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[WHOADY4SHOADY]

I posted this in the lounge by accident, not paying attention. I thought it would be more appropriate here. Sorry mods.

How many sets do you guys do til failure per excersise? And per bodypart? How many days on average are you soar for?

For example:
Chest-3 excersises with 3 sets til failure on each excersise would be 9 sets til failure for your chest? This is what Im looking for. Thanks in advance.

[Doc.Sust]

i very rarely train to failure, but i train for functional strength, not size, IMO i find it is best to train only the final set of an exercise to failure when i would train for hypertrophy anymore is overkill for myself,3 entire sets to failure is to much, i also beleieve it only takes 3- 4 good exercise for major muscle movements(chest squats deadlifts) and 2 - 3 sets for minor movement(lats bi , tri etc. etc.)

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

Thanks for your take Doc.

[Doc.Sust]

no problem, any one else? bump

[novastepp]

My bench press routine usually is 3 sets and my last set is always til failure.
Back workouts, last set of pulldowns and rows are until failure. smaller muslces (bi's, tris, other assistors) i usually take until failure on every set because its very few sets and reps so failure is pretty quick to hit.

[chest6]

My bench press routine usually is 3 sets and my last set is always til failure.
Back workouts, last set of pulldowns and rows are until failure. smaller muslces (bi's, tris, other assistors) i usually take until failure on every set because its very few sets and reps so failure is pretty quick to hit.

basically what I do..

[kyjelly]

for a primary muscle, I do 5 sets. warming up to #3, where u I do 6 of max to failure, meaning I cant do 7 with the weight, then last 2 cooling down, but still nice and heavy.

[ward065]

I always train to failure on my working sets- typically 2-4 sets are done to failure per exercise

I can feel soreness in the bodypart trained for 2-3 days after quite notably, afterwards it settles down

Coming from a 210 or 215 pound bench in early 2005, and benching 350 now for at least 6 reps, i think my strategy has helped my whole body. My deadlift at that same time was 250 for 5 reps, today, i can muster 440 for 5 reps. I credit going to failure on each working set as one reason i have made significant progress. And failure is just that, true failure, until i can't move the weight again. You must fail to succede!!

[HUNTER1]

i do three sets and always go till failure on the last set

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

Good stuff guys. Thanks for the input and keep it coming.

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

I always train to failure on my working sets- typically 2-4 sets are done to failure per exercise

I can feel soreness in the bodypart trained for 2-3 days after quite notably, afterwards it settles down

Coming from a 210 or 215 pound bench in early 2005, and benching 350 now for at least 6 reps, i think my strategy has helped my whole body. My deadlift at that same time was 250 for 5 reps, today, i can muster 440 for 5 reps. I credit going to failure on each working set as one reason i have made significant progress. And failure is just that, true failure, until i can't move the weight again. You must fail to succede!!

How many excersises do you do for each bodypart that include those 2-4 sets done til failure?

[primetime1]

when i train i incorporate failure sets on almost bp. i dont do every set till failure but when i do go to failure i usually have a spot to help me push it past failure by 1-2 reps. this usually takes place towards the end sets of ea exersize. i can usually feel a sick pump and some fatigue from this but recover is good and im never very sore, leg days somtimes. arnold said it was best to push past failure as it promotes new muscle growth, its on his pumpin iron vid and pretty sure its in his encyclopedia somewheres.

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

Yeah, I got the vid and the encylopedia, but I wonder sometimes if he advocates to much failure considering he was juiced to the max.

[ward065]

How many excersises do you do for each bodypart that include those 2-4 sets done til failure?

hmm...... i would say about 8-12 per bodypart. About 8-9 for biceps and triceps, 10-11 for shoulders, about 11-12 for chest, back and quads

[primetime1]

Yeah, I got the vid and the encylopedia, but I wonder sometimes if he advocates to much failure considering he was juiced to the max.

tis true arnie was maxed out with juice for that era, but still i feel training past failure does help towards building a harder physic and more mass.
i know that training while juiced makes for easier recovery but does it make a difference for one to bring sets to or past failure even if not on aas?
does the recovery time have significant impact on being able to bring sets to failure?


curious as to how many bring sets to failure will on, and if they continue to do so when "off"

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

tis true arnie was maxed out with juice for that era, but still i feel training past failure does help towards building a harder physic and more mass.
i know that training while juiced makes for easier recovery but does it make a difference for one to bring sets to or past failure even if not on aas?
does the recovery time have significant impact on being able to bring sets to failure?


curious as to how many bring sets to failure will on, and if they continue to do so when "off"

All good observations/questions.

[Doc.Sust]

i do three sets and always go till failure on the last set

i think that is the norm for BBers

[chest6]

hmm...... i would say about 8-12 per bodypart. About 8-9 for biceps and triceps, 10-11 for shoulders, about 11-12 for chest, back and quads

damn thats a lot. I'm guessing front delts and rear delts are worked on these days? I always felt my front delts sore as hell after chest day. I might start experimenting with working rear delts however..

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

hmm...... i would say about 8-12 per bodypart. About 8-9 for biceps and triceps, 10-11 for shoulders, about 11-12 for chest, back and quads

God damn ward, all those sets til failure?