Those Last Few Reps

When strength training, the last few repetitions of a set should be challenging. More challenging than the first couple. Those reps where you have to push a little harder to grind out the set is where strength is built. 

After doing that a couple times in a training session. Your body says, "wow, if they’re going to keep pushing to that limit, we better adapt to it.”

Your body spends the next day or two recovering and repairing the damage from the (good) stress of strength training. 

Don’t mistake difficult reps for sloppy reps. Form is always priority number one. If you’re looking to get stronger though, make sure the weight is challenging you enough to force adaptation.  

Justin Miner

@justinminergain