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[hicksy_ian]

Probably this study: 1. Fink J, Schoenfeld BJ, Kikuchi N, and Nakazato K. Effects of drop set resistance training on acute stress indicators and long-term muscle hypertrophy and strength. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2017.

In that study, the training load (reps x load) was identical for the drop sets vs. straight sets groups.

Intensity as defined by load (%1RM was higher in the straight set group), but RPE (equivalent of bro-science "intensity") was higher after the drop set

That's the one!

[When I'm asked for my "thoughts" on something as broad as this I kind of have to bow out, as I could type for hours on this topic...]


GO for it, man. If you think you already know without doing Muscle Rounds that it's not optimal, in conjunction with Pump set for arms, then more power to you!!! (I would guess you're being a bit myopic here in that the overall context in which arm training occurs in FT is different than in DC, so on whatever days you'd be doing RP or drop sets you'd be in a different state of recovery compared to when doing DC...)

That's a fair point Scott I guess I need to reevaluate my thinking. I was definitely not meaning to suggest MR's weren't optimal, just wondering about changing the one out.

Apologies, if there's one thing i've learnt from DC it's to do the program as it's written.

I trained DC for nearly a decade and have gone into this over I can't count how many different places now. I can't remember for sure, but a good podcast.

I think this was a good one: #13 Scott Stevenson, PhD - DC training and developing fortitude; Muscle hypertrophy and hyperplasia

And this one: #13 Scott Stevenson, PhD - DC training and developing fortitude; Muscle hypertrophy and hyperplasia

And this was a very good one, too: #13 Scott Stevenson, PhD - DC training and developing fortitude; Muscle hypertrophy and hyperplasia


I do explain - and have here on the board extensively - why I only include one failure point in a FT MR... vs. 3 failure points (plus the pulsing negative at the end) in a DC style RP set.

Thank you for taking the time to find those links and reply to my inane questions. I've recently started listening to your podcasts on my semi-fasted walks first thing in the morning so i'll start on these right away! I'll try and use the search function more thoroughly in future

I'm just coming to the end of my second week on Tier 1 (having used Tier 2 for chest and back pump sets in the second week). I'm still experimenting with the best exercises for pump/MR's. I tried T-bar rows for MR and soon realised by lower back and legs were giving out before my back, so that'll be one for the loading sets.