Clearly, there are reasons why women would be averse to training their pecs. And I am sympathetic to the societal pressures that impart many of the misunderstood viewpoints that have been allowed to fester. But effective chest training doesn’t have to involve hyper-masculinization. Or pecs bulging out of your turtleneck.

But is it really that simple? Does going to failure actually reduce the things that need to be worried about? Or is it all just smoke-and-mirrors?  Let’s now turn to my friends over at the PubMed Collective to let their side of the story breathe a little:  We’ve established that

What people think of as plateaus are more often the result of unrealistic expectations of never-ending, linear progress. There may be times when your performance or physical appearance seems to change rapidly, but by-and-large, gaining strength is a long-term process. And growing new muscle tissue is even slower. Fat loss