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For free programs, training courses, recipes, consultations, or to join the free community, visit https://www.kboges.com In this video I briefly discuss hard vs easy sets. To be clear, I am a fan of both. Hard sets, sets performed close to your max, are great for time efficiency, efficient muscle building, and programming simplicity. Easy sets are great too! They are amazing for work capacity, technical development, but they require more total reps (which can be good or bad depending on goals and injury risk/history) and more time to accumulate a comparable muscle building stimulus. If you are starting out, they can be a bit more challenging to program because the relationship of the stimulus provided by each set is variable in a more unpredictable way when compared to hard sets. This doesn’t mean they are bad, but it can make adjusting training volume a little bit difficult, especially for those new to training. My favorite way to program these is with a 10x50% with a strict 1 minute rest. This provides some nice guard rails for those who want to get started with this approach. In general, I usually (not always) recommend a program built around hard sets as a foundational approach to training. But for those looking to get some of the benefits of sub max training, or if you just enjoy this style of training,then give 10x50% a shot.