"drop set" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-drop set.wav Forms: drop sets [plural], drop-set [alternative], dropset [alternative]
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  1. (bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise wherein muscular failure is reached and before resting the exercise is continued with decreased resistance to failure. Categories (topical): Bodybuilding, Exercise Synonyms: reduction set Translations (Lowering the resistance before resting for another set): pudotussarja (Finnish), Reduktionssatz [masculine] (German), dropset (Swedish)

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