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Anonymous
Hey /fit/, noob question

How long inbetween sets for benching? Seconds? Minutes?
>> Billybananahead !vMKdOrQkjw
Depends on goals. For BBing or what have you, shorter is better. A couple minutes, maybe. If you're powerlifting or something like that, then take as long as you need. Close to a contest, I would rest five or ten minutes between sets.
>> Anonymous
2 minutes maximum is common for regular workouts

Try do all of your exercises with only a 10 second rest between sets and a 1 minute rest between exercises. It will fuck you up, in a good way. (This is usually done with 8 sets per exercise, 5 exercises total, generally bodyweight exercises)
>> Anonymous
Well if shorter is better... then wouldn't more reps instead of sets be best? All I hear is "more weights less reps" so I figured there was a set time between reps..
>> Anonymous
depends on what your goals are and how much time you have to kill

if you are trying to loose weight lower the time between sets (keeps your heart rate higher)

if you are trying to gain mass or get really strong; take more time so can lift more in the next set
>> Anonymous
>>36308
It depends what you're doing. The workout I described builds primarily endurance (it does a VERY good job of it), strength secondly, and won't result in huge bulk. It's meant to be for 'functional' strength, since in real applications you're working more with bodyweight than extreme weight.

A workout with high weight low reps is for pure strength building. If that's what you want, rest as long as you want. The shorter you make your rest periods, the more you train your endurance - muscular AND cardiovascular. Shortening rest periods prevents your muscles from restoring ATP, which allows them to function at full capacity. Forcing your muscles to work without ATP is what trains endurance. Allowing your muscles to work with ATP allows full capacity and better strength gains.

So how long you rest is entirely up to you, and what you want. The 2 minute limit I suggested is approximately the amount of time you should need to wait for pure strength gains. Mileage may vary.
>> Anonymous
>>36311

Trying to get strong.. can lift about 120 right now max, working with 60 atm, not sure about going more becuse I have no spotter and no stand to put the bar on besides my legs
>> Anonymous
30 seconds between sets.
>> Anonymous
How many reps/sets would you suggest?
>> Anonymous
>>36319
3 sets. load so that you can do 5 easily but barely manage to do 7.
>> Anonymous
>>36324

I can do 20 on 60lbs with no trouble.. maybe 80?