yeah, failure is also a vague term.
what is failure?when one train on their own and does what he think sis failure?or when someone point a gun to his head,i bet then couple extra reps would be possible.
everything to failure,big words, hard and heavy training, eat big to get big(fat), are all relative terms and loudmouths repeat them.
going to failure on everything will soon result in some trahsed joints or ripped off muscle.
esp on steroids, the muscle get very strong for the acompaigning joints.
and one observation, for what its worth, the strongest guys def arent neither the biggest nor the best looking guys.not in my gym.
good post. i remember when i was younger, i would never look at anything that had to do with steroids. i hated even reading about bodybuilding, because i didn't want to spend a lot of time on it outside of the gym. i thought it should be simple, not an end in itself, but an activity you did so that you could feel good when you were doing your daily work (or play).
as a result i mostly read a few things here and there, the most superficial "wisdom" (
), the most prevalent bullshit: train hard! train to failure! eat lots! etc. etc.
when, years later, i finally looked at how pros train, or really any successful "bodybuilder" of any level trains, i noticed they weren't working very hard. rarely did i ever see someone struggling to complete reps. it was all smooth sailing, from the first rep to the last (at least compared to what i put myself through). the determination i had was almost frightening! i would dread going to the gym, knowing what i was in for. well, the joke was on me... "training to failure", "giving it all you've got", "give the muscle no choice but to grow", LOL. if i were to translate these mantras into my own terms based on what i actually observed, once i finally watched some bodybuildin videos, i'd change it to "train until you get a little tired", "push yourself, but not too much", "get a bit of a pump, then go home... don't overdo it!"
