing volume from each set was lower. Whereas, if you do 2 exercises with 4 total sets but they're all 0-1 reps from failure, it looks like “low volume” on paper, even though the growth producing volume from each set was higher. That's your real hypertrophy volume. It's not the total number of sets, it's the amount of high-tension work you applied to the muscle. A typical chest workout we use inside TrainWise might be exactly what Sam mentioned. An
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