Should You ALWAYS Train To Failure?

My best & simple guidelines for training to failure.

0:00 Intro
0:10 Hypertrophy & fatigue
1:23 RIR guidelines
3:46 Isolation work
4:37 Percentages
6:28 Conclusion

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Disclaimer: AlphaDestiny is not a doctor or a medical professional. Always consult a physician before starting any exercise program. Use of this information is strictly at your own risk. AlphaDestiny will not assume any liability for direct or indirect losses or damages that may result from the use of information contained in this video including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death.

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[punjabcaptain]

You should train the hardest you can happily sustain.

[drschwandi]

I feel like the answer to every: "Should you always..."-question is "No"

[simranbiryani]

Who remembers the OG alphadestiny when the picture of him wearing shades would pop up in the corner that said “Alexander Leonidas : personal trainer”

[nikomyshkin]

I never fail in the gym. Too busy winning.

[ollvi]

i freaking love training to failure, that's why i now days train a lot in the 10-20 rep range, because like that i can get away with it better than 5-8 rep range

[FitLabb]

I like the progression strategy you mentioned. It’s not always appropriate to push to or past failure w/ cheat reps depending on the exercise, as getting within 1-2 reps from failure can also work great in those situations.

[Alex_Dul]

This is a legitimate problem I was having. Thought something was wrong with me when I needed extra days to recover from trying my absolute hardest in every set.

[riconater]

Couldnt agree more Alex especially with calistenics. Training to failure can be recovered from easier with high reps but not from lower reps. Also training 0 rir all the time is so mentally tiring, where as failing seldomly to push the intensity at the end of a training block or on a day you feel extra strong is a better idea imo. 2ish rir is the way to go!

[SerratusAnterior]

I've always done everyting to failure, then I've noticed back work works better If I avoid failure probably because the quality and the volume differs

[Braddaddyx]

Damn that 1 arm pullup :-D :-D :-D Alex stronk!

[bankkozma]

Loving the new upload frequency 🔥 Thank you

[JoShsFITNESSnFUN]

Yo this video hit at the perfect timing. So many videos on it, but all very general. You answered all my little mini questions about it too. Great video. Thanks G

[abdkreaa]

So I'm a beginner (3 months in) and trained to failure since the start. Probably harder than 95% of the people in my gym and it worked out for me. I doubled my squat and bench. Im already about to hit the max stack on some exercises like the lat pulldown and hip abduction. I think this is the way to go

[glorytoukraine]

A lot of heavy training related content, right when I got my 70lb kettlebell. Spot on, Alex. Thanks

[hannesgegner]

I am 16 years old and been following your novice program for a year. Gains have been amazing and im soon hitting a 100 kg bench, just hit a 170 deadlift and 160 squat. Thanks for the help man!

[McQzv]

Agreed. Focus more on consistent progress. Hopefully you can hit new PR without going all the way to failure if you program properly.

[petercalicchio]

Monday is my PR day.
Wednesday I go light. 5 reps in the tank
Friday I go medium. 2-3 reps in the tank.

Rinse and repeat. Full body.

[mayukhsen]

I will share an awesome hypertrophy training tip with you all today that I figured out through months of pull up training, which took me from 5 pull ups to 25+ strict non stop ( on a good day I would hit 30 reps, I am 102kilo bodyweight).



So I could do 5 pull ups strict. I thought what if I started doing 3 sets of 3 reps every Day. Keeping 2 reps in the tank. Full recovery between sets. Sometimes that means an hour between sets or more.



Now the idea was to making 3 reps feel easy over time, if it gets easier then I can do more reps. Doing 3 reps was still difficult, to a certain extent. Not impossible though.


So I did 3 sets of 3 reps everyday, from about 4-5 days later it started being easy. On the 18th day it became really really easy. On day 30 it felt like I was exploding with my movement on each rep. Still doing 3 sets of 3 reps.


Then I decided to test my max reps. I did 10 reps, the 10th rep was a grinder. My back was a lot wider, thicker and bigger and my biceps were bigger and hard as a rock.


Same drill as before. Do my max rep minus 2 reps each set. 3 sets everyday. Until doing 8 reps felt really really really easy, MUCH easier than before. So after 30 days I test again And I got 18 full strict non stop reps. New cycle, Same drill, 2 reps short of my max each set, 3 sets, everyday, until it got easy.


Over the course of the next 4-5 months, I got to 37 strict non stop pull ups at 92 kilo bodyweight, 5ft10 inches, big and HUGE, V taper, the belly fat is there but it is almost invisible.


So the idea is very very simple. Do multiple sets of 2 reps short of your max reps. Everyday. The number of sets will depend on what you can recover from Day to Day.


*But if you can recover from Day to Day, then you are getting bigger and stronger everyday, and everyday doing the same thing is getting easier and easier. It will take you 5 days to feel it getting noticeably easier.*



You can apply the same method to everything you do. One arm push up, military press, bench press or curls,


I was doing the same routine for feet together One arm push ups as well. One set of atg bodyweight squats to failure, every other day.



I would say I gained 80 percent of my current muscle mass in One year of doing those three movements. Amazing way to train. Full credit for figuring it out goes to me.

[truetoo]

I think it depends on the number of sets and frequency. If you do one set for a muscle 6 to 7 days a week, you should train to failure all the time. But with a set and rep scheme like 5x5 or 3x10 training to failure on every set is not the point. I like a lower volume approach all the way to failure just because it keeps it simple for me.

[tzahi]

I'm always training to failure on every exercise! and on the isolations on every set I go to failure ( I'm training 3 times a week ) This is my style of training for years and I like it 💯