You Need To Rest Between Sets, But How Long? - Starting Strength Radio Clips

[JFord]

When you're cold.



Nope. It would feel like hammered shit to walk up and try to do it not warmed up.

No intelligent person jumps from ~5 min rest to 20 min rest, instead the interval is gradually tested out over time and adjusted based on actual performance.

So it sounds like you just gradually increase the rest between sets until further increases simply stop helping. No fixed maximum but getting cold becomes the limiting factor eventually.

Thanks Stef!

[VNV]

No fixed maximum but getting cold becomes the limiting factor eventually.

Thanks Stef!

It does. But you /can/ play chicken with it and win.