Are More Sets Better? - Evidence Review - Beast Over Burden - #543
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🗓️ 16 April 2024
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Summary
Are More Sets Better? Evidence-Based & Nuanced
We're talking about muscles and hypertrophy today.
Outside Magazine recently featured an article that discussed adding more sets for building muscle, which argued that you should add more sets to build muscle.
Andrew and Niki are here to be your funnel of truth.
Are More Sets Better? Let's Dig Deeper
When we look at scientific studies, it's important to avoid the seemingly easy route of reading a headline or even a news article. If you read the study itself, don't assume that the study title or abstract will match the data necessarily.
News media exist to sell their product, and weak headlines don't sell. These incentives exist for scientific magazines and scientists as well - no results or another study confirming what we would expect to find do not dazzle.
That being said, studies and scientific literature are not worthless.
What Andrew & Niki find is that the headline overstates the findings.
Remember, we all have models of how the world works. Ideally, your model has been built according to investigation and astute observation. Studies can and should inform that model, and if a piece of data disagrees with your model you should confront it.
That being said, upturning your model because of one study is not recommended.
Are more sets better? Maybe, it depends, as adding sets is certainly a tool to use.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Barbell Logic. |
| 0:04.7 | The podcast where we talk about what it means to experience strength. |
| 0:08.3 | And how you can use simple, hard and effective strategies in training and nutrition to improve your life. |
| 0:15.0 | It starts with meeting you where you are right now and finding lasting solutions. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to the show. Hello everyone. Welcome to Barbell Logic Beast Over Burton. So happy to be with you today. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm your host Nicky Sims with me is probably your favorite host Andrew Jackson. |
| 0:43.4 | Good morning. |
| 0:45.4 | Highly caffeinated and ready for the weekend. |
| 0:49.0 | What weekend is it? |
| 0:51.0 | Yes, masters. |
| 0:52.8 | Round one is today on recording day. So by the time this comes out, it'll be over. |
| 0:56.6 | We'll know who the winner is. But I'm ready to sit on the couch and watch golf. |
| 1:01.9 | I just want to watch these athletes perform. I'm excited about it. |
| 1:06.3 | They are so impressive. I'm so impressed by golfers just for the record especially with this |
| 1:10.4 | tournament and Tiger Woods is playing hopefully he makes it through the |
| 1:14.0 | tournament I know he hasn't made it through a full tournament a bit so yeah let's see |
| 1:18.0 | what turns out so what are we talking about today muscles we're talking |
| 1:21.6 | about muscles today as we like to do you were sent an article you |
| 1:28.1 | were sent the original article from the magazine called Outside, and this article headline has the answer to everything you've |
| 1:37.6 | always been searching for out there on the internet of muscle. Indeed, yes. |
| 1:41.7 | Shout out to Scott G for hitting me, hitting me up on Instagram. This one's for you, |
| 1:48.8 | Bud. He forwarded me a screenshot from the Graham from Outside magazine under the Sweat Science category. |
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