Failed rep?

coryrood

Would you consider this scenario to be a failed rep?

Doing a 5x5 program. Say you are on your fourth set. Just finished your third rep and instead of taking a second to re set your self you take 3 or 4 seconds. Then do the left with good form.

Would you say that is a failure?

mamasmaltz3

Nope, not a failure. You got your reps in, good job.

KimmyKicksAss

Nah, not a failure. Sometimes I have to adjust my stance or something and it takes a second or two.

eatgoodeat

Are you talking about resting at the top for additional seconds? A failed rep to me is not being able to get out of the hole or get the weights back to starting position. If u are resting a little longer between each rep but are still able to complete to your set, I don't think that's a fail necessarily.

franfran1821

Nope. If I'm doing 3x10 front squats and increasing my weight every set, at the last set of 10 I usually cannot do them all back to back. I might do 4, rest 30 sec , do another 4, rest a min, then do the last 2. This is to me is a completed set and not failure because I never had to drop the bar.

Willbenchforcupcakes

Nope. Not a failed rep at all. Failing is not getting back to the starting position, not simply taking an extra second or two to refocus.

shor0814

Form >speed. It isn't about how fast you do the reps.

Yi5hedr3

Nope!

kwtilbury

Resting at the top of the movement is fine if you're training for strength (which I assume you are). If you're training more for hypertrophy/pump I'd say to drop the weight a little to keep the movement more fluid.

yusaku02

That's perfectly fine. I sometimes take up to 10 seconds between reps if I want to reset my feet during squats.

TR0berts

franfran1821 wrote: »

Nope. If I'm doing 3x10 front squats and increasing my weight every set, at the last set of 10 I usually cannot do them all back to back. I might do 4, rest 30 sec , do another 4, rest a min, then do the last 2. This is to me is a completed set and not failure because I never had to drop the bar.

FYI: What you're describing is called rest-pause. There's nothing wrong with it - in fact, it can be quite beneficial to train that way - but I wouldn't call that a completed set.

kami3006

TR0berts wrote: »

franfran1821 wrote: »

Nope. If I'm doing 3x10 front squats and increasing my weight every set, at the last set of 10 I usually cannot do them all back to back. I might do 4, rest 30 sec , do another 4, rest a min, then do the last 2. This is to me is a completed set and not failure because I never had to drop the bar.

FYI: What you're describing is called rest-pause. There's nothing wrong with it - in fact, it can be quite beneficial to train that way - but I wouldn't call that a completed set.

I agree with this ^. If you have to rest that long before you can complete the other reps, then it's not a completed set. Failure doesn't necessarily mean having to drop the bar. It means you cannot do them all at one time without a rest period (and I don't mean stopping for a few seconds to reset form).

ETA: It seems you'd do better breaking the sets up more so you can complete each one with a rest period in between. Just a thought.

kwtilbury

franfran1821 wrote: »

Nope. If I'm doing 3x10 front squats and increasing my weight every set, at the last set of 10 I usually cannot do them all back to back. I might do 4, rest 30 sec , do another 4, rest a min, then do the last 2. This is to me is a completed set and not failure because I never had to drop the bar.

So you're saying you stand there for a minute with the bar in the rack position? That sounds miserable.

JoRocka

kwtilbury wrote: »

franfran1821 wrote: »

Nope. If I'm doing 3x10 front squats and increasing my weight every set, at the last set of 10 I usually cannot do them all back to back. I might do 4, rest 30 sec , do another 4, rest a min, then do the last 2. This is to me is a completed set and not failure because I never had to drop the bar.

So you're saying you stand there for a minute with the bar in the rack position? That sounds miserable.

I can't figure out if he's STANDING under the bar- or in the rack with it but still holding on- either way- still sounds sucky.

OP- not a failure- a failed lift is one you fail to complete the lift- meaning- you sit down (squat) or you can't lift the bar and or drop it (dead lift) or you cannot get the bar up off your chest (bench) and or need help getting it back up there.

None of it is "wrong" meaning- failing a lift isn't bad- failing frequently is hard on the system and should generally be avoided- BUT- knowing how to fail- and actually failing are good- you have to know what that feels like and how to move/drop/handle it.

working with big weights and pushing yourself- you're going to fail a lift- you best know how to do it SAFELY- not just for you- but for others around you (flinging dumbbells as you fail- safe for you - not for others)