One Exercise or More?

OPENING ARGUMENTS  DEFENSE  To get stronger, focus on one exercise and add resistance on that exercise. As you advance, apply “periodization” to your loading scheme.  PROSECUTION  Periodization has been well studied, but less attention has been given to exercise variety. Evidence shows that varying exercises may produce superior results. EVIDENCE One group performed one exercise (for example, squat) for 12 weeks using its 8 RM while increasing the number of sets f