Repping to failure.

[andybonse]

If i do one muscle group once per week would training the muscle not caring about the amount of sets you do matter?

For example: Last week when i did my biceps i lifted one weight till i couldnt do a set of 8, then i lower the weight and carried on till i couldnt lift etc...

my arms hurt more than usual but felt good to know i had a good workout, is this good for growth or would you class it as over training?

[Hesiodd]

no reason to change a basic way of body building that's been done for the last 70 years.

Do a certain amount of sets with a certain amount of reps.

For growth, you want to do MORE reps. Weight doesn't matter as much as form and reps

[Joelsopher]

If i do one muscle group once per week would training the muscle not caring about the amount of sets you do matter?

For example: Last week when i did my biceps i lifted one weight till i couldnt do a set of 8, then i lower the weight and carried on till i couldnt lift etc...

my arms hurt more than usual but felt good to know i had a good workout, is this good for growth or would you class it as over training?

super sets are good.. like.. say you lift 30lb dumbbells as many as you can, then drop 10 lbs, to 20 lbs, then do that as many as u can, then drop anohter 10 lbs.. when ur doin 10lb dumbbells u look like a pussy but its so ****in hard its ridiculous

[andybonse]

yeah i did supersets on my arms with like 5kg per arm and i was dieing lmao but i started with 20kg per arm and just worked down!

Are supersets still good for muscle building?

[bonjorno]

thats not supersets
its dropsets

[bvr17ac]

Supersets are good for muscle building because it keeps the intensity high on the muscles.

But adding loads of sets after eachother until you can't lift anymore is pointless, you might aswel up the weight/intensity so that you get to that point of failure in a shorter space of time with only a couple of sets, you still get the same growth stimulation because you have gone to failure but you have burnt less energy and havnt used up so many of your body sources like glycogen and ATP in the muscles so you will recover faster.

But yeah adding set after set could eventually lead to overtraining

good luck bud, hope this helps

[SeizeTheWeight]

For growth, you want to do MORE reps. Weight doesn't matter as much as form and reps

Terrible advice.
And yes, you're describing dropsets, not supersets.
Dropsets are good, but you need to lower the number of sets overall in the workout.
If you increase the intensity (as you are doing with dropsets to failure) you should decrease the duration and frequency

[10TonBrick]

no reason to change a basic way of body building that's been done for the last 70 years.

Do a certain amount of sets with a certain amount of reps.

For growth, you want to do MORE reps. Weight doesn't matter as much as form and reps

fail

OP- go to failure on 1 big compound per day, and the rest leave a few reps in the tank.

[LeeRoi]

fail

OP- go to failure on 1 big compound per day, and the rest leave a few reps in the tank.

so your saying lets say i'm doing chest workout, i do 3 x 6 bench press and then add a few lbs and do it to failure..then rest and repeat a couple more times?

[10TonBrick]

so your saying lets say i'm doing chest workout, i do 3 x 6 bench press and then add a few lbs and do it to failure..then rest and repeat a couple more times?

sure. or just on the last set of each exercise. id keep the weight the same tho. you should already be going heavy.

take a weight you can get for 12, and do it for 8-10