Quick question: time between sets

[syngon]

Hi,
I'm new on here and have a quick question for anybody in the know about weight training. If I’m lifting say 5 sets with 5 reps per set, benching, squatting or whatever, what is the appropriate rest time between sets?

Thanks in advance

[DetoxGuru.com]

when i do lightish weights i dont rest at all , i just wanna push myself non stop for an hour, if im trying to go heavy which you probably are if your doing 5 reps you should prob rest long enough to let your heart rate get down a bit 45secs or thereabouts.

[syngon]

Ya, it's heavy weight I'm lifting, well heavy for me anyway. I'd normally give it about a minute or so (I dont' time it) and was just wondering if this was about right, or it makes much of a difference.

Cheers

[Smiler]

Hi,

It depends on what you want to achieve....what are you after from your training?

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[Wiegieboard]

When I was training subwrestling I rested for 1 minute between sets.

When I powerlifted I waited 5 minutes between sets.

[syngon]

Hi,

It depends on what you want to achieve....what are you after from your training?

Smiler Increased strength! Doing the basic lifts, deadlift, clean, squats, bench etc

[Smiler]

Hi!

For pure strength you need to wait as long as possible but without losing the warmth you need for injury prevention. This obviously changes from person to person and the environment in which you train, but 3-8/10mins is usual...

Also worth looking at what you are doing the strength training for too - there may be more specific exercises to build sport specific strength for example.

Also, look at how you are doing your lifts. Are you powering up as quickly as possible? Or are you going for static strength? Are you overloading and going for the negative phase? Are you going superslow? All can affect the application of 'strength', which is a broad definition.

Hope this helps...

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[syngon]

Hi Gary,

Thanks a lot for the response. I've been training MMA for a few years now but have generally not spent too much time lifting. I don't have any fights coming up for a bit so I decided I'd try to increase my general strength levels, as its something I've neglected a bit in the past.


Are you overloading and going for the negative phase? Are you going superslow? :confused: Lack of knowledge letting me down here I'm afraid. :(

[Smiler]

Hi!

Overloading for the negative phase...you can put more weight on than you can handle in the concentric phase and control it as you lower....ie. take a bicep curl...put more weight on than you can curl up, but then be able to slowly lower it from the top of the movement...

Superslow would be to take around 10seconds to raise to the top of the movement, hold for 3, then lower for 10...totally removing momentum and working the full range of the muscles...

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[syngon]

Hi!

Overloading for the negative phase...you can put more weight on than you can handle in the concentric phase and control it as you lower....ie. take a bicep curl...put more weight on than you can curl up, but then be able to slowly lower it from the top of the movement...

Superslow would be to take around 10seconds to raise to the top of the movement, hold for 3, then lower for 10...totally removing momentum and working the full range of the muscles...

Smiler Cool, thanks for the info.

[daspecimen]

i'm doing between 30 and 45 seconds rest per set at the moment

[Predator]

i'm doing between 30 and 45 seconds rest per set at the moment

same here,

If im feeling hardcore i have 20 seconds but then when i get to about 6 i regret not having a longer rest lol

[daspecimen]

6 reps? or the 6th set?

[Predator]

6 reps? or the 6th set?

rep :(

i tend to do 10x5

[Duchman]

short up the rest as much as possible. Do super sets. Preacher curls and concentration cirls. feel the pump

[Predator]

short up the rest as much as possible. Do super sets. Preacher curls and concentration cirls. feel the pump

Glad to see your all about the bicep peak too lol.

Getting my biceps bigger is helping my grappling game by at least 20%

Hitler gets us doing crazy supersets that suck big time.

Like 6 seconds squats straight into RDL's

or Drop set bench press straight into 6 seconds pull ups

[Smiler]

Lol, out of interest, preacher and concentration curls don't work the muscles any more or less than normal curls - they just provide stability (potentially making the exercise more bicep specific as there is less control required to be put into the elbow core) and help to remove momentum.

There's alot of rubbish about how they 'work the lower head of the bicep'...but there isn't any science behind it that I can find, just against that...

Just a thought!

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[Predator]

Lol, out of interest, preacher and concentration curls don't work the muscles any more or less than normal curls - they just provide stability (potentially making the exercise more bicep specific as there is less control required to be put into the elbow core) and help to remove momentum.

There's alot of rubbish about how they 'work the lower head of the bicep'...but there isn't any science behind it that I can find, just against that...

Just a thought!

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I hardly ever do biceps.

I they get a workout in most of the other things i do. Like pull ups,Bench, rows etc

[Duchman]

LOL.. hooker liner sinker.

Good work predator ;)

[Predator]

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Says it all really

[tom blackledge]

There's no way you could arm bar him, i'm gonna get my arms like his.

[Predator]

There's no way you could arm bar him, i'm gonna get my arms like his.

Great move Blackledge,

Hip movement is overated IMO

just get huge limbs and no one can do anything to you

[tom blackledge]

i'm doing isolation curls as i type and i'm putting a little twist at the end just so the top of the 'cep feels the burn.

[OllieR]

curls are for girls..... barton we better put a few in your program....

[Predator]

curls are for girls..... barton we better put a few in your program....

wise cracks hey.

You best button it before i finish off that collar bone with some roid rage