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Multiple Sets Question
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It's not necessary to train to failure, and it really depends how you train and what sort of routine you are following.
Say your doing 3 sets of 10 reps at the same weight, then you would want to aim to be at failure (or close to) on the last rep of the last set. So the first set should be hard, but not get to failure.
This is quite a general rule, and many people will train different.
Say your doing 3 sets of 10 reps at the same weight, then you would want to aim to be at failure (or close to) on the last rep of the last set. So the first set should be hard, but not get to failure.
This is quite a general rule, and many people will train different.
Hi,
I would advise you to use your first set (or two) as a warm up to make sure joints and muscles involved in the movement are feeling ok for the day. Dont push too hard or too fast early on in the workout.
To failure or not failure is your choice but regardless of what you chose, you still have to work hard as I am sure you appreciate.
I hope that helped?
I would advise you to use your first set (or two) as a warm up to make sure joints and muscles involved in the movement are feeling ok for the day. Dont push too hard or too fast early on in the workout.
To failure or not failure is your choice but regardless of what you chose, you still have to work hard as I am sure you appreciate.
I hope that helped?
I would always do one warm-up set with the warm-up weight being half of what I planned on lifting.
Ex. if I was going to be doing 60lb DB benching, I would do a set of 10 with 30lbs AFTER I warmed up my shoulders and chest with some stretching. Then I would aim at 8-10 per set. 8-10 are usually where I lift to failure at meaning I'm struglling to maintain form usually by the 8-10 mark. Most of the time, doing a single drop-set.
It's good for gaining and seeing the gains quick doing it that way. Atleast for ME it worked. Everybody's body accepts things differently.
Ex. if I was going to be doing 60lb DB benching, I would do a set of 10 with 30lbs AFTER I warmed up my shoulders and chest with some stretching. Then I would aim at 8-10 per set. 8-10 are usually where I lift to failure at meaning I'm struglling to maintain form usually by the 8-10 mark. Most of the time, doing a single drop-set.
It's good for gaining and seeing the gains quick doing it that way. Atleast for ME it worked. Everybody's body accepts things differently.
Multiple sets, giant sets, all good stuff, warm up set important, training to failure often is not good but once in a while its important to push that bar as high as you can and set new PB's and that can often end in failure at a certain point.
Train hard, enjoy.
Train hard, enjoy.