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    1. jailynn24hb

      jailynn24hb Well-Known Member

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      Does anybody here think people should worry about training to failure? You will still get results if you go to failure or not you would just have to deload more frequently if you was going to failure every workout
       
    2. Canellesao

      Canellesao Well-Known Member

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      Does going to failure even matter?

      It doesn't really matter, but it's a nice tool to use once in a while. Just make sure you're not doing it at the start of your workouts or on every sets lol.

      Going to failure can be very taxing on the CNS though.
       
    3. baletki

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      Does going to failure even matter?

      Going to failure doesn't even really effect me if I do it at the start of my workout, I still find it quite easy to progress on everything after
       
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      Does going to failure even matter?

      I think the only time you shouldn't go to failure on every set is on leg day, I couldn't imagine hitting failure on squats and then deads and try to progress on something else lol, that would be torture for me
       
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      vijugati8g Well-Known Member

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      Does going to failure even matter?

      Failing on a concentric phase is hardly a big deal (IMO). I go to failure very often when trying to push for PR's in different rep ranges.

      True muscle failure, concentric and eccentric is a hell of a lot more taxing, though no one really does that all that often.

      P.s a lot of times I find that failure of a rep doesn't come due failure of the muscle but failure of me, not pushing/grinding through the rep, this is where physching, technique and other stuff comes in
       
    6. jailynn24hb

      jailynn24hb Well-Known Member

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      Does going to failure even matter?

      If I go to failure on squats, I might **** all over the squat rack. Lol.

      Well if you can still progress then it's find, some people find going to failure very stressing, others are different. But I'd suggest don't too it all too often though.
       
    7. Canellesao

      Canellesao Well-Known Member

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      Does going to failure even matter?

      How can you go to eccentric failure? What would you have to do induce that? I've never once done that lol
       
    8. alomjabpd

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      Does going to failure even matter?

      I can remember one time when I did squats to failure, I was on my way back up and my whole body tensed up and I let out a massive fart, I was laughing so hard, I was still laughing when I started my next set lol
       
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      laxgoaliesrhs Well-Known Member

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      Does going to failure even matter?

      For my last set of the day, I sometimes lower the weights be half of my working weight, and then go all out to failure until I cry lol. Is that the "concentric and eccentric" failure? It's fun to do but it's ****inh taxing though.
       
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      Does going to failure even matter?

      My take on it would be.

      Say you are benching. You go to concentric failure. Now a spotter helps you get the bar up and you proceed to do negatives with a 3-4 second tempo. Once you fail to adhere to that tempo, you have gone to eccentric failure. You could then proceed to use even faster negatives, but very soon you won't be able to control the weight at all, so I would do this in the power rack.

      Not something that I have done btw.
       
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