In Defense of Training to FAILURE

Fatigue is what HAPPENS. What do you DO, just before MMF. What ACTION happens? Momentary Muscular Effort is an AFTER EFFECT. You must DO something for that to happen. What is it you are DOING before MMF happens TO YOU?

Fatigue happens to you. What ACTION do you do, just before MMF? What are you DOING? (not what is happening to you)

curls

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Cute. Bye

but what are you doing BEFORE goodbye?

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I’m just kidding dude. Just tell us what point you are trying to elicit please.

That it isn’t obvious says everything about why this kind of Exercise struggles for acceptance. Never mind. Everyone will just argue, anyway. It should be obvious. It’s what Exercise IS.

Hard work!

ā€œWorkā€, in the classical sense, is NOT necessary for this. But, what must happen for WORK to happen?

I knew it was curls!

Also, ā€˜work’ is the result of something else. Work is what happens to something.

OK I’ll take a stab. Intention? Tension? PLEASE TELL US.

How do you make tension? I SHOULDN’T have to tell anyone this. It should be so freaking obvious. Any Engineers here would be able to answer. Please, pipe in if you’re available.

Fine… A hint: ALL the weight weight does is AUTOMATICALLY select the level of effort.

Is it cardio? Cardio is very important. Give us more hints. Where is an engineer when you need one?

THIS is why what everyone calls HIT struggles for acceptance: not even the users truly understand it.
It’s not about muscular failure. That is an after effect of EFFORT! Once you have achieved FULL EFFORT, THEN MMF happens, because no further movement can happen with that level of resistance.
Everyone is caught up in the after effect. What HAPPENS to the movement.
Effort causes tension. Once the effort rises to a certain level, given the proper conditions, movement might occur (but doesn’t have to). When the body is properly arranged, that effort is focused, and the focused effort with the selected ā€˜resistance’ will lead to fatigue (which is anyones SWAG as the what is really happening). When the effort that leads to tension that causes movement to occur happens over time, well, y’all know the rest.
It’s NOT about the movement. Stop focusing on what has happened after the exercise is DONE.
It’s about THE EFFORT.
Focus on the effort.

I think it struggles for acceptance because it is counterintuitive, niche, and some of its loudest proponents are plain weird.

I think we understand EFFORT.

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I know you will disagree with me, but,… no. Y’all don’t.

Does your name mean that you are an old body coach or do you coach old bodies?

Sigh. One thing about HIT guys is they really like to lecture people. Not all but some.

What don’t we understand about effort?

(I fully expect you to answer with a riddle or a question)

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I’m not a HIT guy. I just Exercise. I’ve already explained everything necessary. @Ellington_Darden bless you for your patience with them.