How many sets for optimal muscle growth?
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The goal is not to do "as much volume as you can recover from". It's to do the amount that maximizes your rate of progressive overload. People are often surprised when they see how few sets I do. But as someone who has obsessively logged nearly every workout for the past 20+ years, I'm simply doing what the data shows. If 15 sets per muscle was producing faster gains than 5, then I'd do it. But it never has. It's only ever made me feel more beat up for no noticeable extra gain. And I've seen this repeated a million times with coaching clients, app members and subscribers. Those who prioritize EFFORT - truly pushing their sets close or all the way to failure - and track their workouts religiously with a focus on progression. They virtually always see faster gains than they did at high volumes, despite doing fewer sets and spending less time in the gym. This doesn't mean high volume training "doesn't work". And of course there's some individual variation at play. But if your w
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