muscle failure
Can't lift anymore
Muscle failure is the point during exercise when a muscle can no longer complete another repetition with proper form, having exhausted its capacity to contract against resistance.
Reaching failure is a training technique in strength sports: I took every set to failure.
The term also appears in medical contexts for muscles that stop functioning due to injury or disease.
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- strainExcessive stretching force
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
weakness · collapse · reps · drop sets · soreness · burning sensation · lactic acid · pump · shaking · hypertrophy · progressive overload · overload · breakdown · tendon · contraction · atrophy · cramp · spasm
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