Comments on: Progressive Overload Or Going To Failure – Which Is More Important? https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/ free workouts to build muscle & lose fat fast Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Josh https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-26270 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:30:54 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-26270 Hey Mark. Quick Question. Have you ever heard of anyone lifting to gain muscle and size but NOT having the sore muscle feeling any time after their workout? I’m 5’11 160lbs, and have been training for about 6 months. I know the basics and have a pretty good routine going, but for some reason I am NEVER sore after my workouts. I have to wait a solid week after doing any certain lift, and then lift again to feel the soreness again. Any thoughts?

]]> By: Bobby https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-24597 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:32:29 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-24597 There are many very strong arguments against regularly going to failure. Impressive physiques can and have been built without it, both in body building and without. In many cases, it can slow progress dramatically.

I won’t rehash all of them, but here are some good links:

https://www.timinvermont.com/fitness/failure.htm
https://www.muscletalk.co.uk/article-cns-overtraining.aspx
https://www.ironlife.com/mag/issue8/training.shtml
https://www.buildmusclemass.org/training-to-failure-is-not-necessary-to-build-muscle/

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-4385 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:56:26 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-4385 Thanks Alex, enjoy your gains!
Mark

]]> By: Alex Kay https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-4382 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:44:42 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-4382 You have a great way of explaining your points, Mark.

Great advice, I’ll hit the gym later… I will definately take this with me.

Sometimes I go for the “2 extra reps”, but then next time don’t increase at all. That won’t happen again.

Gain hard! 🙂

]]> By: Caveman https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1947 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:41:24 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1947 Gotcha, thanks bro.

-Caveman

]]> By: manny https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1914 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:05:21 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1914 @Mark

ok, i see.

Does Cardio, really breaks so much muscle tissue or just won’t let you get bigger?

i got a few Tae-Bo DVDs at home and Billy does look buff and cut. His workout are 30 to 45 minutes.

Right now i got a belly and like 23% body fat, do you recommend to lose some weight first with the cardio before i get into lifting the weights?

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1909 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:48:16 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1909 @ Manny. Cardio should be kept short because it can be catabolic (breaks muscle down) if continued too long. Straight after workouts to avoid catabolism again, putting the body through too many sessions
@ Caveman. You’ll normally increase 1 rep or so on 3 or 4 sets out of 9. If you can increase 1 rep on every set, that’s great! If you only increase by 1 rep for the whole workout, that’s also fine but try for more the following week.
Cheers,
Mark

]]> By: Caveman https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1906 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:16:08 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1906 When benching, for example, I do 4 sets of 8-12 reps. I usually keep the reps the same for each of the 4 sets (10,10,10,10). Then next week I’ll shoot for (11,11,11,11). There a times when I can’t hit that extra one on the last couple of sets. When you speak of progressive overload do you mean per set or just like 1 extra rep per week?? (example 10,10,10,11).

-Caveman

]]> By: manny https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1899 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:34:39 +0000 https://musclehack.com/progressive-overload-or-going-to-failure-which-is-more-important/#comment-1899 I’ll definitely try Overloading this way.

my doctor also recommended me to do Cardio/circuit training to strengthen my Cardiovascular system, lungs and help me burn more fat faster.

I think you said that is better doing the cardio after doing the strength training.

Why you recommend it after and why just 20 minutes?

Thanks 😉

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