How HARD should you train? | Effective Reps, RIR, Failure

[@TheVillageBeast]

I pray all the boys level up physically financially mentally and spiritually this year ! Let’s get to work 🔥💪🏿 great video with info

[@MaxEuceda7]

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[@richard_2003]

same to you bro!

[@TheVillageBeast]

@@richard_2003 thanks bruv

[@Reppintimefitness]

I'm already on it 💯

[@treyoc7636]

Christ is King

[@8889]

I'm almost 30 years old and seeing this young generation of lifters emerge, I'm proud to see you leading the way with positivity and education. I'm always excited when I see you post!!

[@MaxEuceda7]

Love to hear that man thank you! ❤❤

[@daveesaucedo1792]

Same I’m 28 but grew up on Greg plitt and zyzz. I feel old haha

[@FRMC_SALMON]

@@daveesaucedo1792 we're all gonna make it -zyzz

[@terrym5023]

Been a gym rat for over 50 years,Have both NASM and ACE certs, owned and run gyms and trained countless Trainers, I gots to give you credit for one of the most knowledgeable guys I've ever encountered with a perfect grasp and understanding of how to achieve what guys are looking to achieve when they first lay hands on a bar. You have one of the most perfectly defined absolutely symmetrical bodies I have ever seen. Which is so rare, most guys have a fav body part which they tend to overtrain. You are a true muscle head, and I say that with all respect 🌝

[@ichigomireborn4189]

I just usually train to failure on every set as a habit, but this video has definitely given me more insight as to why it would be beneficial to leave some reps in reserve. Then again, I've only lifted for a year, so I'm not very experienced haha. Great video Max. Always enjoy your content. Thank you.

[@MaxEuceda7]

No problem bro 💪

[@Vnp99]

But y? I dont really understand. Can you please explain in simple words? English is not my first language. I usually train with each exercise i do with maximum reps. So if i have 5 exercises. I do all of them with maximum reps (to failure). After im done with all 5 exercises (so everything just 1 set since each exercise was done with max reps) Then if i still feel i can do more. Again i do all 5 with max reps. Is this ok or do i need to change?

[@dal7361]

Have you gotten a lot of progress doing every set til failure?

[@ignacio91]

@@Vnp99 i would change to a normal routine imo since doing just 1 set of 5 different exercises is really low volume and ur not gonna progress much that way

[@shraka]

@@Vnp99 If you are adding weight to the bar every few weeks I wouldn't worry about it - but your progress will probably be faster if you add more working sets. If you do 1 set of 15 to failure you've done about 5 effective reps. If you do 3 sets of 13 / 13 / 14, then you've done about 10 effective reps, so your progress should be a bit faster. If you prefer doing 1 set to failure though just do that. Enjoying the gym is more important than maximizing your progress.

[@thekennek]

This is so informative. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you getting straight to it as well. Zero fluff.

[@barrackobama5468]

I think it’s worth a mention especially to people getting into the gym that tracking your numbers and using progressive overload can help you find a range where you are really fighting against failure in a slow controlled manor that allows you to learn form better and allowing your body to adjust to working out

[@emilioarredondo3608]

If it wasn’t for you Max I would still be half assing my sets at the gym with no intensity, because you I saw a lot more progress.Keep up the good work!!

[@mighty_mig1910]

I do this: first set close to failure, but still hard to do the last rep. Second set is closer to failure ( my neck feels more red) Third and last set, failure because I'm already a failure so I have to punish myself.

[@erty3034]

do you lower the weight each set or do you maintain the same weight and it gets harder as you go because of fatigue? also, do the number of reps stay the same each set?

[@leonardoaraujo8364]

I went to the gym here and there in the last 20 years to stay away from get fat. But never kept going more than 12 months. The coachs at the gym alaways came with that no challenging training because I was noob and so on. Now, at 45 yo, with all the info I get from channels like yours I am getting the strongest in my life, I am going to failure, raising slowly the weights and using dumbels and barbels over half my sets. Using creatine and whey maybe is giving some contribution to my results. At last, with the recent cientific knowledge avaliable to all of us and the right orientation from channels like yours I really feel motivated to go to the gym.

[@La3yy]

Bros majestic

[@KiX-K4T13]

His knowledge flows... 😌🧠⛲

[@MaxEuceda7]

❤

[@samanthasmith2458]

THANK YOU! I'm so thankful that I found this channel.

[@htech4207]

You posted this video for free?? So much good and fresh information, thank you so much!

[@Lnninpz]

"Re-evaluating all your life choices".. that's so true when training to failure 😂💪🏻

[@amaansiddiqui2376]

The amount of depth in your videos is stunning

[@dribbIegod]

Thanks for this great informative video. I go to failure on some sets and other sets close enough to failure and I’m gaining great progress.

