[quote]ssjfighter555 wrote:
I’m confused… What exactly is going to failure?
I always thought going to failure was going to the rep right before you actually fail another rep, needing a spotter or using bad form would be going beyond failure, not actually failing an attempted rep.
Also, are you guys saying alot of pros stop short 4 or more reps there first 3 sets on each exercise?, than go to failure on the last while ramping?
I’ll use bench press to show you what i mean
10x185, 10x205, 10x225(failure)
If you’re able to do 10x225 on your last set, that means the first 2 sets would be basically stopping early even though you could easily push out another 4 or 5 reps. So most guys who do ramping are really only pushing themselves on the last set of each exercise?[/quote]
i do something like this;
i do warm up sets of 10-12 by increasing the weight gradually.
then i find a weight i can barely do 10 reps with and stick to it for 3 or 4 working sets and i go to failure in each set.
so in your example 185 and 205 is warm ups, 225 is the first working set.