longer or shorter rest periods

[Wonton]

15 seconds?!

And you still get plenty of reps in on your subsequent sets?

I take my hat off for you, I could never do that.

No basically through weight is light like when I usually start I can pull like the same reps but then as I tear up yeah the weight goes up and reps drop

 

[alfresco]

15 seconds?!

And you still get plenty of reps in on your subsequent sets?

I take my hat off for you, I could never do that.

Your body regains about 50% of its strength after 3 seconds.

 

[maldorf]

15 seconds?!

And you still get plenty of reps in on your subsequent sets?

I take my hat off for you, I could never do that.

It's certainly better for overall health to have short rests. I see it as having some aerobic component that way. Certainly good for the heart. I have to rest longer now because of my heart failure.

 

[fisther69]

Yes and it's definitely not 30-45 secs. My strength dropoff would be huge if I rested only for so long.

I used to wait a few minutes..then I started making trips to westside barbell.

After about a week I discovered that rest periods for me were pretty unnecessary.

Keep in mind though that I’m powerlifting..not bodybuilding

 

[qbkilla]

I used to wait a few minutes..then I started making trips to westside barbell.

After about a week I discovered that rest periods for me were pretty unnecessary.

Keep in mind though that I’m powerlifting..not bodybuilding

I usually take longer. Switching it up and adding some more volume to my routine. The extra sets won't be to failure and I'll be taking short rest periods. My regular sets (about 8 per part) will be to failure with sufficient rest

 

[maldorf]

I used to wait a few minutes..then I started making trips to westside barbell.

After about a week I discovered that rest periods for me were pretty unnecessary.

Keep in mind though that I’m powerlifting..not bodybuilding

I think only squats and deads require a long rest period when going heavy. For most exercises, I'd say 1 min tops is good.

 

[buck]

15 -30 seconds In and out like a bank robbery!

Especially with all the nonsense/trends going on , Hit it hard and roll out...

Works for me and my goals atm.

BIOGENIX

I doubt he has been waiting 13 years since he posted this to find out the answer to his question. He would have lost the pump by now.

 

[alfresco]

It's certainly better for overall health to have short rests. I see it as having some aerobic component that way. Certainly good for the heart. I have to rest longer now because of my heart failure.

Yes, I agree with the aerobic component. It cannot be dismissed.

http://www.arthurjonesexercise.com/Athletic/Total.PDF

 

[Type-IIx]

Shorter RIs mean stressing the glycolytic system, increased metabolite accumulation, and improved lactate buffering. Metabolite accumulation may enhance hypertrophic outcomes, but harms strength outcomes. Longer RIs allow greater motor unit recruitment (as fatigue dissipates before hard efforts) improving strength. Properly planned bodybuilding training programs might have blocks dedicated to increased strength (i.e., increased neural adaptations) that precede blocks dedicated to optimal hypertrophy (eliciting tension & metabolic adaptations).