Warm set rest periods

[cskolnick]

Coach,

For my warm ups, is the time spent adding plates to the bar between sets generally the amount of time i would want to spend between sets?

Chris

[Mark Rippetoe]

It would be for the first few, but as you get stronger and the work sets get very heavy, you need to rest more between both work sets and last warmups. Remember that warmups facilitate work sets -- they should not interfere with them, because they are the whole point of the workout.