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Old 10-10-2009, 03:22 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ionlylooklazy View Post
i dont think you should be doing reps to failure, that a sign of over training and can lead to injury or burnout. the key is frequency and consistency.
Not if you do the reps in a strict fashion. Lifting to failure is the ultimate burn, thats why you lift. It will not lead to burnout if you include a single set at the end of each exercise. Lifting to failure ONLY would lead to burnout.
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