Do Drop Sets help make Strength Gains

[JB394]

I've recently started doing drop sets, mainly to help get over a plateau but can anyone tell me if you can make strength gains doing drop sets. And what type do you prefer the most to make the greatest gains

[monkeybutter]

change makes gains

[JB394]

bump

[latatat]

what I did to get over my bench plateau was this

135x10...155x6...205x3-4....185x6
then i do a strip bench starting at 145 and decreasing by 20 each time until i hit 65

It's worked pretty well for me

[Arcos27]

change makes gains

Somewhat agree with this

You need to follow a consistent routine to make solid gains, but changing up aux exercises or going from DB press to bb bench can help break plateaus

[RollTideNation]

Short answer- no
Long answer- it could

Don't use it for the primary exercises. You still need to be doing 3-6x1-5 on the big lifts, but drop setting accessory work isn't a bad idea. Like said above, change helps break plateaus.

[Power2Pump4Life]

The theory behind drops sets is that it provides a tremendous amount of time under tension for the stimulated muscle. Since you rep a higher weight to failure (or close), then drop weights and repeat, you can continue to F*** you muscles up. This is a bodybuilding schema.

To be blunt, this does not transfer over to strength gains very well. Why? Think about the stimulus your giving your muscle. This is an endurance type excercise with ever decreasing weights.

Strength gains come from stimulating muscles with near maximal loads, which tell them they better ****in get stronger or ****'s going to hit the fan. This is why many strength athletes train with 1 rep sets (srs). They'll do like 6 sets of 1 when they're pulling 450+ lbs. from the floor.

[miamibodybuilder]

well in my opinion you can still make good strength gains doing drop sets, but at the same time you shouldnt do them all the time. those types of intensity techniques should be used every so often to shock the muscles and keep them guessing, so yes a plateau is a great example of that. i just wouldnt do drop sets every single day for all different muscle groups. do every other day one week, and then next week do the ones you missed this week. thats how i actually do it every couple of months so shock the body a bit.

[RollTideNation]

The theory behind drops sets is that it provides a tremendous amount of time under tension for the stimulated muscle. Since you rep a higher weight to failure (or close), then drop weights and repeat, you can continue to F*** you muscles up. This is a bodybuilding schema.

To be blunt, this does not transfer over to strength gains very well. Why? Think about the stimulus your giving your muscle. This is an endurance type excercise with ever decreasing weights.

Strength gains come from stimulating muscles with near maximal loads, which tell them they better ****in get stronger or ****'s going to hit the fan. This is why many strength athletes train with 1 rep sets (srs). They'll do like 6 sets of 1 when they're pulling 450+ lbs. from the floor.

This.

Strength is a function of the nervous system. When strength training, you are primary training the CNS to recruit more fibers and be more efficient at sending electricity to that muscle. Muscle fibers are important, but the CNS is primarily used.

Bodybuilding can increase strength. Like with bench press (intermediate and advanced trainees). Going heavy all the time won't cut it. You need to back off and perform some rep effort upper body to aid.

[JimmyGross99]

Truthfully, if I'm having a weak day I'll generally make my last set of an exercise a drop set. Say i'm not really feeling my t-bar row one day, I'll attempt to power through what weight I can for my final set, and then drop it until I can't lift the bar anymore. It's more than likely purely mental but it makes me feel like I overcame the "weak" exercise.