Originally Posted by
Leah Lutz
Hi there,
I bias my time and rest toward the first lift of the day OR the competition lifts, so if I am short on time, I have to cut rest down for later things. Sometimes my training often takes over 2 hours and if I'm not careful, it pushes to 3 hours. Right now I have a ton of volume. Jordan and I also see that I just don't actually NEED long rest periods between most of my lifts, so I don't take it.
With comp lifts, I set the timer for 4 min, but it's often 5 once I actually get under the bar. For supplemental lifts, I usually set the timer for 3 min, but often take 4, and for these 4th lifts of the day with no rest, it's largely serving as an additional training exposure to each lift. So it's based on what I need, the training fatigue I'm trying to get, and time management.
For the 7 min of chins, I set the timer for 7 min and then just do sets of 2 with minimal rest. I just try to make sure I keep the total reps moving up over time.