Training to Failure 101: When Should You Stop a Set? (to Build More Muscle or Increase Strength)

GREAT video, thanks man, i thought going to failure meant actually failing on the set and having to recruit other muscles to push the weight up (bad form) ..

what about blowing your load on the last set?

what sort of tempo would you use for the acceleration of the concentric phase?

Implying cheat curls are bad and not considered better by like 50% of lifters

I train to failure squat and deadlift on daily basis and I am stronger than anyone who pumps up and shit.

I think the equation does not work here: Mass = Force / Acceleration so if we increase the acceleration we will have less mass!

So to build mass we should lift quicker, not slower? I thought people always say to do reps slowly to increase muscle mass.

I'm just about to get back into weight training after years off, and even back then I didn't know what I was doing. So all advice is appreciated.

Thanks I had this doubt for a long time. Now I know I should not do it. Grinding for about half a year or more and my strength and size hit a plateau.

I think it is important to note however, there are defiantly workouts that build more mass and are much more essential to building a big and strong muscle. If you focus the ones that do this to failure first you are encouraging linear progression every workout. Meaning your increasing weight as well growing the muscle better. The reasons you state are your range of motion and technique breaks down? If you have been lifting for awhile and always focus on it then you train to failure? I think the idea would be more in place of people who do not have enough experience lifting.

OK got it, at last, however, I have got to train out my old habits! I've been hearing this stuff for a while, but I am so used to cranking out those few extra reps! I think I already know when the stop point is, I just need to learn to stop at that point! Back in the gym tomorrow, so I will make every effort to put this into practice, thank Omar

I wonder if this is why my gains are slowing right down? Be interesting to see what happens

Training to get better at training

Great video man..that was really  neat how you put that.

probably the best video I've seen on training goals.. thanks a bunch Omar. very concise

smashed it brh

BOOM...good shit.

This video.. is amazing ! Thank you !! :)

what if you add creatine ?

Love your videos Omar but i respectfully disagree. I am an advocate of HIT, I know I know, most people hate on it. But when you study it, it really makes more sense than any other training theory out there, if you haven't already, look up Arthur Jones and Ellington Darden and even Mike Mentzers thoughts and advice about training. (Or ask me) I entered it skeptical and every doubt I had about it was answered with sound logic. I've experienced three imes the results on HIT as opposed to standard volume training and everyone I've trained did as well. My Instagram is Jonathan_vuncannon if you want to see the result pics.

Cheat curls are legit brah

goal of training is to last longer next time you train

You and AthleanX need to get together and talk about this stuff since your workout plans are so different!

When Should You Stop a Set?
After your burial ceremony you can make a pause to change weights

Isometrics recruit a lot of muscle fibres. Where do they fit into the whole mass x acceleration stuff?

Thanks, this explain why i can do 12, then 6 to then finnish on 4 reps. I thought it was me whom had to much white muscle fibres, but maybe reason is i train like a motherf****er

When you say "speed" slows down, exactly what rep speed are you referring to ?

you have the most important accurate information on the internet about building muscle and body building you deserve way more credit

you bro scienced your math. f=ma; more a does not mean more m; more acceleration does not mean more MFR.

I like your videos when you explain why things work..please keep them coming!

Do you even lift bro?

"they blow their load too early" probably in ways more than what's focused here.

so if you stop before you start struggling, do you do the extra reps after the break?

Would you be able to explain True Failure?

"Gravity is getting a workout"

just awesome video

lol he calls it science, more like pseudo science.

no matter, I will listen to Jeff btw.

I can tell you right now, even if you use steroids, going to failure too often can and will lead to over training....I see tons of guys that compete in my gym, and most do not train to failure...some guys, literally use light weight, and stop many reps short of failure...Not sure how that can make them big though...

Just figured I have been training to failure in all three ways at the last set of each exercise which is why my cns is burned out all the time. Omar, thank you once again!

what are u going to do next....breakout the muscle markers....i was on the ground lmao!!!!

How about training for the new volume guidelines you and Eric Helms etc. recommend? One of your vids vids for delts recommends 20 rep sets and the total sets and reps for delts is nearing 10 plus sets and 100 reps. Huh? No CNS overload there on squats, dead’s, back...come on. Any limit to total sets and reps per session or per week? Schoenfeld trains a lot of chemically enhanced athletes, yet you idolize him.

"Bro, do you even blow your load???"

I don’t like sassy kno it all omar 😂😂glad you got a little more laid back

How can you progressive overload regularly without failure?

Question even if i am doing strength training, is it the same? let's say 5*5 training

This video is what made me understand training years ago great video bro agin

Thanks for the vid. I'm a beginner and I've been struggling with training to failure for months. I constantly yo-yo between pushing till I get some sort of minor joint injury and lowering weights, feeling guilty about whether or not I'm pushing hard enough. All that's done for me is give me periods of extreme fatigue (lately my saturdays are always burnt because I'm too sore and/or tired to even think straight) and feeling afraid of working out (I've thankfully kept my consistency though). I always don't know when it's ok to stop and it sucks because I don't want to waste my time in the gym either. Next time, I'll keep these 3 rules in mine and see if I my performance gets better. Cheers!

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Very good video. I have been trying to find info on this everywhere . You may have saved my body.