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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Isn't training till failure a really bad plan? It'll cause damage that's really hard to heal from.

[โ€“] Kichae 11 points 3 weeks ago

If it's taking really long to heal, you're going well beyond failure. There's a heightened risk of injury, but again, that's not failure.

The bigger issue is that training to failure does less for strength or endurance. It's more about muscle size. And the benefits are seen if you train to just below failure. Actually crossing that limit is mostly meaningless, as far as your muscles are actuslly concerned.

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