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Don Juan
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I have been told by a number of people that training to failure is bad. Is this true? And if so why, biologically speaking, is it bad to do?
I'm not in the mood to go reference hunting, but be my guest, a simple googling should give you more than enough.Ok, I will try to give you a brief answer. All activitity in the body ( including muscular contraction) is controlled and coordinated by the nervous system. When you apply a load onto your muscle (one that is has not previously experienced) your body "responds" by re-organizing its neural structure and pattern. It does this because its much easier to do and less costly (from a metabolic standpoint) than to build new muscle. This is why you normaly get stronger before you get bigger, in terms of muscle growth. its just more efficient for the body to respond that way. This patterning is called "neurological efficiency". Guys who develop a lot of muscle without a lot of increase in strength tend to have poor neurological efficiency-so the only thing their body can do is to grow-the guys who can get real strong tend to have fantastic neurological efficiency ( and strong tendons and ligaments as well)
Muscle twitching is the result of minor local muscle contractions or the uncontrollable twitching of a single muscle group served by a single motor nerve fiber or filament. It is somewhat normal and may be caused by a number of things-low blood sugar, deyhydration, magnesium defiency, fatigue, etc. Sometimes its the result of normal pattern resetting and growth. It is really not a problem unless it becomes a chronic condition, in which case you need to get checked by a doctor. I think you need to take a closer look and your pre and post workout nutrition. The mods can probably help you with that.
Hope that helps
Keith
Originally posted byalvatore
If you're planning on training muscle groups twice a week, don't do it.
I was always under the impression squats should be done balls to the wall...is this not correct?Originally posted by Warboss Alex
Well, heavy squats and deadlifts should never be taken to failure because of the safety factor .. in fact most quad and back exercises shouldn't.
That's not what my personal training certificate says. If you are going to train your muscles twice a week you cannot go to failure, if you do you will crash.Originally posted by Centaurion
Why?
It's statements like this that make me think you got no idea about training.
EVERYTHING should be done balls-to-the-wall - but that doesn't always mean going to failure and certainly doesn't mean compromising form. Safety first, always.Originally posted by rudygee2
I was always under the impression squats should be done balls to the wall...is this not correct?