Rest-Pause and Muscle Rounds

[fr33r1d3]

What do you guys think about Rest-Pause and Muscle Rounds and such techniques?
Phil! Whats your opinion on this?

I know I can pay Phil to get his opinion on it, and I will as soon as I get my christmas bonus from my work...

 

[smootheavy]

What do you guys think about Rest-Pause and Muscle Rounds and such techniques?
Phil! Whats your opinion on this?

I know I can pay Phil to get his opinion on it, and I will as soon as I get my christmas bonus from my work...

advanced techniques are a great addition to a training regime if used sparingly..I learned the hardway that they can quickly lead to overreaching/training if not careful...

 

[thebaron1]

advanced techniques are a great addition to a training regime if used sparingly..I learned the hardway that they can quickly lead to overreaching/training if not careful...

very true....i think most people go way overboard even with forced reps....i see guys all the time going to failure and beyond on every set of every exercise...and some of them arent even on a cycle....completely pointless. that and people doing waaaay too many drop sets.

 

[aussiebulldog]

been doing rest pause as part of dc for some time now .
they are a great tool if you know what you are doing and avoid over training.

 

[bigfatandugly]

funny that this topic would come up-

i have trained using rest- pause only for the past 8 years or so since i first read about it on mueller's board.

thru time i played with the routine till i adapted it to what works best for my body, adding in more working sets as opposed to restricting them. i trained each body part once a week.

for the past two months i have bastardised the routine to the point where i now train my whole body 3 times a week, using only two sets of 7-5-3 per bodypart- the entire workout takes me about an hour and 15 min, and i alternate exercises workout to workout to keep my body guessing.

i lam finding i am responding well because the workload isn't such that my can't repair due to the volume, and gives me enough days off during the week to fully repair.

another advantage i have really noticed now that i'm dieting is that it keeps me alot fuller whereas between workouts in the past i'd flatten out considerably with 5-6 days between body parts. this of course could be attributed to dietary considerations, but i have noticed my body responds well to more frequent workouts so i tend to lean to the idea that it's the volume i'm undertaking as opposed to my just diet keeping me full.

it also negates the need for cardio at this point due to the fact i spend little time between sets so my heart rate climbs into my fat burning zone about 45 min. into the session. i have little doubt were i doing cardio i'd prolly easily start losing lean as i feel i am just pushing the envelope in terms of workload and over training being as calorie restricted as i am.

but i know my body well enough now to know when to back off, or add in the calories i need to continue developing.

hope this helps.

BFU

 

[tkav1980]

i think rest-pause are great. once you have no other options to help you develop. once you employ an advanced technique and it stops working for you, where do you go from there?

 

[Sinestro]

I personally love to do rest / pause. Static holds etc. to get the burn and pump. Of course I try to rotate it with heavy days. I couldn't make it into the gym for a good 3 months so starting at ground zero once again. That's all I did this week to kick my body back into the groove and hopefully make muscle memory kick in.