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    Newbie question: why does 'to failure' feel different for different muscles?

    @patsy_cline_fan On the internet it's more popular to simplify everything into dogmatic black & white instead of looking at nuances and being practical. I don't recommend sloppy form on barbell squats. I don't mind a bit sloppy form on the last period in plank (sagging back a bit).
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    Newbie question: why does 'to failure' feel different for different muscles?

    @maggie123 That risk of injury is very dependent on the specific exercise and what "form breaking" you do. If you're doing standing biceps curls and you can't get it up anymore, swinging your back slightly isn't going to cause any damage. But it will let you get it up one more time and you can...
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    Chest exercises with big boobs

    @truth_seekers You don't necessarily need to use free weights to build chest muscle, converging chest press (machine) and pec deck may be good options. Consider why you want to train chest. As part of overall fitness, or because you want to build a high number in bench press, or build chest...
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    What's an actual realistic goal? Pictures and current routine included

    @patrick226 You should NOT feel guilty about having aesthetics goal - there is nothing wrong with training for aesthetics instead of training to lift the heaviest weights. Both are viable goals. Some would say that running a marathon under 4:30 or swimming 2000 meter in under 40min is a...
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