Sorry for the late response on this one.

Always work to failure in every set. Your first set can be experimental in that you try out a weight level and do as many reps (with strict form) as possible.

But if you’re hitting 9, 10, 11 or more reps then for subsequent sets you should then increase the weight to a point where you can only manage 6-9 reps.

As explained above, you really only need to be doing 2-3 sets for each exercise.

Hope this helps, Marc.

Are you suggesting that we go to failure on each set?

For example, arm day; I would typically do a “warm up” set and get 12 reps in comfortably on say a bicep curl. When I come around to that exercise for the second set, the weight goes up and I might just push out 12, maybe 11 reps. Next set the weight goes up again and I would get say 7 or 8 reps and this would be my failure point. Once failure has been achieved, I don’t go back to this exercise again on that day.

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that we achieve say 6 – 8 reps at which point you would fail on each set you do? The opportunity to increase the weight as per “my method” would not exist then.

Thanks Marc and I hope you follow my meaning.

Phil