training with every set pushed to failure? any opinions would be great

[Power2PumpIron]

for the past 8 months i have been training with certain number of reps and sets depending on workout, obviously changing it around every couple of months..

but recently i have begun to train with reps to failure.. so i will do 4 sets per exercise but every set is to failure

i have found this method in training really beneficial for my muscular development and have noticed a large difference in strength and endurance.

does anyone else do this?
is it good or bad?
any other opinions would be great.

[Power2PumpIron]

bumpittyy bump bump.

[slurpslurp]

i do last set to failure.
feels good man

[Power2PumpIron]

i do last set to failure.
feels good man

imagine the feeling after doing every set to failure

feelslikebeenhitbyatruckman.

[BamaBruce]

imagine the feeling after doing every set to failure

feelslikebeenhitbyatruckman.

haha I may start doing this....

[Power2PumpIron]

haha I may start doing this....

yeh man, its good, just take it easy tho, wen u first start doing it you probly will only be able to get through half your workout before u feel like passing out ahha, so just build it up

[DMB2012]

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[BamaBruce]

yeh man, its good, just take it easy tho, wen u first start doing it you probly will only be able to get through half your workout before u feel like passing out ahha, so just build it up

alright well how beneficial for a cut?

[Power2PumpIron]

alright well how beneficial for a cut?

id say.. VERY beneficial.

[xHoward]

Training to failure every set is asking for a burnout unless you keep the volume fairly low. If it's working, by all means continue, but if you feel run down at all take a few days off.

[BamaBruce]

id say.. VERY beneficial.

okay...well should I start out doing the last sets to failure, and work up, or what exactly? thanks!

[IronSOman]

I thought there was a lot of articles about how doing that is counterproductive.

[DMB2012]

What would be the point?

[Power2PumpIron]

Training to failure every set is asking for a burnout unless you keep the volume fairly low. If it's working, by all means continue, but if you feel run down at all take a few days off.

yeh your exactly right.. in the first 2 weeks of doing it i found it very difficuilt to even go through a full workout.. usuall feel run down by the 3rd exercise.. but eventually that wasnt a problem and now i am going through full workouts with this method.. looking to bump the weight up soon.

[Power2PumpIron]

okay...well should I start out doing the last sets to failure, and work up, or what exactly? thanks!

yeh for sure man.. start by doing ur last set of each exercise to failure.. and then eventually do more and more till failure untill eventually you are doing your hole workout to faliure..
but dont rush into it, take it easy.
if this method is not proving to be beneficial to you because of the extra need for recovery orrr the fact that doing every set to failure makes you burnout half way through the excersise, think about wether u should continue doing it or not.

[Power2PumpIron]

I thought there was a lot of articles about how doing that is counterproductive.

that is why i wanted to find out other peoples opinons, because for me it is proving to be highly productive.

[DMB2012]

Workout schemes like that will work, for a little while, but as the muscles become larger and more dense, failure work will result in fail.

Keep it simple.

[SandMayne]

Currently modified my strength routine for hypertrophy with rep ranges in the moderate to high going to failure on most of my work sets.

come at me hypertrophy.

[Connor77]

The last reps before failure is where your fast twitch muscle fibers are recruited the most. In theory, this sounds great because fast twitch fibers is where the majority of muscle hypertrophy comes from, but I would love for some experts to come in and prove me wrong

[DMB2012]

Brb reasearching "fast twitch" muscle fibers.

[TheBroBrah]

Training to failure is going to lead to overtraining. Trust me i went to failure on every single set of every single exercise for the first 5 months i lifted. Even squats and deads. I ended up with tendinitis and it was not fun.

[Power2PumpIron]

Workout schemes like that will work, for a little while, but as the muscles become larger and more dense, failure work will result in fail.

Keep it simple.

how does it become inneffective as the muscles become larger and more dense? (srs question)

Currently modified my strength routine for hypertrophy with rep ranges in the moderate to high going to failure on most of my work sets.

come at me hypertrophy.

feelsgoodman.

[nt4sell]

for the past 8 months i have been training with certain number of reps and sets depending on workout, obviously changing it around every couple of months..

but recently i have begun to train with reps to failure.. so i will do 4 sets per exercise but every set is to failure

i have found this method in training really beneficial for my muscular development and have noticed a large difference in strength and endurance.

does anyone else do this?
is it good or bad?
any other opinions would be great.

i recently started a new program where the first 3 weeks everything was to failure but weight was based on ORM somewhere around 40 or 50%
it was to help build endurance. i saw some decent gains, but squats and good mornings to failure suck ass.

[five1trix]

I know we all think we are in shape...but try doing a crossfit wod "murph".

**** i see new people walking into the gym thinking they are in shape because they lifted for a year or two, but try a crossfit workout and they wont know what real fitness is.

[Power2PumpIron]

Training to failure is going to lead to overtraining. Trust me i went to failure on every single set of every single exercise for the first 5 months i lifted. Even squats and deads. I ended up with tendinitis and it was not fun.

fooooooooooook... but its working so well naoo..

[TheBroBrah]

fooooooooooook... but its working so well naoo..

Do it if you really want too. But you'll have a much higher risk of problems later on down the road.

[SandMayne]

I know we all think we are in shape...but try doing a crossfit wod "murph".

**** i see new people walking into the gym thinking they are in shape because they lifted for a year or two, but try a crossfit workout and they wont know what real fitness is.

nty. not into cross****.

[SandMayne]

Do it if you really want too. But you'll have a much higher risk of problems later on down the road.

like what lol. splain yourself.

[Power2PumpIron]

I know we all think we are in shape...but try doing a crossfit wod "murph".

**** i see new people walking into the gym thinking they are in shape because they lifted for a year or two, but try a crossfit workout and they wont know what real fitness is.

i have never done a crossfit workout, i have heard alot about them and my mate does them, the contrast between his fitness and mine is pretty distinct haha.

[TheBroBrah]

like what lol. splain yourself.

Tendonitis, joint problems, RC problems, Lower Back problems, CNS problems.

After i stopped going to failure everything started going away.