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How Hard Should You Train? — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: medium · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 4 min · 611 words

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How Hard Should You Train?

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“No pain, no gain” is an old saying in English. It means that one has to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make progress.

The expression is now often used to push people to train harder or exercise more to get good effects.

But just how much pain do you have to have from weight training? The answer depends on what you are trying to gain, fitness experts say.

For years, some trainers have told people that to get the best results, they need to train “until failure.”

Training “until failure” means that you do an exercise until you cannot do one more repetition. Some recent studies, however, suggest training “until failure” with weights may only help some people.

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Maria Cheng reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/how-hard-should-you-train-/7823051.html

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