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Train to Failure for Bigger Muscles

By Shirley Eichenberger-Archer, JD, MA / December 9, 2024

Advise clients to push to failure during resistance training when muscle growth is the objective, according to results published in Sports Medicine (2024). Florida Atlantic University researchers reviewed 55 studies to analyze how different levels of reps in reserve (the number of reps remaining before failure) impacted strength and muscle growth. Data analysis showed that training…

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