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Each piece of equipment and each exercise has its own purpose, time and place. Every rep of every set must be approached in a manner that it propels you forwards one step towards your goal.
I see too many shitty, swingy, airy reps that don't really count until the last two - that means these are only two "intentional" reps.
If you want a certain training effect from your session you must approach each rep in a manner that it does what it's meant for. A strength based rep should feel heavy and force you to maintain position and core stability, similarly a bodybuilding style rep-set should push a gush of blood into your muscles for a localised pump, the same is true for power and conditioning based methods.
Strength based sets and reps can be summarized in the below table created by Prilepin :
More nervous system intensive power based throws and jumps are usually done in the rep range of 1-5 because the focus is on quality and development of power.
Similarly, pump based bodybuilding style rep range of 10-15+ is done for the intention of keeping the muscle under tension for a long period of time to break more fibers and make them grow when at rest.
Conditioning sessions should give you the desired cardiovascular-muscular endurance effect and hence we use exercises in a circuit or back to back fashion so up the heart rate but still lift with proper form.
This way, you won't feel the need for "more" in the tank. You would have already gotten your desired training effect and can now rest and focus on your nutrition and recovery strategies.
Are you training intentionally? Do your reps count? Do your sets satisfy you?
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