Peter Attia· MD
but 15 sets a week might bring you to 70 or 85% of what all of those muscles could eventually have hypertrophied if you only ever specialized in them
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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.
but 15 sets a week might bring you to 70 or 85% of what all of those muscles could eventually have hypertrophied if you only ever specialized in them
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you could push your arms shoulders and chest not to 14 or 15 or 20 sets per week but in many cases 25 30 35 sets per week and experience very meaningful growth enhancements that you would never have seen only ever training those 15 sets a week but 15 sets a week might bring you to 70 or 85% of what all of those muscles could eventually have hypertrophied if you only ever specialized in them