The path of most resistance is an excellent book to read! John turner wrote it and he is waiting for my critique of it.
Not trying to be a prick but I'm going to say neither.
This is all my opinion, no science was bothered during the formulation of these opinions, I've never seen a scientist in a gym anyway.
omg really?
Bull, I have a phd in theoretical astrophyisics and i am in the gym 4 times a week, training hard.
myth busted
I'd have to agree with Goosey on this one.
And purely from my own personal experience, decreasing rest time is good for endurance but if you rely on that for hypertrophy without increasing weight, you will stall very quickly.
So is the ideal rest time based on how long it takes for your heart rate reduces to a nominal value, eg 128bpm? I've always gone by that using my HRM, not sure if appropriate or should I just set a stop watch to 3 minutes and leave it at that..
Darkman, you are better than this
So have they solved this whole Quasar conundrum yet?
For HYPERTROPHY are we better off to focus on incremental weight increases, or reduced rest periods?
Why?
Both!For HYPERTROPHY are we better off to focus on incremental weight increases, or reduced rest periods?
Why?
omg really?
Bull, I have a phd in theoretical astrophyisics and i am in the gym 4 times a week, training hard.
myth busted
I'd have to agree with Goosey on this one.
And purely from my own personal experience, decreasing rest time is good for endurance but if you rely on that for hypertrophy without increasing weight, you will stall very quickly.
Both!
Because if we were to train smart instead of that old adage of no pain no gain, we would apply the method of gradual progressive overload (GPOL) into our program cycle.
For example, for one 12 weeks cycle, a bodybuilder may choose to focus his/her attention on using the reduction of time over the increasing of the weights,...whilst at another cycle, the focus may shift to more of an increase of poundages with a "fixed set" of rest interval between sets.
Whichever method of overload that bodybuilder chooses (more weight, less time, more sets, more reps, the elimination of momentum etc), one thing for sure would be the application of gradual progressive overload that is injected into his or her program be maintained throughout the duration of that particular cycle.
So for me the answer remains both DKD, as I view both methods as nothing more than tools in that bodybuilder's GPOL gym bag!
PS: had your question been regarding strength over muscle hypertrophy, then my reply would've been different: in favour of longer rest periods (between 3-5 minutes) in order for the firing neurons to recover.
Granted there's more to this, however my short answer above should suffice for the given purpose.
Fadi.
Yes Sheldon, I was thinking of you when I wrote that.
Further to Fadi's comments...I was thinking a similar thing....that the shorter rests would be good for different phases of training. It seems to make sense to time the cycle of shorter breaks with a dietary cut, to further assist in getting the defined look. Focus on increasing weight moved during bulk phase, and shorter rests during cuts. Seems logical.
I like super sets....
No rest...
Mega pumps!!!!
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