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2005/04/24, 02:20 PM
hi,
how much time should you leave to rest between sets on the same exercise. for example a bench press or biceps curls?
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2005/04/24, 02:44 PM
6289. I would say thirty five seconds,to forty five seconds,but if you was doing maximum poundage I would take three minutes to five minutes to rest before trying another set of the same poundage,have you ever done supersets or anything of this nature.
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2005/04/24, 03:57 PM
dont rest more than 3 minutes.. between a minute and 2 is pretty normal, less if you want a more intense workout, or up to 3 if, like blue said, you are going for higher weight
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2005/04/25, 06:27 AM
blue i am not sure what a superset is! i think i rest too long between sets then! damn i will have to get quicker, thanks for the information. But what is a superset and are they a good thing to do? i am trying to bulk up by the way.
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2005/04/28, 08:44 PM
Ok, I agree with what bropie said by saying "do not rest for 3 to 4 minutes" that is way too long to rest. If you are wanting to bulk up then you need to do a very intense work out. In order to do that I rest 45 seconds between sets, 1 minute and max. 30 seconds just is not enough time, you wont get as much as you need out of a set if you only rest for 30 seconds. So rest for 45 seconds to 1 minute between sets.
To answer the question of what a super set is. Say you were doing biceps and triceps in one day. Normally you would do a bicep exercise, then a tricep exercise, then another bicep exercise, and keep on switching body parts until you did all of the exercise that you could do. However on a super set, you don't seperate the 2 body parts when exercising. Say your routine for the day looked like this:
-Curl
-Kick back
-Hammer Curl
-Press Down
Rather than doing your 4 sets of curl and then doing your 4 sets of kickback, you would combine them. Meaning, you would do a set of curl, then immediately after you would do a set of kick back. A superset is just combining 2 different exercises in to 1, thus they call it a "super" set.
Anyways, back to your question to sum it up, rest for 45 seconds to a minute. I would not recommend you doing supersets, they are not a whole lot more productive and are much more draining of your energy. If you want give it a try though just to see how it goes. Good luck.
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2005/04/28, 10:50 PM
erebus I disagree ......sure if you pick some light isolation lifts...30 seconds might be dandy...but I can't even proceed without resting 2-3 minutes on my curls...
I rest sometimes upwards of half hour between my maximal lifts...at the very least 5 minutes...you try 101% squat or deadlift(attempt on pr)...then tell me how long you rest...between that and your next set which is also your max....I can't talk much less walk for first 5 min of deadlifts/squats, and sometimes after heavy rows and a couple other exercises....I am not saying resting 30 min between set is for everyone...nor am I saying 5 minutes is necessary for everyone between every exercise...What I am saying is that don't dismiss long rest periods ....they are vital....sure resting 30-60 sec ebtween lateral db raises is dandy...but I want you to try to do that after your max deadlift and squat and see how that goes.....I rest 2-5 minutes between heavy biceps sets....
according to recent research 2-3 minutes is the ideal recovery period for most people on heavy lifts....(squat, deadlifts, bench, etc)
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