If I do (for example) 10 squats 5 times over the space of the day, is that just as good as going 50 squats once a day? Why or why not?

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If I do (for example) 10 squats 5 times over the space of the day, is that just as good as going 50 squats once a day? Why or why not?

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Answer 1

One point that hasn’t been mentioned is that you don’t use all your muscle fibers on your first squat. Only as some muscle cells tire are others recruited. The idea of doing a set with an appropriate weight is to tire as much of the muscle as possible in one set. If you only do 10 squats (at a weight that you could do 50) you won’t end up working all your muscle fibers.