How Much Rest Between Sets for Faster Gains? — Transcript
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- 0:00You want to build muscle but don't know
- 0:01how long to rest between sets? Let me
- 0:04fix that. Rest too short, you'll gas out
- 0:07and your next set suffers. Rest too
- 0:09long, your workout turns into a Netflix
- 0:11series and metabolic stress drops.
- 0:13Bye-bye hypertrophy. So, what's the
- 0:15sweet spot? Let's make it simple.
- 0:18Training for strength, 3 to 5 minutes
- 0:20rest will do the job. Training for
- 0:23muscle growth, aim for 130 to 230
- 0:26minutes rest. But keep in mind that more
- 0:28rest is usually better than not enough
- 0:30for building muscle. But let's be real,
- 0:33you probably don't have two hours to
- 0:35live at the gym. Bottom line, rest just
- 0:37enough to crush the next set, but not
- 0:39enough to start wondering what's for
- 0:41dinner.
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