Science Says: The Serial Number You Should Do to Gain Muscle

The study relied on leg exercises for men of different ages.


  • A scientific study clears up one of the most common doubts in the gym: How many sets of exercises are needed to be effective?


  • They often tell us a regular number of series over a certain period of time, but perhaps we don’t get it right.


  • The trial published by the American College of Sports Medicine has some conclusions in this regard

when it comes to A “series” of exercisesThe universal rule seems to be that three is the magic number. We increase the weight, increase the resistance, move another bar on the machine, but the number of chains is always the same. Three fucking series with a short time gap in between. What if we’re doing it wrong?

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1, 2, 3…14

Published study American College of Sports Medicine We have come to the conclusion that by increasing four to six sets of exercises each week, we get better results. To come to this conclusion, they conducted a study in the gym. I focused on the quads From various subjects who participated through exercises Squattingleg presses and leg extensions.

The total number of topics was divided into Three sets of different properties and weightsThe first group had the same number of series, the second group had four more series in the first week, and the third group had six series. The results were clear: Gradually add four or six series per weekEvery two weeks, help achieve greater lower body strength and bigger muscles.

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Does this mean we all have to do 52 weekly series of different exercises? No, but we can apply the results to our case.

Return to the exercise series.upper parts.es

After the Christmas disaster

It is no secret to anyone that in Spain a lot Christmas dinner is like New Year’s Eve excesses They tend to cause damage to our physical fitness. Let them take what we danced. Because removing fat from us is more difficult. Therefore it is recommended to preserve Healthy exercise routine Following the instructions of the monitors.

As the study authors themselves say, this was done on a specific group of people with special physical conditions, so it’s necessary Use caution when increasing our chain. It is perfectly rational to believe that putting in more effort will lead to a greater result, what is not logical is hurting ourselves in the pursuit of the perfect body.

Aileen Morales

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