Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Fiction or Fact?

BRETTO
BRETTO
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2002/07/10, 01:58 PM
I've heard that only the last few reps, like when you lift to failure, are the only part of the exercise that are really doing anything. So if you quit before you really could do one more rep, all the other reps were really a waste of time?
rpacheco
rpacheco
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2002/07/10, 02:57 PM
Absolutely false! Think of it this way...before you can actually lift the last few reps, you have to exhaust the muscles first. This is usually done by the first few sets.

Besides, trying to go to failure (by lifting heavy) on your very first set WILL ONLY lead to injury! Hope this helps...

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**_Robert_**
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roni0906
roni0906
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2002/07/11, 02:37 AM
It also warms the muscles. That is very important so you don't injure yourself.

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Lisa