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do you go to failure on the last set of each exercise?

El Stiffy said:
I'd take every set to absolute screaming your tits off shaking like a epileptic losing bowel control failure, just for the mental toughness it breeds. But its not the best way to train.
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And it's not the best way to retain your gym membership either! :rolleyes:
 
Big Mick said:
You can still be screaming and shaking, but complete that last rep IMO. Not going to failure is not the easy way out as some might think, as a matter of fact keeping yourself on the edge of failure, then rest and repeat will IMO give much better results and more volume.

Mental toughness can be viewed in many ways I guess, I still think ending your workout on a positive, such as an extra rep, and extra few pounds lifted, a new PR will have better long term results that going to failure.

Personally I rather practice to succeed that practice to fail.
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please, please please, give me your definition of "failure" in terms of an exercise performed.
 
Silverback said:
please, please please, give me your definition of "failure" in terms of an exercise performed.
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Fail to complete the rep, no longer able to complete the required lift. ie attempt to lift the bar in a bench/deadlift/squat/press or what ever you might be doing and fail to do so.

Why??? Is there another way to define fail??
 
Seeing this topic is in the bodybuilding sub forum, you would think it's relating to the bodybuilding style of training. In that case you want to overload your muscles and fatigue them, where the weight on the bar (or giving yourself a pat on the back) comes second.
 
Well does it still count if you're wriggling all over the place, recruiting other muscles to finish the rep? Or have you failed if you can no longer maintain strict form? Depends if you're a weight lifter or a body builder I guess?
 
White_Lie said:
Well does it still count if you're wriggling all over the place, recruiting other muscles to finish the rep? Or have you failed if you can no longer maintain strict form? Depends if you're a weight lifter or a body builder I guess?
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In bodybuilding and crossfit, it does. wriggling, humping the air, screaming obscenities = extra rep. perfecto. :D
 
And [MENTION=8428]Big Mick[/MENTION]; going along with your weird reasoning, I gather you have entered a PL comp at some time, did you win? no?
Well FAIL on you brickbat!
 
I've been working on some pretty high end equipment lately, no barbell work at all.
what I've noticed about going to fatigue on these machines is there is not sticking point, the strength curve is flat, in that I fatigue at any given point, near to no friction on the machine means I can move at a constant cadence which also means I can also truly track my progression.

the staff think that my form and intensity of work is the best they've seen and use me as a for testing purposes.

at 53 years old my tested strength is in the 1%.
ive trained true H.I.T for the last 25 years of my life.

Going to fatigue works.
 
I want to see a video of [MENTION=3627]Silverback[/MENTION]; working them machines like a boss. is that poss??
 
The workout at the mo is one set of each to mmf.
abductor
leg ext
leg press
leg curl
lumber
pullover
pulldown
pec dec
chest press
neg dips
iso row
row
forearm
4 way neck
takes about 30
 
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