Sometimes traditional rest periods (i.e. always resting 2 minutes) between sets or exercises can hinder your results. Especially if you are training on your own and tend to rest a bit too much while you check your phone, have a chat, etc. I often like using timed workouts with my clients instead of giving them set rest periods. Too much specific rest can be the reason why you arent getting the performance or aesthetic results youre after! Depending on your goals for the workout and your goals in general, you dont *always* want your muscles to be fully recovered before you work them again. If the muscle is fully recovered, it isn’t working as hard and it will not grow as fast! Its not always comfortable to work pre-fatigued muscles, but man does it work when it comes to speeding up results or busting through a plateau! Try this: if you are performing 2 or 3 exercises one after each other make a note of how long it takes you to perform the sets AND recover. Take note of that time, and then next time you do that same weight session, perform the same amount of work but try and beat your time. Maybe cut a little rest time out, or perform the work sets quicker. More work, less time…A little competition never hurt anyone and it will more than likely benefit you greatly. This is something CrossFit got right. If you want to get strong and ripped spend less time resting, and discipline yourself to pick up that bar even when you are pre-fatigued sometimes.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 01:05:33 +0000
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