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 | | Should You Train to Failure? By Chad Waterbury | |
Should
You Train to Failure?
By Chad WaterburyThere
certainly are times when training to failure is acceptable. For
single joint exercises, I think training to failure is okay and
sometimes beneficial. But is it necessary? I've never seen a situation
where training to balls-out failure resulted in more hypertrophy
than simply training with a moderate balance of intensity, volume,
and speed.I
look at training from a fatigue management standpoint. And I think
Charles Staley will agree with me on this. The key to successful
training is dependant on managing fatigue, as he's eloquently stated
on numerous occasions.Failure
training, especially with big compound exercises, accumulates more
fatigue than any other type of training. That can be both good
and bad, depending on how well you control fatigue. Sure, fatigue
is an inevitable aspect of training, and approaching a person's
ceiling of fatigue management is necessary to develop fitness levels.
But at what cost?With
single joint exercises, the cost is very low. I mean, how much
central and peripheral nervous system fatigue can a set of preacher
curls induce? Not much, even if you did multiple sets to failure.
Now imagine what an impact a set of full squats taken to hell-raising
failure will do to your nervous system, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The
logical basis of failure training is that it recruits most of your
motor units. That's true, but you can also recruit most of your
motor unit pool by attempting to lift large loads as fast as possible. For
example, 90% of your 1RM isn't going to move quickly, regardless
of how fast you attempt to move it. But that's okay. It's the effort
to move a large load quickly that results in the recruitment of
most of your motor unit pool. And when you attempt to move large
loads quickly, you don't need to reach failure. And by not reaching
failure, you're more apt to manage fatigue. Got it?
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