Training to failure

[bodyartt]

Hi folks,

This is not about whether training to failure is good or not. It is about recovery time when u train to failure. Does anyone have personal experience of training to failure? If so, is your recovery time unusually long like a week or even more? When u don't train to failure u can recover quickly ,so......

Just asking for personal experience...thanks.

[Gnrl]

It depends.

- How many sets are you taking to failure?
- Heavy weight, low rep failure?
- Light weight, high rep failure?
- What exercises (bench press is more taxing than a pec fly)?
- How much do you eat?
- Are you being labour intensive outside the gym?
- Sleep?
- Genetics
- Lifting experience

We could answer, but it would be so arbitrary.

You build from recovery, not killing yourself in the gym. Ideally you'd do the least amount of work to still see results...

Imo, my best results is when I have worked to speed failure. I.e. when my reps are losing form or slowing down, I will stop. I am able to train twice a week doing this. Don't know whether this helps.

[dmacdonal9]

If you do it once in awhile, like every few weeks, there's no real impact on recovery. If you do it consistently there absolutely is. That's why it's best used sparingly in the context of a periodized program. Ramp up, peak (take it to failure), taper, that kind of thing.