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[AllOkJumpmaster]

Off topic but..................

I'd be curious where the hell you grew up that most high schools weren't weight training.
I played in high school in the late 70's and early 80's and don't know of a single school in the northern part of the state that didn't have an extensive weight program. Seems like your area was way behind the times.

Hell, my high school had a better weight program than the the D1 school I went to and played at.

lol, southwest Ohio, the cradle of football coaching. The GCL. Moeller, Elder, St. X, Alter, Chaminade

we had a solid weight room, and lifting program, its not like they were doing nothing, but it was a new coach came in (a Woody Hayes coaching tree guy) that brought in a legit strength, power, and conditioning protocol. Pretty sure it was a carbon copy of either Ohio State's or Notre Dame's. High Schools jus were not doing that shit at that time. we started crushing people, and when we went to the playoffs and State, the teams we played from around the state were shocked at how tough / strong we were. It was because we were lifting.

 

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You are both right in different situations with different goals. Your example works great for someone new to lifting or focused on just getting stronger. However, eventually you get to 500 600 lbs and it doesn’t matter how easy your muscles can take the weight, it still taking a huge toll on your joints and overall fatigue. So training to failure intelligently works out as a long term solution for hypertrophy.

Your example works great for a certain window of time, but is that sustainable long term? Significant muscle gain is a slow gradual process which takes many years longer than it takes to squat 500lbs or deadlift 600lbs.

But I’m just high on pain meds and rambling on so..
actually just read your example again and I think I misinterpreted a little bit haha

Is this the case for all your post? I wouldn’t make a habit of this if you want guys to take your post serious on here.