Does going to failure even matter? I used to see people doing this on concentration curls all the time lol, they would pick up a dumbbell with both hands then attempt to lower it slowly, was hilarious to watch
Does going to failure even matter? yeah I have done that before, it is not a bad idea at all. Ofcourse after having done the concentric properly.
Does going to failure even matter? They would do it on there first rep, it was way to heavy for them, they hardly moved there arm at all
It really depends on many factors if this will affect you. For example I am a vegetarian and I try to make my workouts heavy, short and explosive. I do this because I do not want to loose calories and start using protein as fuel. I guess you understand what I mean when I say calories. Anyway, I do supersets sometimes but when I do normal sets only first exercise I do 4 sets and after that it is 3 with very heavy on the last one and I usually fail on sixth rep. It does the work for me.
Pushing yourself to failure can be a great thing if done right. If you all of your exercises in your workout, you will lose all the energy in your muscles. I only push myself to failure at the end of my workouts. I just do it for one exercise to make sure that I strain the muscles as hard as I can. I hope this helps!
Failure in terms of absolute strength is usually not ideal aka maxing out your bench every week. However failure in terms of metabolic fatigue can be a helpful tool. For example doing an AMRAP set on your accessory like DB presses. Remember that volume is more important than metabolic fatigue for muscle growth though. So doing 3 sets of 10 is better than doing AMRAP sets to failure with 13, 9, 7
Even if you don't reach your goals, you'll still be a better person than when you went through the door before you had your training and gym sessions. I say do it, if you have enough motivation in you, anything is possible. I lost 9 kg in 2 months, and that was my goal from the start. I'm still going, and I feel really great, and even if I hadn't met my goal, I still would have lost some weight, saved a few bucks from not eating as much, and still be able to have a routine day in and day out so I can eventually reach my monthly goals.
Every failure is just one more reason to keep trying harder and harder to achieve what you want. That's my personal point of view. If everyone gave up after first failure we wouldn't have such a technological, medical, [fill in the blanks] advancement.
