I've heard that it should be 30sec-1min, but some guy at my gym says it should be "however long it takes", maybe 5 minutes, even!
I think that's WAAAAY to long, because you can't give your all if you're giving only 10 seconds of "your all" and then chilling for enough time to fully recover... I feel NOTHING when I do this. Aren't I SUPPOSED to be tearing my muscles down?
Again, I could be wrong.
So how long should I rest?
**Edit: Sorry for the misquote metaldrummer-- I changed this post slightly.
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11-23-2007, 09:55 PM #1
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How long do you rest between sets?
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11-24-2007, 12:34 AM #4
LOL please don't misquote me. I never said that the time between sets let your muscles heal, all I said was I thought YOU needed longer rests between your sets just by watching you kill yourself. Yes sometimes I will take up to five minutes between sets, especially if I'm doing heavy deadlifts or legs, but I guess you know what you're doing. I wasn't saying you needed to rest 5 minutes, just longer than you were...
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I'm hoping that some people here just have horrible perceptions of time, because 5 minutes - in my opinion - is just way to long to recover from an exercise, no matter how intense the workout is. True, recovery times vary from person to person. But if it takes you 5 minutes to recover, chances are you need some serious work on your endurance/conditioning.
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11-24-2007, 04:30 AM #18
good rule of thumb:
rest until your breathing/pulse rate is back to a reasonable level!
i wait until i am no longer breathing heavily and jump back in!
after awhile you wont really have to think about it and you will know when you are ready!"As sure as the world stands, you jf1 shall spend an eternity in Hell in eternal torment..."
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11-24-2007, 09:34 AM #22
Yup.
I rest 3-5 minutes between sets, except for leg curl and calf work where I only rest a very short time.
Might experiment with a faster pace of training soon enough, but for now, what I'm doing is workin' great.
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11-24-2007, 09:35 AM #23
Depends on the goal of the set. If you're truly maxing out on squats and deadlifts or doing some crazy rest-pausing on them (i.e. 20 rep squats), why impose time constraints at all? Rest until you feel ready.
Generally 1-3 mins for bb'ing training is a solid guideline, with longer rest times for heavy freeweight compounds and shorter rest times for machines and isos.
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11-24-2007, 10:31 AM #25
Whatever time it takes to re-rack and get new weights for warm up sets/ between warm up sets and work sets.
75-90 seconds between work sets when doing isolation/semi-iso exercises. (curls, tricep extensions, db presses of all kinds)
2 minutes between squat sets, unless doing extremely heavy sets, then 4-5 minutes
When training calves I wait till the burning sensation goes away and then hit them again.
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