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Anyone have experience with doing giant/dead sets of exercise (consecutive set of 50 reps with no rest)? Latest program my trainer gave me incorporates a few of these for each weight training day. Curious if there are any specific benefits of these over your more normal 3x + rest routines.

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Deadlifts are probably the only one I'd be somewhat nervous about doing at really high reps just because I think i might start getting sloppy 3/4 the way in.  Guess we'll see in a few weeks how well this works out!  It's honestly just hard estimating the appropriate weight for high rep sets like this.

I’ve done some of those in the past with deadlifts, backsquat, and bench press. I’ve seen some impressive gains on it. DL 315x30 multiple times a week and after that i could warm up with that weight cold any day of the week. Same with the other lifts

We've followed a pretty formulaic progression so far so I wonder if this is more just breaking things up to keep things interesting.  There's a combination of these mega-sets and pushing a lot more toward 5 rep maxes this cycle.

If your goal is to build muscle, there is no benefit over a traditional set/rep scheme. You will be limited by cardio, your ability to keep proper form, and the mental strain of a 50 rep set.

Trainers love nonsense like this. It feels very hard, but it's actually not very productive.