rest period between sets

[jnewton86]

just wanted to get some opinions


in doing my workouts, i ve changed my rest time to 30 seconds instead of a minute, doing 5 sets of 4 exercises. wears you out fast! so far im happy with it, i wanted to see what other members thought of such a short rest and if its beneficial to continue doing it for a long time?

[Voland]

I've never experimented with such short resting periods.
I rest a lot like 2-3 mins between sets (for big lifts) and like 4-5 mins between excercises. I rest 1-2 mins for isolation excercises or 1min if doing cables or some of that light stuff.

[BBall6]

I'm usually around the 1 1/2 min to 2 min range unless I am going heavy or squatting which I usually take a little longer.

[BBall6]

Oh and when I keep it closer to the 1-1/2 min mark, I don't lift nearly as much weight as I would with an extra 30+ secs of rest, but it does give me a better pump and always feel like I got a better workout the following day based on soreness.

[free_spirit]

Rest as long as you need to get the job done effectively, i.e, hitting all reps as intense as possible (for compound excercises I'd say 2-3 mins rest). So the quality of your set is as high as possible.