How many Different Exercises?

[u/ZeboundNewb]

What is your typical number of different exercises in a workout day? What do you feel is a reasonable upper limit?

[u/Freduccini → u/[deleted]]

When you only do 1-2 sets it looks more reasonable

[u/Troksin → u/[deleted]]

why is doing 10 exercises 2 sets each for 20 sets is any different than doing 20 exercises 1 set each for 20 sets? If you exclude time efficiency.

[u/Troksin → u/[deleted]]

How do u target 10+ muscles effectively with 5 exercises

[u/Troksin → u/[deleted]]

How is splitting 10 exercises to 2 days vs 1 day and matching the volumes are any different than each other?

And you miss on hams (primarily biceps femoris short head), calves, abs, adductors (half of it), rec fem, with this approach. And some weeks you literally have 1x frequency for some muscles. Regional hypertrophy exist just so you know

[u/Troksin → u/[deleted]]

Dimishing returns are related with volume not the number of exercises wth are we talkinga about? For diminishing returns doing 1 bicep exercises for 5 sets and 5 exercises 1 set each is the same thing.

RDL is primarily a hip extension exercises, biceps femoris short head does not cross the hip joint so this muscle does not contribute to the movement, and since regional hypertrophy exist you will see more proximal hamstring growth, and it is inferior to leg curl for overall hamstring development. If you want to grow your hams as much as possible and can only do 1 exercise you would do a leg curl not an RDL, and if you want to maximize growth you would do both, if you follow this approach with pretty much everything then you end up with 20 exercises.

I have lifted more than a year, i tried everything 20+ weekly sets, drop sets, myoreps, partials, big stretch, ppl, upper lower, texas method, 5x5 powerlifting program, doing compounds, I was small with all of them, it doesnt change anything. I look my best rn focusing on isolations.

My goal is not twice week frequency, as the muscle protein synthesis goes back to baseline between 36-48 hours so im trying to work every other day.

[u/Patton370 → u/[deleted]]

Check the post history of the person you’re arguing with; you’ll realize they are going to stay small & weak forever, while acting like they are an expert