Rest Long To Get Strong

DefMetalLifter · Sep 8, 2014

The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that advanced athletes who want to maximize strength gains should lift heavy weights (1-6 repetition maximum) with three to five minutes rest between sets. Brazilian scientists reinforced this important principle of strength training. They measured the effect of resting one minute, three minutes or five minutes between sets during an intense, 16-week weight-training program designed to increase strength. Those resting three minutes or five minutes between sets gained more strength than those resting only one minute. Push big weights to get strong. You can't do this if you don't recover adequately between sets. (Journal Science Medicine Sport, in press; published online October 5, 2009)

Presser · Sep 9, 2014

good info brutha! I always trained with 30 seconds between sets maybe 45 seconds, and it kept me lean as fuck and always sweating! It was kind of like cardio, I would literally go through 2-3 different shirts per gym session. But as I got older i incorporated the more rest between sets mind set and i like it

ckcrown84 · Sep 9, 2014

from a PL perspective we take significant amount of time between sets when doing primary movements.
However, you have more flexibility and rep/time schemes when doing accessory work.

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