tot failure geen middel?? ehm.......... WTF!!!!!
Failure
The first method that has been attacked is failure training, yet it has countless success stories, and has been a measuring rod for decades with extreme success. From a “ bodybuilding “ perspective, considering its wide variety of successful advocates, you would have to, based on physical evidence say that this is one of the most legitimate training methods ever. Larry Scott would not only train to failure, but use supersets to go beyond it! We know what Arnold advocated. Here are a few more quote from present and past champions:
I take every set to failure, and will also use force reps, strip sets, and other shocking principles to tap into new muscle fibers --- Dorian Yates 6 Time Mr. Olympia
When you hit failure your workout has just begun - Ronnie Coleman - 3 time Mr. Olympia
I believe that Mike Mentzer’s thoughts are well known on this subject:
Anytime you do not train to failure, you are under training - Mike Mentzer
To stimulate optimal size and strength increases, it's imperative that you regularly attempt the momentarily impossible. For example, if you can curl 100 pounds for a maximum of 10 reps, but never attempt the 11th, your body has no reason to enlarge upon its existing capacity. It is only by regularly attempting to go beyond your existing capacity that inroads are made into your body's reserves - Mike Mentzer
Obviously the above athletes have spawned countless failure advocates who have had tremendous success with this training method. If you have ever watched Shawn Ray you would know that he regularly performs strips sets to take him past failure, Kevin Levrone uses cheat reps, forced reps and anything else he can find to stimulate growth, and Cormier is the same way. Charles Glass, probably the best trainer in the world uses every shocking principle listed on this site to take his trainees past failure.
I’m not sure about cns, I can only tell you what works for me. I train to failure and I get great results. I stick with what produces and it continues to do so for me --- Mike D'Andrea - OHIO STATE BUCKEYE LINEBACKER
The forum members know this quote from Buckeye. So how has this style of training panned out for him?
He is rated as the best prep linebacker in the country, Espn rated him as the No.1 overall linebacker in the country. He Recorded 140 tackles as a senior, averaged 15 yards-per-catch as a tight end. Mike is now playing for one of the best colleges football teams in the world, the Buckeyes! He also won the best body contest for his team, weighs over 240 pounds with single digit body fat, benches over 450 pounds, squats over 500 like it were the bar, runs a 4.50 40 time, and broke his old college teams leg press record! And the numbers only keep going up. Look for Mike to do damage for a long time to come!!!
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