The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
if you do one set close to failure you get a lot of gains you do three sets close to failure you get substantially more gains but not three times as many gains yes you do five sets close to failure and you do just a little bit better than three you do seven or eight sets close to failure in one workout and it's statistically undifferentiated
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if you do one set close to failure you get a lot of gains you do three sets close to failure you get substantially more gains but not three times as many gains yes you do five sets close to failure and you do just a little bit better than three you do seven or eight sets close to failure in one workout and it's statistically undifferiable from five