Are you heavy in the rat race, and wondering how can I possibly squeeze anymore time out of the day to exercise? Simple, do just one set of an exercise to failure to be all that you can be.
As of yet there are no strong scientific studies that indicate performing multiple sets of an exercise increases muscular hypertrophy or strength better than doing a single set of 8-12 repetitions to failure. This holds true whether one is a novice or an experienced weight trainer.
Advocates of multiple set routines might argue that they have personally observed significant increases in their strength and size performing exercises for 3-6 sets, therefore more must be better. But past and present clinical studies continually indicate that performing 1 set of an exercise comparably elicits near-equivalent results to doing multiple sets. Any differences are nominal.
Understandably, it is difficult for most people to wrap their minds around the idea of just performing a single set, especially when they are seeing good results from doing 2 or more sets of an exercise. But as my mother often told me, "if you do it right the first time, you won't have to do it again".
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