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Limit Failure Training to About 10% of Sets or Workouts

Only about 10% of sets in a workout, or 10% of workouts overall, should be high-intensity efforts taken to muscular failure. Most sets should stay shy of failure to allow more total training volume.

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Well, approximately 80% of the resistance training you do should be resistance training that doesn't go to what they call failure, where you can't actually move the resistance anymore.

Andrew Huberman · Maximize Productivity, Physical & Mental Health With Daily Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials · May 22, 2025 · 15:50 · YouTube ↗
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