For those who 5x5

[Legion Kreinak2]

For those of you who use 5x5, how long of rest do you take between the 5x5 sets, and between the 2x8 sets?

 

[The Red Dragon]

3 min 5x5 and 1 min for 3x8 sets

 

[Mildot]

4 minutes on deads and squats.
3 minutes on flat bench.
(all 5x5)

 

[SofaGeorge]

3-5 minutes on deads... 3 min on most 5 x 5... 1 minute on most others

 

[BlkWS6]

I take as much time as I need until I feel ready to go at the weights again. I dont time my rest periods at all. It is hard to explain, but I just "know" when Im ready to hit up the weights again. Sometimes I take longer rests, other days I fly through it. I don't think it makes any sense (on the 5x5) to go at the weights again if you are still exhausted from the last set.

 

[Lee]

i dont have a set time between sets. i just go after my partner does one of his sets. we just switch sets on and off.

 

[casualbb]

On a straight bodybuilding program like this, I'd say rest as long as you need to complete the sets.

The length of rest time doesn't have a noticeable impact on growth as long as you complete the sets and don't go to failure.

-casual

 

[Zander1983]

I take as much time as I need until I feel ready to go at the weights again. I dont time my rest periods at all. It is hard to explain, but I just "know" when Im ready to hit up the weights again. Sometimes I take longer rests, other days I fly through it. I don't think it makes any sense (on the 5x5) to go at the weights again if you are still exhausted from the last set.

That's what I do too. An identical workout might take anywhere between 30 minutes and 1 hour, depending on how I'm feeling.

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

I'd rather work at set intervals to make sure I'm increasing my weights due to strength, rather than getting more rest time.

 

[Zander1983]

I don't think that is a relevant point when you are resting long enough to be able to lift at a suitable intensity, within reason of course. I never rest for any less than 1 minute and never any more than 4-5 minutes. If I'm always going to be able to give my all on a set, then that is a fixed variable as far as I am concerned.

 

[BlkWS6]

Originally posted by Legion Kreinak2
I'd rather work at set intervals to make sure I'm increasing my weights due to strength, rather than getting more rest time.


I dont quite follow your logic here. Unless you are doing some sort of endurance training, how important is the time frame between sets for you? I dont think that resting longer produces some false sense of strength. In fact I think if you rush your sets you wont have a good idea of how strong you actually are.

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

True, I see where you're coming from. Still, I like to sort of know how long I'm going to be waiting between each set. I'm anal like that.

 

[vinylgroover]

I take 90 seconds for everything except squats and deads for which i take 2 minutes.

On my 2x8 i take 90 seconds.