Everything to failure?

[hittman]

is it alright to do all exercises (apart from maybe bench press) to failure?

 

[redleg]

it's not a good idea to train always to failure. i probably go for a PR about once every 2 months or so. other than that i train just a couple of reps before failure

 

[hittman]

sorry, PR?

 

[JG1]

I always train to failure....always.....

 

[Fatty4You]

sorry, PR?

PR stands for Personal Record. Basically, if you never benched 200 lbs and then you finally do it one day, you set a new PR for yourself.

However, in my opinion, PR and training to failure have nothing to do with each other. A PR is simply doing something that you have never done before. If try and bench 135 for 10 reps, regardless of whether or not it goes to failure, and i have never done it before... guess what, just set a new PR.

But anyway, as the other guys said above, I wouldn't go to failure all the time. You're gonna drain yourself too much.

-Fatty

 

[T-Rage]

I have read many studies/articles in the last year or so that say that not only is going to failure unnecessary but may actually hinder your recovery. As Lee Haney says all throughout his Mr. Olympia training video, "Stimulate don't anilate". The articles claim that the stimulation needed to grow is reached prior to reaching failure and that going to failure doesn't necessary increase the stimulation to grow but just makes it take longer to recover.

 

[Debaser]

Depends on what you're doing. Failure and rest-pause techniques can be invaluable in your training. I train to failure when I do HIT or DC style training always, sometimes when I do HST (you'll understand if you see the program), or I train 1 rep prior to failure with Hardgainer style training ala John Christy.

 

[rjl296]

if you go to failure allthe time, you will prolly overtrain quickly. I think HIT is good for a coupla weeks. There are better ways to train

 

[Debaser]

if you go to failure allthe time, you will prolly overtrain quickly. I think HIT is good for a coupla weeks. There are better ways to train

Interesting theory, considering the central premise of HIT is to cease overtraining. Explain to me how I would overtrain training twice a week doing 1 at most 2 sets of an exercise to failure, when these guys are training 4-6 times a week with 20-50 sets a bodypart are not.

 

[Robert Jan]

i have been adding strength and mass for months doing every single set to failure.

I think if id change this now i would have the feeling im doing a totally half assed workout every time