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rest between sets?

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I watched a phil heath training video today and noticed that he rests only 30 seconds between sets, wtf??!! I think sometimes i may worry too much about going as heavy as possible with the correct rep range rather than training more intensely with shorted rest periods. Is there a right or wrong way to go about timing your rest or is it maybe goal dependant? Right now my goal is fatloss-building/maintaining muscle mass. This fall/winter i'll be back to eating everything in sight and gaining as much mass as possible. Thanks for any input.

Colossus_fit's picture

30-45sec for cut/vascularity(10-15reps), 1-2min for gain(8-12reps), 3-5min strenght( reps3-5)

Aamon's picture

This is a great answer here for a general guideline. The rest between sets is fully dependent upon training goals.

Colossus_fit's picture

certainly! then it depends on many things..recently ,I 've added the FST-7 to my hypertrophy routine .. I just do 5 sets instead of 7 .. I'm having great results

Colossus_fit's picture

It stands for Fascial Stretch Training and the seven refers to 7 sets performed usually as the final exercise of a target bodypart. Basically you train that bodypart on any given day heavy as you normally would keeping the rep range between 8-12, but the last exercise you perform the seven sets to finish off that particular muscle, with minimal rest in between to get the best pump possible. FROM :www.FST-7.com

carnealsr's picture

I always rest about 30 seconds mostly cause imma buisy guy and sincr ive upped the intensity i get much better pump and vascularity has really been showing up.

park's picture

If its fatloss than train with the least amount of rest. Id rather workout like that than sitting on a treadmill.