How long should you rest between sets?

[2bitchesANDthaDoorLocked]

 

[MMS]

low reps/high weight
2+ min
high reps/lower weight
45sec-2min

thats what i do atleast, others may have their own opinion

 

[Dooby]

For best results, rest as little as possible without the need to cheat near the end of your set...

So there is no official time. You're only holding yourself back if you have a set time.

 

[andre patton]

depends on the person. general rule of thumb is 60-120 seconds. depends on a lot of factors though. just keep lifting weights and develop a time frame thats comfortable for you.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Man this advice is all over the place

Personally I think hard and fast rules are OK

I put it like this... 8-12 reps, 2 minutes for compounds, 1-2 minutes for isos
4-7 reps, 3-5 minutes for compounds... and there is no point in this rep range for isos

 

[Roid Jones]

1-3 mins for me, but listen don't trip on it just get enough to allow you to keep lifiting

 

[Mowgli]

As long as it takes for my homie to finish his set. Sometimes cats start talking to stall but im like, talk while i lift bruh.

 

[unit321]

Depends on what you are trying to achieve. Your muscles get fatigued from lactic acid build up, so as you get farther along in your workout, you are either going to need longer rest or you will accomplish less reps.

 

[-G$-]

Power Days

...... Make sure you rest enough in between sets to completely recover and be ready for your next heavy set. If that means you need to take 5-6 minutes between sets then so be it. The purpose of these workouts is to move maximum weight! Save short rest periods for your hypertrophy days. On your power days you need to have a POWER mentality. Move the heavy ass weight at all costs! ...

Hypertrophy Days

...... Rest no longer than 90 seconds in between each of the speed sets. This builds explosiveness and speed and may stimulate growth as well. Even though you are using less weight, you should still be applying maximum force to it. ...

i pretty much stick to his advice since i'm following his program

 

[MMS]

^^^same

after i realized the "metabolism" aspect of lifting is overblown i stopped rushing unless it calls for it(speed sets)

 

[2bitchesANDthaDoorLocked]

@ 5 to 6 minutes

that will have me in tha gym for hours bro....


theres so much variation to tha response of this question, that i don't know wut to think, theres always some new study saying this or that

 

[MMS]

5-6minutes are for extremely heavy weight over low sets(80-90% of your 1rep max)

they require much more total exertion than other rep ranges imo

 

[Slystallion]

Low rep high weight 1 min-2 min

High rep low weight 30seconds to 45 seconds (me personally 15 seconds)

 

[Spliff]

Low rep high weight 1 min-2 min

High rep low weight 30seconds to 45 seconds (me personally 15 seconds)

Yea, good luck cranking out near-max sets with 1-2min rest

 

[TheNig]

depends on the workout. i do the Crazy 8s and my rest is in 8 second intervals. so it will go like this: 56, 48, 40, 32, 24, 16, and 8.