Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you only have time to get in one single set, is it really worth it? Will you make gains over time with single-set training?

Once you’ve made those changes and the next clean rep still isn’t there, a small change in training method can help.

Volume is the gold standard in muscle building. Bodybuilders chase it, classic programs like German Volume Training and FST-7 are built around it, and most lifters still measure progress in sets and ...