[@Kiwi11N]

Top notch editing and info Max! 💪🏼

[@MaxEuceda7]

Thank you 🙏

[@taiphuchoang2110]

I often go for failures on the last set of every exercises at the gym because I don't have much time on the gym and trying to get more from a set is definitely better for me

[@buddydew101]

Where were you when I was struggling in my early 20’s 😭 but it’s never too late to learn and be better 💪🏻

[@Tyson10101]

Loving these new videos man, amazing and detailed editing. a lot of work went into it. thanks bro 💪💯💯

[@MaxEuceda7]

I appreciate it!

[@iLikeBread01]

As always, great video Max. Watching your videos and implying the information you give has made me make more progress than when I was listening to other influencers out there. You are doing phenomenal work! Keep it up, and best of luck! 👍🏻

[@MaxEuceda7]

Love to hear that, and thank you!

[@k6nn7]

you 100 percent have the most easily consumable informative bodybuilding videos on the platform

[@lilfy8372]

Congrats on 700k 🫡

[@ratio8099]

Max is very straight to the point, he bypassed the 69th gate.

[@user-qc5wi6yg7i]

I think going to failure every workout is fine if you’re on a bulk. One of the effects of training to failure is a massive increase in appetite, and less energy for conditioning (perfect for bulking). If I’m on a cut, I never train to failure, so I can maintain a high volume of activity throughout the week with minimal fatigue.

[@leonardoaraujo8364]

Nice addition. Since I started to go to failure I really feel tired the rest of the day. And I am cutting, so I get hungry as well. The hungry I manage well, but the fatigue in other activities I have to solve. Maybe some days I have to take a step back at my training to evolve well in other activities.

[@ThatOneAgarAgarioThePro]

I totally agree man You are talking about farmers strength

[@ibrahim_-_-_]

8:30 that was really smooth 😂 I loved that

[@HigherQualityUploads]

The visuals are very helpful, thank you! Makes your videos much more valuable.

[@piercecorneau8285]

Great video I really enjoyed not being screamed at in weird sarcastic voice as well keep up the solid work

[@konno5047]

Omg, bro. I swear, few days ago i was preparing what should be my first video, the aproach was the same as yours. I'm from Brazil and here i've been seeing a lot of fitness influencers and trainers creating some kind of "terrorism" about training to failure, saying its wrong and you shouldn't be doing it when its about balance intensity/volume. They are kinda molding the information to match what they think its "right". Pisses me off. Both right, like you said. Amazing content. Great job.

[@omarelsherif4125]

God bless you man, you're the reason why I bring the intensity everytime I lift and it showed tremendous amount of results in gains

[@robbenvanpersie1562]

How to increase intensity while reducing rest time coz we can't lift heavy after shorter rest time

[@localbear9444]

Bro your editing is amazing

[@honeybee1142]

You're number 1 simp has arrived. 👋 Great video Max, we really appreciate all the work and detail you put into breaking down each training technique. It's cool to see a guy that has both brains and brawn 🧠💪🏼

[@MaxEuceda7]

LETS GOOO

[@relative_vie]

The only guys I trust out of the b.s dudes that been doing it 10+ years lol. Even though he started for noob gains he’s definitely put in the work from extreme bulking to cutting multiple times / bulking.

[@brianhaynescopeland3208]

Looking forward to the additional video of positive rep counts, for each muscle group! Bravo on another great 2023 video content!!👍🏾

[@dsyt985]

Super insightful. Gonna see massive gains in 2023 training smart like this

[@oscarmorrondo7917]

Great video and editing 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@MaxEuceda7]

Thank you 🙌

[@peterodriscoll2645]

Good video, bro! Please make the next one. Also, the time and effort you put into these videos is clearly evident. Great job!💪

[@senpaitm8742]

Your videos are AWESOME. The quality, the edition, and also your knowledge always impress me

[@Necatibeyy]

Man you are so underrated i swear

[@TheSweetKizs]

Thank you for such a great information and knowledge. If i would like to add more is that for anyone who watch this video without watching any previous vids in this series from him. Please keep in mind that correct form and tempo in as important as training close or failure. This will also eliminate the risk of getting injure. As you keeps training close to failure, your chance of getting injure is higher as well.

[@himeshsinghshishodiya]

This was some high quality content.

[@karankhaidem1149]

This is pure gold

[@Naual666]

Saludos desde México me gusta mucho contenido y estoy aprendiendo Inglés con tus videos I really Llike your content and Im learning English with your videos

[@s.omarfarooque1486]

We are saved by scientist Max. Thank you so much!🤗

[@_crowsnest_]

Loved the video Max. I swear my lifting IQ goes up 10 points every time I watch one of one of your videos. It is so beneficial for lifters to consume your content and I am happy to see the success that comes with it. Keep up the quality work ❤

[@chance3705]

Your speaking fax rn. This dude is for sure one of the best fitness youtubers

[@JackyTheNerd]

Great video. Explains why and how to train to failure really well.

