Does Training to Failure Help Build Muscle? - Layne Norton
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In this video, Layne Norton & Rhonda discuss:
- Do you need to train to failure to build muscle?
- What training to failure actually feels like
- Is there a dose response between the number of “hard sets” you perform per week and muscular growth?
- Why everyone should train until failure at some point
- Why "going to failure" doesn't mean "discomfort"
- How most beginner & intermediate lifters tend to underestimate the number of reps that can do
- How to think about training to failure if your primary goal is strength
- Why Layne is 90% sure you’re not training too hard
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