If you’re striving for muscle failure with each set, more rest is a given.
Monitor when you feel ready to tackle the next set compared to when you feel burned out. Do this for a few workouts with varying intensities and volume. Only after you’ve matched or surpassed your personal best should you rest for 120 seconds or more. Increase the time to 90 seconds.Īssuming you’re using progressive overload, once you pass the previous week’s weight record, you may need even more of a break. As the weights get heavier and as the intensity increases, you’re going to find that this might not be enough of a rest break. Your warm-ups will have the shortest amount of resting time preferably no more than 60 seconds. If you have a relatively light workout or you want to gauge how you respond to different lengths of time, try starting the workout with short breaks and extending them as you progress. EVOLVE FROM SHORT BREAKS TO LONGER BREAKS Let’s take a look at the variables involved in determining your personalized rest break that you can use in your next workout. Above all, no two people will require the same rest time. How long you sit and recover is more complicated than a one-size-fits all format, especially when it comes to powerlifting. Too short of a rest break and you fall short of your target repetitions. Too much of a rest break and your muscles cool down. What’s the big deal? Rest breaks are when your muscles recharge for the next lift, giving you a chance to push yourself to muscle failure. Scroll through the thousands of workouts online, and you’d be surprised at how often a rest break is either not discussed or the generic sixty-second rest break is used.
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