The honest signal
In HIT, the stimulus is fixed — one set to failure. So the only variable that proves adaptation is whether that set got stronger: more reps at the same weight, or the same reps at a heavier weight. Everything else is secondary.
Reading the log
Each session, record the weight and the reps to failure. Over weeks, the trend should climb — through double progression: reps first, then weight, then reps again. A stalled or regressing trend means recovery is incomplete or the stimulus has plateaued.
What Failure Point records
Failure Point logs each working set, calculates whether progression was earned, and accumulates the trend as shareable evidence of adaptation — not a before-and-after photo, not a quote, just the numbers. That's the proof the method produces.
When the trend stalls
A plateau isn't failure — it's information. It usually means recovery is incomplete, nutrition or sleep is off, or the routine needs a change. Read the log, adjust one variable, and resume. Frequency is the first lever →