[@shahedali02]

How was I not subscribed to this guy? He’s so good He reminds me of Jesse James West for some reason 😂

[@Ricke2k8]

Sick! the graphs are legit what I needed to understand.

[@MaxEuceda7]

Glad you found them helpful 🙌

[@G.Bfit.93]

I just do less sets. 1-2 sets to failure per exercise (I do like 2-3 warm-up sets on my first exercise for a muscle maybe 1 warm-up set for the second exercise but usually not). And I love intensity techniques.

[@daeseanboyd]

This is a very well informative video

[@volatility2923]

Awesome video as always, please keep posting these

[@therealmapletree5746]

Bro this editing is elite 🔥🔥🔥

[@kottonm0uth]

Awesome video man, keep up the great work!

[@seppolaitela9513]

New to your channel and to the gym; This was a super informational video for a newbie!

[@tsf7211]

Needed this!!

[@sajiltb1031]

No bs great quality 💯 thank you Max

[@tmmnago2722]

It may not be necessary, but if you do it, do it on isolation exercises.

[@MaxEuceda7]

ALWAYS DO IT

[@MrJreynolds214]

@@MaxEuceda7 If it's true that "as your concentric velocity goes down the force produced by your muscle fibers actually goes up" and that "it only happens when you're approaching failure," then how do you explain why the positive acceleration of the resistance implement (e.g., a dumbbell, a barbell and a weight stack) goes down as you're approaching failure? Said differently, as you approach failure, the positive acceleration of the barbell is observably lower compared to the earlier reps in the set. How is that possible if muscle fiber force production is greater at that time? It seems to be opposite of what you indicate; that muscle force production is greatest in the initial reps of a set and decreases as the individual approaches failure.

[@ofueysytukbfdstwwyrg]

thank you max for all this info ! love your vids

[@davidgrech4574]

Thank you for another great video and I hope you know how much I appreciate your help. You have a great attitude and I hope you have a great week ahead 👍💪

[@juanlongoria4827]

Another banger video. I recently started college and have been at it for 8 months now, but I still try to perfect my form and intensity during my movements. Thanks Max, I really appreciate this video

[@shuvamthapa9484]

I can see the time put in to this video! Love it!

[@samuelaldegundelopez8229]

Hi Max! Long time follower here, I feel like these videos need captions because they are sooo informative, I'd be happy to help writing captions in spanish (I'm spanish) so this could reach more people.

[@leanablaze4487]

Thank you 🙏

[@makeadrake1868]

These are great videos, are really well explained and edited Keep up the great work ma man cant wait to see more!

[@gym_log0808]

This video is so helpful bro

[@jacobhawley9247]

Your an inspiration to many man love the content God bless you brother 🙏

[@DCGN28]

When will the next video you mentioned at the end come out Max? 🧐 eager to watch it 👍

[@HealingWord_Psalm107-20]

These are great videos. Well explained and visualized.

[@mariaeuceda510]

Great info! ❤I'm leaving too many reps in reserve🤪

[@Nmetry7]

Max your editing has been nothing but amazing and so has your content. With that being said I hope you’re doing well😁

[@marcieats53]

Been loving the vids recently man, you've helped me a lot as I started exercising last August and wasn't really sure on what to do until I stumbled on your vids. Keep up the good work 💪

[@zarrrco]

No lies told. I personally train 0-F RIR as I love the pain. I only do two sets however, which is perfect as I would only have to rest one time per exercise. Love the vids.

[@MaxEuceda7]

perfect 💪

[@coolgainz9307]

Love these types of videos!

[@GuaridoNutri]

So thats why its recommended 6-10 rep ranges, right? i mean, its easier to gauge RIR and move closer to failure by mechanical tension. (PS: cant wait for the next video to answer this hahah)

[@MaxEuceda7]

Yep! Lower rep ranges should make up the majority of your training since they generate much less fatigue, with really no drawbacks

[@GuaridoNutri]

@@MaxEuceda7 Hey, thanks for answering!!!!

[@onlymemphis8100]

Great series

[@alegav042]

Keep it up, Max. Thanks for the info.

[@Atlas-123]

Holy fuck this was an amazing video, I learned so much from those slides while also being entertained

[@keithk001]

Loving the video as always Max! They always provide helpful information I can learn from.

[@MaxEuceda7]

Glad to hear it!

