Exercise until failure, then reduce weight & continue w more reps until failure again (process repeats w reduction in weight) is called what?

• A. Drop set
• B. Greedo set
• C. Pyramid set
• D. Cluster set

Answer: (A)

Drop sets involve pushing a exercise to failure, then immediately reducing the weight and continuing to failure again, repeating as you lower the load. This keeps the muscle under tension beyond the initial point of fatigue, increasing total reps and intensity in a single extended set. It’s a classic way to boost hypertrophy and muscular endurance by stacking failure bouts with progressively lighter loads.

This differs from pyramid sets, which follow a planned progression of weight across sets (often increasing or decreasing in a structured way) rather than continuing to failure with immediate weight drops. Cluster sets use short rests between small blocks of reps at the same weight, rather than dropping the weight mid-set. Greedo set is not a standard term in equipment-based resistance training.