Do you guys think going to complete failure on every single set and exercise you do is necessary when on steroids? Right now i do one or two sets to failure per muscle group, do you think there should be more sets to failure when on a cycle?
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Do you guys think going to complete failure on every single set and exercise you do is necessary when on steroids? Right now i do one or two sets to failure per muscle group, do you think there should be more sets to failure when on a cycle?
No it is not necessary.
If you are power-lifting I would say no but for bodybuilding I would take each work set to good failure-"the point you cannot get another good rep on your own without sacrificing form or causing injury".
it can actually be detrimental as going to complete failure on every set can cause the release of cortisol(hormone that initiates breakdown of muscle tissue for energy)Quote:
Originally Posted by T.STEEL
Never heard about what phate said but i was under the impression that you should always go to complete failure, can you give us a linky Phate to read up more about it?
i knew somebody was gonna ask for that, i'll have to go find it, it was in one of the 50 books i've read in the last 6 months on lifting, but i'll tryQuote:
Originally Posted by nickbcd
I am only talking from what i have tried ok,
While on cycle i worked a 1 day on 1 day off program where each set was taken to failure with the weight going down a bit on each set to maintain the rep range. It worked very well but at the end of the cycle i did feel the body needed a break from that type of lifting, and once again moved to failing only on the last set..
For my next cycle i plan the same type of workout thou.......
Oh just to add, i felt that the 1 on 1 off was needed for recovery as the lifting was very intensive and heavy, but age might come into it a bit,, i'm 44
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Originally Posted by Older lifter
That sounds good. I am doing that right now actually what you described. Did you make good gains on your cycle doing this? how was your diet?
I never go to failure, you are really just risking injury better to break it up into sets.
Yeah my gains were good, i used a bulking diet, good meals with what's needed every 2-2.5 hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by T.STEEL
I am going to do it again next time as well.
Good luck man, but monitor how your body responds, everyone is different
I go to failure. Phate you get that linky?
why failure? just do 8-10 reps. if that is to easy to do, you aren't lifting heavy enough. last rep should always be a bitch with good form.
still searching bro, i've gone through about 10 books so far, it wont be a link though, i'll probably have to type out the studyQuote:
Originally Posted by sizerp
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phate
True. I guess I'll restate then. If I am using moderately heavy weights, I'll go to failure. On heavy days I can basically feel when the last rep up is last rep up.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamGH
I agree..Do more sets while aiming to avoid absolute gut bursting failure. Hitting all out failure all the time causes injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by redz