How often do you train to failure? and how many sets?

How often do you train to failure? and how many sets?

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  1. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I dont train at all just like the rest of the board

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

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  2. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    i dont really feel like i trained if i dont go to failure, out of habit i guess, ive been told its far from optimal

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Let's say you do curls. Would you warm up, then do 1 set to failure and move on to another exercise? Or warm up and do 2+ sets to failure?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        usually it warm up, one working set leaving maybe 4-5 reps in, i like doing very high reps on this first one (+20) and then as many set to failure as i feel i need, normally 2-3, i just go completely by feel

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          I don't warm up at all and I go to failure every single set I do, including the first. However, I do lower to a lighter weight, do reps with strict form and slow eccentric, so the first few reps are kind of like a warm up. Am I doing it wrong?

  3. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    my 4th set

  4. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    24 sets per group a week
    only about 4 of those are taken to failure. I normally run with only 1 rep in reserve and do a to failure set at the end of every week on everything to make sure it's not more than one but that's it. I only use failure as proof of concept it doesn't make up a large part of my volume.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >I only use failure as proof of concept
      Based. This idea is why I (OP) asked this question to begin with.

  5. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

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        Anonymous

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  6. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >How often do you train to failure?
    every time I'm in the gym, right now about every 5 days because I'm working a lot
    >and how many sets?
    At least my first set to gauge progress, I take the rest of my sets to about RPE 8-9

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >every 5 days because I'm working a lot
      How has your progress been?
      >my first set to gauge progress, I take the rest of my sets to about RPE 8-9
      that's interesting. I think most people 'save' the failure set for later, not the first set. Do you feel fricked after that first set?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >How has your progress been?
        Steady. Working out right now is just something I have to do to stay in acceptable shape, it really isn't a priority, but when I minmax digestion and rest days I can still get stronger.
        >that's interesting. I think most people 'save' the failure set for later, not the first set. Do you feel fricked after that first set?
        I train in the 12-30 rep range, after watching the Bilbo Method guy on instagram (insane bench presser from Spain) and it is really working well for me. Whenever I train with less than 12 reps I can't really work and study the way I want to.
        As far fatigue from the first set, it's manageable. The reps drop significantly in the following sets, but I expect it. I like going all out and only caring basically about the first set and then having some freedom for the rest of the workout to say "I just need to go to RPE 8 or 9, the reps don't matter here"

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          >Steady.
          Awesome. Saving this method for when things get hard for me.
          >reps drop significantly in the following sets, but I expect it
          Makes sense. I think you've found what works for you best psychologically. I find that if I push hard on the first set, I can't put as much effort into later sets (RPE goes from like 10 to 5). So I build up to the hard set.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        The point of going to failure is to produce the maximum amount of tension that you're capable of in order to terrorize your body into making enough muscle for that particular amount of work not to cause that much stress. Then you do it again when you're recovered with more weight or reps and it has to adapt with even more muscle. If you weaken yourself with sets beforehand it won't work as well.

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          Getting redpilled here, anon. Say your failure set is 100 lb for 10 reps. What would be your warm ups? Do you do a "feeder" set before the failure st (say 5-8 reps at 100 lb)?

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            you do normal reps for like 3x8-12, then on your 4th set you do that same weight till failure, if you can start going over 12 on that last failure set, up the weight for the whole thing, repeat and see gains

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            I'd say go as far as like 85lbs for 5 reps with the warmup if I was going to 100lbs to failure at around 10 reps. I'm sure there's optimal numbers but I only really worry about stopping before a rep gets grindy.

  7. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Once a week with each muscle. One set and then one immediate followup set if I didn't manage to really use all the gas in the tank, two follow ups if I still suck at the particular lift.

  8. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Everytime I train.
    Dropsets on everything

  9. 11 months ago
    Love & Sin

    Every set (unless I have an injury, in which case I drop the weight a lot and increase the reps). 4 sets per exercise, usually 5 exercises per day.

  10. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I try to train to failure with every set, but honestly I usually end with 1/2 RIR 🙁

  11. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I train to failure to guesstimate what is my true rep max on given exercise with given weight. Most lifters are training way beyond treshold that they perceive as theirs 2-3 RIR. As Greg Nuckols said training to failure could be suboptimal but at least you're sure that youre reps are effective. I also like to go to failure at last set, either AMRAP or dropset, depedns on exercise.

  12. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I rarelt train to failure except when doing Zercher squats. For some reason I always end up destroying my legs with a set to failure when I do them instead of doing a more reasonable weight/rep combo.

  13. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Depending on the exercise. I like to use reverse pyramid for compound movements. As a rule of thumb I try to do around 25 working reps. 5*5, 4*8-9, 2*12-15. I do real failure sets only on small exercise like lateral raises (first set 12 reps, second set AMRAP, wait 15 seconds, do AMRAP).

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