Reps versus failure is the wrong fight. Muscle grows when you train close to failure, choose rep ranges that keep technique ...

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Look, if you’re at all curious about weight lifting and strength training exercises, you’ve probably heard the word “reps” at some point. You may have even used the abbreviation yourself but still not ...

"Work smarter—not longer." ...

Youve heard that one before, right? Its the common refrain in every fitness class ever, and in the majority of the bro-centric, muscle-building gyms out there. Its not bad, either. Its a refrain that ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. You have an exercise ...

Mastering push-ups and pull-ups requires progressing from building strength to developing muscular endurance. Conquering your first repetition of these calisthenics exercises is a matter of strength, ...

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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 ...

When training to improve muscle stamina on calisthenics fitness tests, many speak of progressing to higher volume (reps, sets, time) each week. However, the improvements are made by stressing the ...