how many sets should you do per muscle, per workout?

Man, this is a really hard question to answer.

Because it depends on a number of factors.

Your training age, your chronological age, your joint health, and your training split.

But let's assume you're doing the correct exercises.

You're doing them with great form.

You're taking your sets 1-2 reps shy of failure, but NOT actually hitting failure.

And you're keeping your reps in a range of 5-10, per set.

You're also training about 4 days per week, getting enough rest and eating properly.

In that case the number of work sets (not including warm ups) should be anywhere from 2 to about 6-8.

For most people 6-8 will probably be the top end.

If you are doing a full body program 3 days per week you usually can't do more than about 3 hard sets and recover within 48 hours.

If you're doing upper/lower you can get away with slightly more.

And on a push/pull/legs rotational split that I designed for MIDLIFE MUSCLE, you can do about 6 sets per body part... if you want to be ready to train that muscle again in 5 days.

That's what I've programmed for you.

Now, there's a caveat.

Some people who are stressed the f*ck out, sleep deprived or just have awful recovery ability might not be able to do the full 6 sets.

You might be better off with 5. And in rare cases, even 4.

But so you know for sure I'll break it down for you on the MIDLIFE MUSCLE MENTORSHIP call that is a F.R.E.E. gift for everyone who picks up their copy before this weekend is over.

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Jay Ferruggia