-Diablo's Journal, 28 Jun 22

I like 3 to 4 minute rest between sets plus gives me time to get equipment set up for my next exercise or wrangle the kids up 😁 

I'm fine with peace and joy. Ask DP. 

fine. so boring though.  

A little push back is fine, calling us all obese if we don't have glute veins is a little too much hahaha 

shush, I'm studying how to read studies. 

I mix it up a bit. Do my heavy compounds first with 3 minute rests. Then I add machines with 1-2 minute rests and usually finish with a few rest pause sets I do add extra sets on rest pause, typically 5 sets with 15 sec rest periods. 

I'm finally starting to get pumps now with :30 - :60 breaks and now you throw me this??  

Smaller muscle groups (calves, shoulders, biceps) recover much quicker than larger ones (back, legs), so I'd think they scale accordingly, no? 

People get caught up in the mumbo jumbo like this and lose sight of the things that really matter. Like training intensity and progressive overload.  

I think this is what this is about Edgar. Maximum rest for maximum intensity for maximum result  

Gah! Balance sucks! Fatigue the muscles to failure or maximize performance for even more damage to the fibers? The whole point is to stimulate growth and then eat/sleep to recover and grow... How much of this is min/maxing and how much of it is just slightly more optimal? 

Diablo said the minutes used was 1 and 3. This graph shows by adding an extra 2 minutes of rest shows 50% more growth. Probably due to the muscles able to replenish more energy given the extra time and they’re able to push more reps on each set. I remember when I first started training, only taking 30secs-60 rest between sets. It felt like I was putting in more work but in actuality, I exhausted myself more than my muscles. It was more cardio than muscular fatigue, if that makes sense 

I hate common sense 😭