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Dreamliner · 07-15-2012, 08:07 PM

I'm just not sure why anyone would want to do 15-20 minutes of pushups.

But yes, pre-exhaustion has been around for a long time. However, it was originally envishioned as a way to shorten a workout. Typically, you'd do one set to failure of an isolation exercise like, say, chest flies, then immediately follow with bench press.

It's obviously not a good strategy for increasing strength. It is, I suspect, good for hypertrophy.

07-15-2012, 08:07 PM	#2
Dreamliner Gator Country's Ring of Honor Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 62,378	I'm just not sure why anyone would want to do 15-20 minutes of pushups. But yes, pre-exhaustion has been around for a long time. However, it was originally envishioned as a way to shorten a workout. Typically, you'd do one set to failure of an isolation exercise like, say, chest flies, then immediately follow with bench press. It's obviously not a good strategy for increasing strength. It is, I suspect, good for hypertrophy.