I take an exercise physiology graduate class two nights a week. The guy who teaches my lab trains most of the islanders. He was trying to explain to me that i would get the same resutlts if I did one set to failure of a certain bodypart (say chest) than if i did 3 sets to failure of the same bodypart. He was trying to say, that if you do one set to failure (perfect form, etc.) then the rest is just overkill.
He gave me a sample workout for chest:
Incline - 1 set to failure
Flat Bench - 1 set to failure
Decline - 1 set to failure
Fly's - 1 set to failure
So in other words it would only be 4 sets for my entire chest workout. He went it to it more deeply, as far as stimulating the certain muscle fibers (1,2,2a,2b) and said there is plenty of research to back this up. I just want to know if anyone has ever heard of this. It didnt make too much sense to me, just because it goes against everything I have ever done. Any feedback would be appreciated.
He gave me a sample workout for chest:
Incline - 1 set to failure
Flat Bench - 1 set to failure
Decline - 1 set to failure
Fly's - 1 set to failure
So in other words it would only be 4 sets for my entire chest workout. He went it to it more deeply, as far as stimulating the certain muscle fibers (1,2,2a,2b) and said there is plenty of research to back this up. I just want to know if anyone has ever heard of this. It didnt make too much sense to me, just because it goes against everything I have ever done. Any feedback would be appreciated.
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