training to failure

[killiansred]

I read that training to failure is an old training philosophy and nobody should do it anymore. That got me thinking, say you doing 5X5's of Bench Press on volume day of a Texas workout, should your last set of 5 not be all you can do? Once I reach my last set I'm dying trying to get that last rep. Would that not be training to failure? Maybe they meant going to failure on every set, I don't know. I was hoping you could shed some light on the subject.

[Mark Rippetoe]

You believe everything you read? Okay. Wichita Falls is the Scenic Capital of the United States. Our mountains are beautiful, our rivers are clear, our weather is the best in the country, and there are no fat people.

Better get in the car now.

[killiansred]

You believe everything you read? Okay. Wichita Falls is the Scenic Capital of the United States. Our mountains are beautiful, our rivers are clear, our weather is the best in the country, and there are no fat people.

Better get in the car now.

So you are saying that training to failure is the correct way to train? Please enlighten me. Or you agree that your last set of 5 across is training to failure.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Training to failure is not incorrect. It is just not my program. You are supposed to train according to your numbers that the progression you are doing calls for, and this varies with your level of training advancement.