Hey, i have a question. I train fullbody 3x per week. I never lifted to failure, just close to it. I recently started more focusing on building muscle, also little bit increased my calories and i have question about training to failure. What i know, training to failure may lead to better muscle and strenght growth, but is very taxing for regeneration. Im intermediate, lifting for like half-year now. Do you think that lifting to failure (only on last sets) will lead to burnout/overtrain, after some time, or with just fullbody 3x per week i should be okay with it and it will be benefically for hypertrophy ? Ty for answers
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Should i lift to failure ?
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You aren't an intermediate lifter if you have only been training for six months. You're still a novice and will be for a while, though that's pretty irrelevant to the question.
A good general rule of thumb is to go until your form starts to fail but not until you have to bail out of a lift because safety can become a factor with some movements like barbell squats.
That said, some programs dictate that you don't lift to form failure, which is perfectly fine and leads to the best advice I can give: As a novice lifter, choose a well-regarded program and follow it for months or even years (not just a few weeks). If you stop making gains or get bored with the program, switch to another well-regarded program.
A good program will tell you how to progressively overload and you won't need to ask whether you should lift to failure.
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The “train to failure Boogeyman “ is a lie. I have trained to failure my whole life, many times beyond failure and I have never “over trained “ or burned out.Originally Posted by Shakewhey
Even now, at age 55, I push for 10-12 or even more sets per body part to Failure…and do it again four days later.
It works great. No fear, zero doubt.
Word of caution- things like squats and deadlifts should stop BEFORE form fails."A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Old Guy deadlifting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zMrim-0Dks
bench press https://youtu.be/GaRzfueJVJQ
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Damn words right out of my mouth. Except I’m not 55 yet.Originally Posted by coachcalande Age: 29
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants"
-Sir Isaac Newton
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It's far more nuanced. But the easyy answer is....
Sure, it's a tool you can use. But isn't required.
Some muscle groups handle failure/recovery better than others, almost universally those that aren't hammered at a long muscle length with the associated matching resistance curve that makes it excessively difficult there. Or those that require a lot of internal stabilisation, if your bracing sucks.
I'd be much more concerned with your nutrition, sleep and programming (see: workload. Not periodisation) than missing reps or coming close.FMH crew - Couch.
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I'm 9 months and a few days away.Originally Posted by BeginnerGainz
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I hope I’m nearly as jacked as you when I get up thereOriginally Posted by paulinkansas Age: 29
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants"
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Going to failure often means needing an extra day for the soreness to pass, if you did more than one failure. Probably does not matter.
I found with chin ups, I got better faster with spread out volume far from failure.
I search for the weight and reps that give me an endorphin high.
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