"drop set" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drop sets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drop set (plural drop sets)
  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, drop-set, dropset Translations (Lowering the resistance before resting for another set): pudotussarja (Finnish), Reduktionssatz [masculine] (German), dropset (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-drop_set-en-noun-8t6xsssI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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