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    Quote Originally Posted by xnotoriousx View Post
    I think there's something you should give a try, it's called 60 second rest periods!
    I do use a timer but my rest periods are 1:30-2:00 depending on the exercise. Never any longer than 2 minutes though. For the calf-raises and crunches, I only wait 60 sec. Also, I was under the impression that a shorter rest period is used for a cutting phase, not for bulking. Am I mistaken on that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GuybrushThreepwod View Post
    I do use a timer but my rest periods are 1:30-2:00 depending on the exercise. Never any longer than 2 minutes though. For the calf-raises and crunches, I only wait 60 sec. Also, I was under the impression that a shorter rest period is used for a cutting phase, not for bulking. Am I mistaken on that?

    If you use a timer, then cool. I was just thinking it could be your problem as it was mine at one point. Try keeping it to 60 second, keep that intensity UP!

    These are the times that work for me.
    60sec on smaller muscle groups
    60-90sec for bigger compound movements
    90-120sec for heavy day lifts like DL/Squat

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    It's not that I'm even having any problems, I just want to make sure that I'm not wasting my efforts. I'll keep on doing this routine and see what happens. I haven't hit a wall yet so everything seems good.

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    I you grow training two hours, it doesn't mean that you wouldn't grow more training 1h.

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