How many sets should you perform for each muscle group?




After a significant amount of training experience, the most common question arises regarding the volume, or, say, about the number of sets one needs to perform for optimal muscle hypertrophy.

For a typical newbie, this question remains incognizant, as he/she devotes as much times as possible to certain muscle parts like the abdominal, arms and chest, so did I.

But, such approach leads to muscle imbalance and improper posture, with other important parts remaining lagged, in terms of growth.
In my years of training experience, I have come to the conclusion, that, bigger muscle groups like chest, back and legs require a lot of volume work than smaller muscle groups like biceps and triceps.

However, it depends on your intensity as well, wherein, if you replace your point of importance from volume towards this technique then you can of course lessen the sets.
So, the thumb rule must be, 20-25 sets per bigger muscle group and 12-18 sets per smaller muscle group.

If you are someone, who strives for muscle failure in each and every set, then you can surely minimise the number of sets as per your convenience.
With such humongous amount of sets, there comes your duty to provide adequate nutrition to your body to avoid any impending muscle atrophy(loss of muscle).

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