Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
So I was recently made aware of a post Mike Israetel put up on his Instagram relating to muscle growth for training to failure vs. not training to failure. I tracked it to James Krieger's Instagram to see the original before pulling the full study to look at i.
Since some people show some really poor reading comprehension (or in Mike's case, prefer to flat out lie about me), I first clarify my stance on the entire issue of training to failure (spoiler: I have NEVER advocated people necessarily train to failure much less always train to failure for all applications).
Perhaps after this Mike would like to be a man and make a public clarification to correct the lies he told about me. I have as much faith in that happening as him sending me a video of an all out set. It's only been nearly a year since I challenged him to do it.
Then I look at the study in question, before addressing a slightly different issue related to what are fundamentally impossible workout designs. As always I issue a challenge to people that I full well know they will make excuses not to take. But what's new?
#mikeisraetel #trainingtofailure #musclehypertrophy #jameskrieger
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Reference:
Santanielo N et al. Effect of resistance training to muscle failure vs non-failure on strength, hypertrophy and muscle architecture in trained individuals. 2020 Dec;37(4):333-341. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2020.96317. Epub 2020 Jul 5.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33343066
So I was recently made aware of a post Mike Israetel put up on his Instagram relating to muscle growth for training to failure vs. not training to failure. I tracked it to James Krieger's Instagram to see the original before pulling the full study to look at i.
Since some people show some really poor reading comprehension (or in Mike's case, prefer to flat out lie about me), I first clarify my stance on the entire issue of training to failure (spoiler: I have NEVER advocated people necessarily train to failure much less always train to failure for all applications).
Perhaps after this Mike would like to be a man and make a public clarification to correct the lies he told about me. I have as much faith in that happening as him sending me a video of an all out set. It's only been nearly a year since I challenged him to do it.
Then I look at the study in question, before addressing a slightly different issue related to what are fundamentally impossible workout designs. As always I issue a challenge to people that I full well know they will make excuses not to take. But what's new?
#mikeisraetel #trainingtofailure #musclehypertrophy #jameskrieger
bodyrecomposition.com
store.bodyrecomposition.com
instagram.com/mcdonaldlyle
Reference:
Santanielo N et al. Effect of resistance training to muscle failure vs non-failure on strength, hypertrophy and muscle architecture in trained individuals. 2020 Dec;37(4):333-341. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2020.96317. Epub 2020 Jul 5.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33343066
