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How Hard Should You Really Be Lifting After 40? | Ep 485
How hard are you REALLY training? Is it enough to build muscle?
Most lifters believe they are stopping a rep or two short of failure, when the real gap is far wider, and it often stalls muscle and strength.
Learn about the research on proximity to failure and how badly we misjudge our own effort, including predicting reps to failure and how close to failure you need to train to build muscle. We get into why the common advice to leave reps in reserve backfires for people who picked up strength training over 40, what training to failure does and does not require, and how women and older lifters…
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