Maximize Your Gains: 4 Essential Elements for Effective Set for Muscle Growth & Fat Loss

If your sets have these four points, you’ll never have issues building muscle

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3x8–10. Or 3 sets of 8 to 10 repetitions. Reps can F off into oblivion for a minute. Let’s talk about sets. Specifically, what an effective set looks like for muscle growth and fat loss. I said and because whether the goal is muscle growth or fat loss, your training should be hypertrophy-focused.

So let’s say…

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… to 4 essential elements for an effective set. I guarantee that if your sets have these four points, you’ll never have issues building muscle. Or maintaining it when dieting.

1. Proper and consistent technique

Basic technique → effort, exercise selection, progressive overload, volume, etc. An effective set for muscle growth will have you training with the technique that makes a target muscle a limiting factor. If you’re trying to target lats and you stop the set because your forearms gave out, take a step back and re-learn the technique.