I have been working in the fitness industry for over 20 years and have always worked hard to seek out the best science founded information with which to develop both my clients’ and my own workouts. One of the confusing topics I have waded through many times over is the ongoing 
debate in the strength training and bodybuilding communities as to whether a single set of an exercise is superior for building size and strength than training with multiple sets. I have always worked out using multiple sets and gotten great results from that type of training. I am, however, not so short sighted as to assume that because I got great results that it was “causation” instead of merely “correlation.”
debate in the strength training and bodybuilding communities as to whether a single set of an exercise is superior for building size and strength than training with multiple sets. I have always worked out using multiple sets and gotten great results from that type of training. I am, however, not so short sighted as to assume that because I got great results that it was “causation” instead of merely “correlation.”
I hear it all of the time:
Client: “Jason, I started doing crunches and I lost 3 inches off my midsection!”
Me: “Did you also change your food intake and your cardio training?”
Client: “Well, yes, but it was the crunches that made me lose the inches!”
The inherent demand for logic and reason that my brain imposes on me precludes me from formulating a steadfast opinion without ...read more here
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