Should Adults Lift for Less than 5 Reps Per Set? - #AMR382

Should Adults Lift for Less than 5 Reps Per Set? - #AMR382

March 5, 2026 · 21 min

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The episode discusses whether adults should lift to failure on low-rep schemes, referencing a discussion by Mike Boyle.

Mike Boyle had a great discussion on Instagram several weeks ago about adults lifting to failure and using low rep schemes. It sparked a lot of arguments among people about which approach is best and whether there's always an answer to this question. We discuss whether adults should lift to failure on low-rep schemes in this week's episode. We'll go over what we do at Champion, how we mostly agree with this, and why we may work low reps for a very certain population for a specific reaso...

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