Now that you understand the concept, let’s talk practice. Instead, it’s a concept: you rest long enough to be as ready as possible to perform the next set, but not so long that you lose that readiness. So the first important thing for you to understand is that the correct amount of rest between sets is not a prescribed amount of time that will be the same every time for every person in every circumstance. Whatever is in between those two is just fine. If your rest is so long that it impedes your ability to lift more weight for the prescribed sets and reps because you’ve cooled down too much, then it’s too long. If a shortened rest between sets impedes your ability to lift more weight for the prescribed number of sets and reps because you’re not fully recovered from the previous set, then it’s too short. Your rest period must reflect that priority. You do that most efficiently for a while by lifting progressively heavier weight every time you train. When training for strength, the priority is and must be doing things that result in an increase in your ability to produce force.
#Stronglifts rest time skin#
You might own a membership to the same facility and use some of the same equipment, but the similarities in what you’re doing are merely skin deep.
Just as it’s as silly to expect training for strength to involve the same parameters as training for interpretive dance, it’s equally silly to expect training for strength would be the same as training for local muscular endurance or other goals that people “go to the gym” to accomplish. The first, most important thing to establish is the understanding that this question is being asked in the context of training for strength: the production of force against an external resistance. And despite all the forum posts and Rip’s excellent indispensable “ The First Three Questions” article, it’s still an area requiring more overt elucidation for the beginner. Discussions with lifters at our seminars and training camps, as well as in my own coaching practice, very often involve clarifying misunderstandings on the topic. One of the most frequently asked repetitive inquiries on the forum is: “How much should I be resting between sets?” The confusion isn’t limited to the forum, either.
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