/blog/2019/07/31/how-to-win-at-fat-loss-by-failing

The Quick Cut:

• Your goal in your training is to build muscle tone.
  
• Having more muscle speeds up your metabolism.
  
• This allows you to burn more fat, even while you’re sleeping.
  
• To build muscle, you have to take your sets to 'failure'.
  
• Find a weight challenging enough that makes the last two reps of each set feel almost impossible.

The Long Slice:

I’m going to mention an important weight loss strategy that many people are not aware of or do not take advantage of.

When it comes to maximizing the results of your exercise in helping you lose weight, you want to put your focus on gaining muscle.

That's because adding more muscle on your frame boosts your metabolism.

The best way to gain muscle is to do resistance training to ‘failure’. What this means is you want to take your sets to the point where you can no longer do any more repetitions (without breaking your form/cheating).

In fact, the last two repetitions should feel nearly impossible. 

Note: You ARE going to have to concentrate and focus to reach failure on any given exercise. Yes, you will have to push yourself, warrior! 

This type of training breaks down muscle, which triggers your body to add more muscle than before, and consequently, boost your metabolism. 

As a (somewhat extreme) example of taking a set to failure, here’s me doing an intense set of leg presses to failure in the gym.

Again, you don’t need to go quite this hard - unless you want to, of course.

You’re also going to have to find the right amount of weight that you can do with strict form, for the prescribed number of reps.

This will take some experimentation, which is why it’s important to track the weight, reps, and sets you do each time, so you can look back and see what the right weight is for you. (I just keep a note in my phone to track mine).

To recap, this is the concept I want you to always keep in mind: 

1. Select the right amount of weight that will make the last two reps feel almost impossible.
   
2. Then, focus with drive and intensity to push through the fire and take that set to failure.
   

This will help you build muscle, increase strength and burn fat, not to mention give you mental fortitude. 

In closing, when it comes to losing fat, if you don’t want to be a failure, make sure you go to failure. 🙂