I am in the Wendler/Carter camp. Sub-max training.
You know he (Carter) attributed his greatest gains in size to DC training, aka training to absolute failure.
I see no need to change to appease the whims of internet warriors.
Never ever 'train to fail', always leave at least one in the tank. I think in many years of training I only failed 3 or 4 times, once was at PTC attempting a new PB for bench after a bench training seminar still traumatized by that, and involved some peer pressure to try for more.
Training to fail is bad for your state of mind I believe, as it does exactly that trains you to fail. Who wants to practice failing?? You should practice succeeding when you train, not failing. Failing repeatedly in training gets your mind and body accustomed to not succeed and accept it as normal to fail. For me missing a lift is not an option.
Don't think so, seemed pretty straight forward to me.
Seems really simple, if you practice something you get conditioned to do it and accept it as normal. Training to failure sets you up for failure as you get used to attempting and not completing a lift.
Same thing, just a different word.
Going to momentary muscular fatigue doesn't necessarily mean you can't complete the rep however, you would know that attempting another rep beyond that last one would not be possible.