posted Thu, 08/15/2013 - 14:43
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training to failure?
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I have always wondered what most people consider "failure" as in "training to failure"...do you consider it when it burns so bad you cant stand the pain for one more rep, or when you physically cannot do another..like get stuck in middle of rep...cause ive been in situations where burn was too much but I wasnt at total muscle failure, and visa versa..mostly dictated by the amount of weight im using..so if doing "burn outs" or "drop sets" wouldnt not being able to stand the pain be failure? -
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Checkout CT fletcher on YouTube. He's all about over training
Well when I am done with a work out say arms I can barley lift the fuckers up. So to me failure is when the muscle is useless for a short amount of time
RustyhookerGoing yo actual physical failure amplifies the probability of tearing your muscles.
Lifting til failure with drops, supers and burnout is pain threshold failure. Lifting for volume...the pump. It's good for pushing into new levels as it "shocks" your system. I don't like lifting to where you're physically stuck for life....risk of tear. But max pump is a great shocker. Keep it for reps....i dont go below 8 reps personally.
ClassyChassisIf you stop when it burns, that is training to failure for you, but that is not what is meant by the term. If you can't stand pain, then you might be in the wrong game. Many people seem to end their set of training calves because it's starting to burn for instance. In my mind the set hasn't even started until my calves begin to burn. The way I have always "trained to failure" is I do as many as I possibly can, and then I imagine a gun to my head and it's 3 more reps or else. It's funny, I always seem to be able to do at least 3 more than I thought I could. For me, when training to failure, sets beyond the warmup are a life and death struggle. So I obviously don't do a lot of sets. You can't. I just make the ones I do, count. But that attitude is what is meant by "training to failure".
Failure to me is not being able to do another rep.Like with squats,I do them in a rack.I set catch bars an inch or two below my squat depth.If I barely push out a rep,I go back down and try for another.I will try to push back up and when I can't come back up,I lean forward to put the weight on the catch bars and crawl out from under.I feel it's important to try for one more rep even when you just barely push or pull the last one.On that last rep I'm still pushing or pulling as hard as I can even though it isn't moving.
No1When most people say train until failure it means every set do reps until you cant do another