Rhonda Patrick· PhD
1-3 reps from failure can promote muscle adaptations
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1-3 reps from failure can promote muscle adaptations
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but for most people getting within one to three reps until failure kind of answers the...it sounds like it depends on the person.
For the gen pop, I probably would say that's always going to be effective and you probably never have to go to failure, for the goals of most gen pops.
one to three, I think, is a good general recommendation that's necessary to see adaptations.