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Anonymous
Hey /fit/,

I do single set's since I read it is as effective as multiple sets (basically). Anybody agree/disagree?
>> Yoshi ? !ozOtJW9BFA
Single sets, right after a warm up?
And are you training for endurance, size, or power?
Because I believe it would make a difference depending on what you are working out for.
>> Anonymous
OP...

Goals or GTFO
>> Anonymous
Super slow?
>> Anonymous
wtf op?
>> Anonymous
For most any goal...multiple sets. I can't think of a goal which is optimized by one set workouts.
>> Old Geezer !YI1jEQivlM
>>33264

I do four seconds up, and four seconds down, on elevated push-ups. One set of 10 plus 2-4 negatives to failure (regular push-ups done by popping up on my knees and lowering to the stopping point over 10 seconds) is enough for me to feel muscular exhaustion in my chest.

Try it; I didn't think it'd work, but I haven't gone back to the old 3X12 since.
>> Anonymous
I'm training for overall gain. Some size, some power. Knowing that spending hours in a gym will net the most gains, but willing to sacrifice some of that for more convenience to myself.

I'm not doing super-slow, but not jerking the weights either. Slow controlled movements to exhaustion.

Am I buying into this single set thing too much? Would two sets be more beneficial
How would I compress the most benefit into the least amount of time?
>> Anonymous
>>33271

You can tell by feel. After you've been working out regularly for a long time (>year), you can tell when you've exhausted your muscles and further repetitions will be fruitless.

This might help: how to tell if you've reached failure using negative repetitions.

A way you can tell with negatives is holding the weight or bar at full muscular contraction. Can you hold it in place? You haven't reached failure yet. OK, next step. Slowly lower or allow the bar/weight to raise/lower (depending on the exercise obviously). Can you control the movement, i.e., stop the movement at any time during the negative? If so, you still haven't reached failure.

When you can no longer stop your movement, you've reached your muscular endurance. Do one or two more reps for good measure.

This may not work for everyone since no two bodies are the same, but give it a try.