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I was listening to a podcast with Dr. Mike Israetel today.
The discussion was on training volume and how many reps is best to leave in the tank for hypertrophy.
He said that by far failure does get the most hypertrophy but it also exponentially increases our level of fatigue ... so in the idea is to growing (muscles) as much as possible today and this week as well as next week training a most sets or even exercises to failure is counter productive.
His recommendation was to train to the point where 2 reps were left in the tank ... I will say in the past I trained a ton to failure but to be honest I burned out and even dealt with more injuries ...
I like the idea of moderate to high training volume with 2 reps left in the tank on most workout sets ...
How many reps do you like leaving in the tank?
The discussion was on training volume and how many reps is best to leave in the tank for hypertrophy.
He said that by far failure does get the most hypertrophy but it also exponentially increases our level of fatigue ... so in the idea is to growing (muscles) as much as possible today and this week as well as next week training a most sets or even exercises to failure is counter productive.
His recommendation was to train to the point where 2 reps were left in the tank ... I will say in the past I trained a ton to failure but to be honest I burned out and even dealt with more injuries ...
I like the idea of moderate to high training volume with 2 reps left in the tank on most workout sets ...
How many reps do you like leaving in the tank?