[@javier.ramirez240]

Extremely helpful video with lots of important information 💪🏻💯

[@MaxEuceda7]

🙏❤

[@joevantan113]

holy shift that shit-to-shifting transition was so cool LOL

[@alexandreguyon7521]

Great video as always, keep up the good work 😄

[@henryyu4694]

Absolutely fire video loved it! Perhaps you also could’ve emphasized the importance of the controlled eccentric for hypertrophy

[@Deepest_Quotes]

No BS, straight to the point, very nice

[@MaxEuceda7]

🙌

[@nitramnagrom3574]

I have so so so so much respect for you. Not only were you able to getthese concepts through to me, a guy who has never worked out in the gym but started last week, BUT ALSO because I know there are many trainers and programs where they WILL NOT share this information until you pay them an absurd amount of money. Even if I did pay them money- I DOUBT it would be as easy to understand and visuallly track along with as what you have made here. You are a hero for the people like me who cannot afford a personal trainer. Thanks, King. 👑👑👑

[@OfficiallyKent]

Thanks Max🙏

[@ivankatalenic]

Thanks, Max, for this video. It's incredibly useful and I wish more people would share their knowledge as you did. One thing confuses me though: the force-velocity relationship concept. I can't wrap my head around that the force increases as you start slowing down. From a physics standpoint, once force increases, the velocity also increases - this contradicts the force-velocity relationship concept in the video. What would make sense to me is that once you start slowing down (because of muscle fibers fatigue) the brain needs to send a stronger signal to muscle fibers to activate them, and also it needs to activate more muscle fibers simultaneously. Please correct me if I got something wrong.

[@BrooklynMadeMarcel]

New subscriber 💪🏾 appreciate the knowledge fam

[@notHARETH]

Great video pro👍, your guiding the new bros, and I was just wondering: can you make a video explaining your tempo (fast- concentric,slow-eccentric) I really got convinced from your short video, and I'm really trying to embrace the concept, but it's like should I do it in every exercise like bench press,squats, deadlift, biceps, calves, and like how long should the eccentric. and more other questions

[@rambopait4705]

I love your contents bruh ❤. Could you pls make a video on abs training and losing belly fat?

[@shahedali02]

Things like bench press, squats it’s better to do close to failure since it can be dangerous Shoulder press, tricep push-downs probably full failure since it isn’t as dangerous

[@cranky5040]

such a superb editing

[@SubparProgrammer]

Amazing video! Loved how you explained WHY effective reps stimulate muscle growth in a way that no one else has explained. But I do have a question pertaining to “effective reps vs rest between sets” that I haven’t seen anyone talk about, as it’s a weird question: If the goal is to have as many effective reps as possible by doing reps closer to failure, then why have a long rest, rather than have shorter rest periods which would allow you to go into “effective reps” much sooner? There is a video from “Renaissance Periodization” where Dr. Mike says that you should rest until you can do another 5 reps, which makes sense with the idea of effective reps. But he is the ONLY person who says this, so I would like to see everyone’s opinion on this

[@bobjenkins4925]

The answer is: long rest & short rest are both fine, BUT if you do shorter rest, you have to do slightly more sets to get the same stimulus. Think about it like this - you do 15 reps, rest short, & do 5 next set, or you do 15 reps, rest long & get 14 next set. Just because the first 9 reps of that 14 rep set aren't quite as important as the final 5, doesn't mean they're useless. They still contribute to the growth somewhat. So if you rest short, the perfect number of sets for you, whatever it may be, will be slightly higher than if you did long rest.

[@Vengeqnce]

Bro when is the glute spread tutorial 🤩

[@MegaMandero]

Heck! Those edits and explanation is tight! Do you edit your videos yourself?

[@facundocorradini]

It really depends on the training split, your recovery times, and whether you're natural or enhanced. I'd never take every set to failure doing a push-pull-legs split, as that'd turn pretty much all exercises after the second one into incredibly painful junk volume. On the other hand, doing a full body split, I can get away with training all sets to failure, which increases weekly effective reps to the max. What has worked best for me is a 3x per week full body split, taking every set to failure or beyond (drop sets, supersets, etc). Each training day I go through 3 sets of 2 exercises per muscle group, totaling 18 effective sets per muscle group per week

[@panagenesis2695]

You have to balance intesity, volume, and frequency for best results.

[@parker7958]

Incredible info. You have inspired me so much Max, both in terms of my own habits, as well as teaching others. I've learned so much from you and it even inspired me to create youtube content of my own! Thank you❤

[@SmoothHandle]

2:23. See those effective reps the box? That’s why I really love myo reps. Keeps you in that zone longer while truly maximizing fatigue, minimizing junk volume.

[@fuckingastonishing]

Your recent bulk has probably set you in the natty or not conversation. Great bulk 💕

[@ocmx1198]

I accually like the feeling of muscle failure

[@Adolphdrippler23]

Can you make a video on how important sleep & recovery are? Many people get caught up in training & nutrition, but never take S&R into account. Which is when growth occurs. If you can elucidate on that, that would be great.