How Many Exercises Should You Do Per Muscle To MAXIMIZE Growth?

Summary by Krater

Dr. Mike Israetel from Renaissance Periodization explains why doing more than 1 to 3 exercises per muscle group per session is usually overkill, and concludes that 1 to 3 exercises and 3 to 12 sets per muscle per session is optimal for muscle growth.

From the video

Answers: How many exercises per muscle per session should I do for muscle growth?

• exercises per muscle group per session
• optimal sets per muscle per session
• junk volume in bodybuilding
• muscle functional angles
• chest exercise selection
• back exercise selection
• quad exercise selection
• hamstring exercise selection
• bicep exercise selection

What it concludes

• More than 3 exercises per muscle per session is overkill.
• Per session and per muscle optimum is between 3 and 12 sets.
• Anything after 12 sets per session is junk volume.
• Most muscles only have 1 to 3 main functional angles.
• In most cases, finding 1 to 2 good exercises per muscle per session and hammering them with multiple sets yields better results than doing many different exercises.