Sets to Failure (reps-to-failure/set): Sets-to-failure is a resistance training strategy in which an individual performs repetitions of an exercise until they can no longer complete a repetition. The ...

Failure is a big topic in the weight lifting world these days. When you’re doing an exercise, do you need to push each set to the point that you literally can’t complete one more rep? Old-school ...

Should you push every set to failure, or is it more effective to leave a few repetitions in reserve? Which approach is better for building strength, hypertrophy, or power? These common questions in ...

When billionaire Spanx founder Sara Blakely was a child, her father would encourage her and her brother to fail. “He would ask us at the dinner table what we had failed at that week, and if we didn’t ...

A new study in trained lifters suggests one hard set per exercise, twice a week, may deliver more muscle than most people expect. Volume is the gold standard in muscle building. Bodybuilders chase it, ...