Drop setStrip set

A drop set extends a set past the point where you can no longer complete a rep: you strip weight off and carry straight on without resting, sometimes through several drops. The effect is a much longer effective set at a much higher level of fatigue.

It matters mostly as a time-saver and a way to accumulate volume when equipment or minutes are short. Research comparing drop sets with conventional straight sets generally finds similar muscle growth when total volume is matched, so the honest claim is efficiency rather than superiority.

In practice they are best kept to the end of a session and to machines or dumbbells, where changing the load is quick and safe. They are very fatiguing for the work done, so using them on every exercise tends to cost more in recovery than it returns.