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Load Sets and Back Off Sets

Why I Only Do 2 Sets and Why It's One of The Best Muscle Building Strategies

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BowTiedOx
Jan 09, 2022
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“Why?”

This is a question I ask whenever I do anything. I do not like to do anything without a solid basis of thinking behind it. I don’t want to do things because “that’s what everyone does”, I want to know why we should do things this way.

I bring this up because I get asked ALL THE TIME “why only 2 sets” on most my workouts—which is a good question. I …

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