If You’re Not Resting 3 Minutes In Between Sets, Watch This!
If you’re not resting long enough in between sets, you may be missing out on significant gains in muscle growth. In this video, we …
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November 22, 2024
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0:36 how do you say "no evidence that these ANABOLICS have any effect of muscle growth"?.. They are ANABOLUCS, dude… Almost all the dangerous steroids mimic testosterone, so what are you talkin about?
I have about 30 seconds between sets. Just long enough for my wife to finish her set.
Thanks, been experimenting with longer rest period between reps, 2-3 min, and it does seem to help. Trying to get over the feeling I'm wasting time, so this info helps.
How does this work with supersets ? I do push-ups, superman's, situps,leglifts,squats, and inverted rows in a superset. How would I go about my rest period?
All I canb say is that if I rest longer between sets, I can hit more sets and hit them harder. The next day I feel like I got hit by a truck, which means hypertrophy. When I tried the 1-2 min rest method, I experienced very little results due to far less effective sets due to fatigue being too high. The 3-minute method is what built up my 56 yo ass into the jacked dude I am today. I was getting nowhere with short rest periods. SO out of all the contradicting things I've see posted by influencers, I know for a fact that this one is accurate by putting it to the test myself.
Rest when u done!
When I was a teen we rested 30 seconds. As a 66 year old I rest 3 minutes. Gaining! Works!
Thank you for that crucial data. Salute.
I like to use short circuits of usually 4 exercises. By the time I get done with last exercise, the first muscle group has had time to recover. For example: biceps -triceps – abs – glutes. (the triple A workout). I go by feel, too. If I need more recovery, I take more recovery. I just don't take LESS recovery. Seems to work for me.
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With those longer rest periods, are they going to (near) failure with each set? Seems to me like the folks going 2-4 reps from failure wouldn't need that longer rest period? I know that I can't do the 30second rest periods that are commonly recommended, but I also milk the hell out of each rep. Honestly, I might be taking too long to complete each rep, but when I'm done, I can't even drop load and move a reasonable volume of weight before like 90 seconds or so
3 min rest is minimum for smaller exercises and 5 min is minimum for bigger exercises. You can push that to 5 min for smaller exercises and up to 7-8 minutes for bigger exercises. If you rest less then you're simply not training hard. It's impossible to recover in 1 minute between sets if u truly pushed to near failure. This is consistent with the self evident fact that 90+% of guys in the gym never train hard.
Length of rest is dependent on training intensity
I used to rest 1 minutes and one day i rest about 3 and half minutes my next rep i did more reps the the previos .. i kept doing it and i saw way more result that ever before…
I do 2 minute rests so I don't fall asleep
I workout twice a week full body 💪🏼
I do about 2-minutes and sometimes 4-5 LOL I get’a day dreamin.
Great, I just started doing MYO sets to save time, now I don't know if that's a great idea. Ah well, I like getting my workout done in less than an hour.
Sounds great if you have all day to workout and you have your own gym ! Not practical for people who have jobs and work out at Crunch …….
So the research on myo-reps, 3/7 method and drop sets (and the theory as to why they work) are wrong then?
What on earth is he on about..
I take 3m breaks. I’m over 40 and have a nice home gym so no rush.
Great point Lifting weights is anaerobic you should rest until you are fully recovered between sets.
In a 75-90 minute workout session longer breaks cut a lot of lifting out
I lift 2.5 times what most lift but use 15-30 second rests.
Can’t agree.
I don’t get notably fatigued from almost supersetting my entire 90 minute workout.
I also get the added benefits of muscular endurance and cardio training.
Perhaps also an individual thing.
What if you don’t work hard enough during a set to need a rest period?
No need to rest that long just for legs
I typically rest 2-3 minutes between sets of the same exercise, but move quickly from one exercise to another with little rest. The biggest problem I have is that this tends to stretch my workout to near two hours with my warmup. I like that the stronger feeling I have with longer rest periods, but getting up at 3:30a to get my workouts complete with enough time to get to work is annoying.
Depends on the movement. I rest longer on heavy short sets, light high rep sets get a shorter rest period.
Keep it simple: Longer rest periods:
heavyweights/low reps.
Shorter rest periods: lightweight/higher reps.
Very annoying background repetitive music! 😠😡😠
I find volume goes way down when I don’t rest 3-4 minutes, but workouts take forever! The better question is, given a limited amount of time, should we sacrifice sets (with a longer rest) or sacrifice reps, and maybe even weight (with a short rest)? I’m guessing the short rest is going to be optimal for someone who wants to lift for an hour 3x per week.
Oh crap, I do full body workouts, 3-4 min rest between sets will not work
Really helpful. You confirmed what I’ve been doing – 4 minutes between sets for bench presses and leg presses; 3 minutes for all the other muscle groups.
Good way to lose your pump . 3 minutes is ok for power lifting but not bodybuilding.
90 seconds for me.
Terrible advise if you want to grow muscle.
ONLY Power lifters rest 3+ minutes between sets – If you want to be stronger but tend to stay on the fatter side.
If bodybuilders rested this long between sets – you might as well NOT Work-Out At All.
Ormaybe if you're 70+ years old then Yes, you should rest longer.Read that if you rest 1 minute its good for fat burn. is this true?