We've all heard the yells and grunts of guys in the gym. Making faces and frowning as their muscles cry out in failure.
In this article today, I'm going to be explaining the importance of muscle failure and how to achieve it.
Every person in the gym that's worth their salt has pushed their muscles to the limit.
I was lifting 85 lbs dumb bells yesterday on the incline bench when I reached failure on the down stroke. If it weren't for my spotter, I would've been in serious trouble.
I knew I was done with chest for the day, and unlike so many other trainees, I moved on to another exercise after that.
Training to muscle failure means you've recruited just about all of your muscle fibers and they've all failed. Muscles produce lactic acid when they oxidize (move). Eventually they reach a limit of saturation and can't move anymore.
This is important because you've now effectively torn that majority of the muscle. Giving you the maximum chance of recovery.
It's like this. If you only damage 60% of your muscle, only 60% of it will repair itself. But if you damage 95% of your muscle, 95% will repair itself and you will see growth a lot faster. It may take longer to recover, but generally, you'll see greater growth because you have greater repair going on.
Keep your tempo steady throughout the lift while keeping your technique as good as possible. Make sure it's your muscles failing and not your joints. Keep a positive attitude and push through the pain until you can't perform the movement anymore.
With that being said, it's a good idea to have a spotter with you when you do this. Either your training partner, or someone else. This can be dangerous as I've pointed out above, but if you want to see greater growth, this is a great strategy.
Your spotter needs to be vigilant as to when you're about to fail and you need to communicate your failure point with your spotter.
I would end with the cliche, No Pain, No Gain, but that's not exactly true, lol. So I'll just say, Train Hard and Train Smart. - 31525
In this article today, I'm going to be explaining the importance of muscle failure and how to achieve it.
Every person in the gym that's worth their salt has pushed their muscles to the limit.
I was lifting 85 lbs dumb bells yesterday on the incline bench when I reached failure on the down stroke. If it weren't for my spotter, I would've been in serious trouble.
I knew I was done with chest for the day, and unlike so many other trainees, I moved on to another exercise after that.
Training to muscle failure means you've recruited just about all of your muscle fibers and they've all failed. Muscles produce lactic acid when they oxidize (move). Eventually they reach a limit of saturation and can't move anymore.
This is important because you've now effectively torn that majority of the muscle. Giving you the maximum chance of recovery.
It's like this. If you only damage 60% of your muscle, only 60% of it will repair itself. But if you damage 95% of your muscle, 95% will repair itself and you will see growth a lot faster. It may take longer to recover, but generally, you'll see greater growth because you have greater repair going on.
Keep your tempo steady throughout the lift while keeping your technique as good as possible. Make sure it's your muscles failing and not your joints. Keep a positive attitude and push through the pain until you can't perform the movement anymore.
With that being said, it's a good idea to have a spotter with you when you do this. Either your training partner, or someone else. This can be dangerous as I've pointed out above, but if you want to see greater growth, this is a great strategy.
Your spotter needs to be vigilant as to when you're about to fail and you need to communicate your failure point with your spotter.
I would end with the cliche, No Pain, No Gain, but that's not exactly true, lol. So I'll just say, Train Hard and Train Smart. - 31525
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