Smont
Legend
If I have learned anything from that technique, which I have and been applying for at least 6-8 months now. It's that was not truly hitting failure till I tried some of the DC stuff. In that time I have definitely without a doubt made more progress on less gear (mostly trt dose) and less food, training that way then I had in the 1.5 previous years. I was stronger on 1rm when I was fat, but in general now I'm about 30lbs less, stronger on most lifts for reps other then bench and consistent progress. The only variable in my favor is training to real failure now. Once again I find myself thinking about how many cycles I wasted gear trying to up the dose instead of working harderThis kind of work ethic applies to any set or rep range. 5x5, heavy singles, 20-rep sets of squat, legpress, deadlift, 100-rep isolation sets, rest-pause, isometrics, HIT, whatever. It really doesn’t matter - people can grow & strengthen with different methods, but they MUST work hard.
Truly hard work is the common thread that underlies all productive training. You’re going to have to want it, and you’re going to have to pay the dues.
We have all had sessions, maybe months or years, where we coasted. Just phoned it in. These may be necessary for one reason or another with life, injuries, stress, distractions. But the progress really comes in proportion to the effort applied.