Rest Periods

Generally, we recommend taking as much time between sets as needed until you are fully recovered from your prior effort and ready to again perform at your best.

This “full” rest can be anywhere from 2-5 minutes (for heavy, intense, overload-focused sets) and 1-3 minutes (for lighter and more metabolically focused work). A good rule of thumb is to make sure your heart rate and respiration have returned close to baseline before your next set but not so long as to begin cooling down or lose momentum from the previous set.

There may be times where rest periods are specified explicitly in your training with the intention of bringing about a desire effect. Make note when this occurs because it will inherently affect the load you will be capable of using.