Andrew Huberman· PhD
If you’re going to get into resistance training, you’re going to want to ease into it over a few months. Not training to failure. Just really master the mechanics of the movements and not do a ton of volume.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
If you’re going to get into resistance training, you’re going to want to ease into it over a few months. Not training to failure. Just really master the mechanics of the movements and not do a ton of volume.
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a raw beginner first of all you need to learn how to do the movements correctly before let's thinking about going to failure.