Jammu, April 26 -- The debate around whether achieving muscle failure during workouts is necessary for building strength and size has divided the fitness world. However, a fresh analysis of the topic reveals failure training may indeed offer benefits over stopping short of exhaustion.

When muscles are worked to their fullest capacity, physical changes are set in motion. According to Chandan Khanna, a leading running coach, reaching failure fully recruits all muscle fibers and stimulates greater growth. This severe exertion signals the body to adapt through increased protein synthesis and fiber recruitment.

The physiological effects of failure include additional fiber engagement and hormonal responses promoting muscle repair and new tiss...