Comments on: How Many Sets Should You Do Per Exercise?

By: Allyn Paul

Allyn Paul — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:32:36 +0000

Yeah, I learned that in HS also, I just don’t know who introduced it. I’m a little guy (height wise), so it works for me and doesn’t take too long because I start at a weight that will knock me out fairly quickly.

By: Israel

Israel — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:59:32 +0000

That’s something I used to do in high school. Way too many sets for what I want to accomplish.

By: Allyn Paul

Allyn Paul — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:50:43 +0000

I do 5 sets to complete failure per exercise. This means that, with bench presses for example, I will use a weight of 165lbs and in the first set, I might get in 18 reps. I rest for 3 minutes, and do another set at which time I may be able to do 15 reps…etc. By the time I get to the last set, I can only do 1 rep.
Don’t know where I learned this, but I like it.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:05:26 +0000

Good information, thanks for sharing.