Video: Training to failure

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Do you have to reach failure to build muscle? 3 meta-analyses with no clear advantage for failure at equal volume (Grgic, 2022 · Vieira, 2021 · Refalo, 2023). 1-3 reps short of failure: getting close is what matters. 1 place for failure: the last set of an isolation or machine exercise. On heavy squats or deadlifts, never. The video ends by showing how to create the routine in Progrevia.

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