Muscle Round rep numbers

[Altamir]

The videos are starting to mount up around the web now, showcasing individuals' FT work.

The vast majority of the ones I have seen which show muscle round workouts show someone getting all 24 in a straight pattern - ie 6 x 4 rep, no weight drop intra-set.

Now, I'm not saying that's not optimum, nor am I saying it is optimum, but I thought I'd ask how many people find they tend to hit a true failure point in their MR set, and HAVE to reduce the weight intra-set to continue?

These drop sets (personally) lead to better stimulation (drop through failure usually hits somewhere around rep 14 to 19). Now that everything is put into these MR sets and weight drops become MANDATORY, I have HAD to drop back to tier one.

Any thoughts anyone?

I try to hit true failure on my MRs in the 5th set. That's always the plan, doesn't always work that way. But when I am the most sore and the muscle feels worked the hardest when I'll do say 4x4, on the 5th cluster, fail on the 2nd or 3rd rep. Drop the weight anywhere between 25 to 50% and really REALLY focus and squeeze through the last set. It feels freaking amazing. The muscle is so damn fatigued and spent, and just taking through those 4 controlled reps is the icing on the cake. It's really helped with my mind muscle connection, and it doesn't have the stress that your traditional drop set does.

I think a lot of people think they are trying hard, think that "man, I just did 6x4 and that whooped me", but few really know how to push themselves to the limit and what that limit really is. I'm sure they will get decent results from the program.

I also think its hard for people to break from structure. If in their mind they see "6x4" that's what they will do. The failure point is already set in their head.