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Alright so its safe to say that once warmed up, one lighter set to “feel” is ok.
BONEZ-How many sets, on average, do you recommend taking to failure for each exercise?[/quote]
Exercise?
I take 1-2 sets to failure per MUSCLE GROUP. [/quote]
I don’t get that. How is that considered good intensity? I had a forum a while back and people were suggesting that I need to up my intensity in the gym, and I do way more than 1-2 failure sets per muscle group. Obviously you know what works for you due to your physique, but how is that enough? I would feel like I’m half assing if I stop the majority of my sets with more reps in me (not saying you half ass workouts)[/quote]
So do what you want?
This is not a ‘right vs wrong’ issue. If you like how youre progressing then dont worry about anyone else.
I have one movement per muscle group that I focus on strength gains and explosive concentrics. Thats the movement I take to failure. Its usually the second movement for the muscle group. All the other movements I focus on stimulating the target muscle to best of my ability.
If you do things another way, great. [/quote]
Gotcha. How did you figure out that not lifting to failure as often was more benefical for you?[/quote]
By learning about what other successful body builders do. [/quote]
this is very true but (un)fortunally all we are alittle bit different.if you compare last 3 MO (well,just 3 long strings lol) you got:
Dorian,HIT,low volume,very high intensity,low frequency
Ronnie,big volume,high intensity,high frequency
Jay,medium volume,medium intensity,high frequency
as I’m in the group of people that don’t think (top) bbers are stupid when comes in hypertrophy field what if Dorian trains like Jay and Jay trains like Dorian?
very probably both of them didn’t have the same number of MO victories…[/quote]
What in the world are you talking about
and what does a loose description of 3 random Mr Olympias training style, during their Mr O reign specifically, have to do with what I said?
None of what you posted says anything about the percentage of sets one does to failure.
I also dont know what the relevance of a Mr Olympia’s training style is in regards to training to failure as huge amounts of drugs DRASTICALLY change the rules, IMO. [/quote]
"By learning about what other successful body builders do. "
so, if I watch 3 successful bbers I discovered that all 3 train in 3 different ways.
what I learnt? 3 different ways of training that work for 3 people (not ME,3 different people).
re-read carefully while breathing; 3 different ways of training that work for them.
not for ME.
same in other sports,I can blast a 5oz lead well over 800ft (more than two football fields) ande for years I was told from “gurus” that my style was wrong,lost a lot of time (and distance)to try to learn the “right” style.
well,right style don’t work for me.
my style works for ME.
that’s all,folk.[/quote]
Did I say that Ive copied any one person’s training style?
I know english isnt your first language. But I also know that some people take a reference to a language barrier as an insult. Im not trying to insult you. But I dont think you understand what Im saying. So whatever.
edit
and dont fucking tell me to re-read anything. Your first reply has fuck all to do with the ‘explanation’ you provided. Those two posts could literally be made in threads about completely different topics. It’s a tad ridiculous for someone who clearly isnt fluent in a language to tell someone who is, to re-read something as if reading your post more than once adds anything to its readability.