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What should you do when resting between sets?
- Thread starter Synpax
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bebasshome
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1) drink water
2) mentally prepare youself for the next lift*
3) drink more water
* as far as mental preparation...I mean thinking "Yea...this weight is NOTHING, its beneath me.....its LIGHT weight, and its GOING DOWN!
Thats what I do anyway...but to each their own.
I usually stretch good AFTER a workout though, just as a precaution.
Brian
2) mentally prepare youself for the next lift*
3) drink more water
* as far as mental preparation...I mean thinking "Yea...this weight is NOTHING, its beneath me.....its LIGHT weight, and its GOING DOWN!
Thats what I do anyway...but to each their own.
I usually stretch good AFTER a workout though, just as a precaution.
Brian
Stretch the antagonist muscle!
From t-mag:
The Push This, Pull That Principle
Most people do successive sets of a particular exercise. They pump out 8 reps on the bench press, pick their nose for 60 seconds, and then do another 8 reps. This goes on until the muscle is properly pumped or the nose is properly picked.
However, if you do a set of bench press, rest briefly, and then do a set of an exercise that works the opposing muscle group — like a set of barbell rows, for instance — you get much better recuperation. This enables you to perform much better on the second set of bench press than you would have otherwise.
Similarly, if you stretch the opposing muscle group in-between sets of an exercise for the antagonistic muscle group, you’ll also get increased performance. Again, using bench press as an example, if you stretched your lats by pulling on an immobile post or bar, you’d "prime" your pecs for their next set of bench. With any luck, you could experience an increase in strength anywhere from 2 to 3%.
We’re not 100% sure why this happens, but you can bet it’s because of the nervous system.
From t-mag:
The Push This, Pull That Principle
Most people do successive sets of a particular exercise. They pump out 8 reps on the bench press, pick their nose for 60 seconds, and then do another 8 reps. This goes on until the muscle is properly pumped or the nose is properly picked.
However, if you do a set of bench press, rest briefly, and then do a set of an exercise that works the opposing muscle group — like a set of barbell rows, for instance — you get much better recuperation. This enables you to perform much better on the second set of bench press than you would have otherwise.
Similarly, if you stretch the opposing muscle group in-between sets of an exercise for the antagonistic muscle group, you’ll also get increased performance. Again, using bench press as an example, if you stretched your lats by pulling on an immobile post or bar, you’d "prime" your pecs for their next set of bench. With any luck, you could experience an increase in strength anywhere from 2 to 3%.
We’re not 100% sure why this happens, but you can bet it’s because of the nervous system.
Synpax
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Hey WLhosch,
That is pretty reasonable. However I don't want to use any serious opposing muscle group work because those muscles are in recovery from the day before due to my splits.
Maybe T-bar with a very light weight opposite bench, or a few pushups between weighted chinups, etc. wuld do well.
Anyway, thanks so much for the response.
That is pretty reasonable. However I don't want to use any serious opposing muscle group work because those muscles are in recovery from the day before due to my splits.
Maybe T-bar with a very light weight opposite bench, or a few pushups between weighted chinups, etc. wuld do well.
Anyway, thanks so much for the response.
I think that you missed the main point Synpax. You don't have to do rows or chins on chest day, just stretch your lats out using any handy surface to grab. This is particularly beneficial if you just worked those antagonist muscles the day before--help today's workout and help recover from yesterday's!
The other point is that you DON'T want to keep stretching the agonist muscle WHILE you are using it; wait till you have finished to stretch it.
Give it a try and see for yourself!
The other point is that you DON'T want to keep stretching the agonist muscle WHILE you are using it; wait till you have finished to stretch it.
Give it a try and see for yourself!
MsBeverlyHills
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geez...am I the only one that checks on myself in the mirror...LOL!
ok-- I will also check out the hot guys doing bent-over rows, but really if your taking more than 20 secs bet sets-- your like on vacation.
ok-- I will also check out the hot guys doing bent-over rows, but really if your taking more than 20 secs bet sets-- your like on vacation.
I'm superstitious when I bench. I have to do the same pointless routine everytime before I do a set. When I lift 5x5 on bench it's the hardest thing for me physically and mentally and I'm always worried that some little distraction or little difference will cause me to fail. I have to get a quick sip of water and walk back over to the bench where I approach from the right side. I make sure that the bar is perfectly centered on the rack and that the weights are tight and not jiggling. I sit down and center myself before taking the bar in my hands and whoopin' some ass.
RobertFontaine
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Read this board and watch the clock 
I like working out at home. It rules (must get power rack soon).
I like working out at home. It rules (must get power rack soon).
ChrisLevett
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Shadow box or some dynamic stretching
^^^^ all while remembering to look at the date on a thread .....making sure its not 9 years old when I bump it
If you are lucid enough to stare idly at the clock you aren't training hard enough. It usually takes me 30 seconds before i can see straight.
Criminal10dinC
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walk around and confirm your status as Alpha Male. lol
this is what many guys do. something about feeling a pump and those endorphins makes you feel like this. I think its funny and I catch myself doing this and try to shake it off
as far as what I do i pretty much breathe, keep an eye on the clock to know how much i am resting between the set, find a new song to play, and think about if i should add more weight or not. i like to analyze things and judge if i am weaker or strong today and learn if it has something to do with how much rest i got or something different i ate.
This is why we get these rooster strutting cocksuckers you mentioned in a previous thread.
There was this guy walking around the gym the other night. He and I were the only guys there. He was already there when I got there. Skinny ass, not knowing how to train, probably his first time in a gym moron. Had his sleeves rolled up to see whatever bicep pump he thought he had.....because obviously he was training biceps.... I had a big 2x hoodie on over my T back tank top so I left it on through the first 6 sets of chest. He was still strutting around...peeking over to see if I was looking at him (which amazed me with his lack of knowing what a turd he looked like) .... the dick even had a sort of smirk on his face... Then I took my hoodie off. I swear to god his whole mood and demeanor instantly changed. It was hilarious. He finished his set of curls and left. I fucking shit you not.
^^^^^
This is funny as hell we have the same kind of guys at my gym. I'm bynomeans the biggest guy there. But I've been there a while and know all the regulars. I go Friday nights its dead as hell and watch the 6 foot plus college guys lifting and I come walking in I only 5'8 on a good day and start ripping 400lb deads and these guys just leave the lifting area
Ok now I'm confused. Who are the dicks in the gym? Are they the inexperienced guys who are trying to learn how to lift, or the guys who think they are sooo big and sooo strong they scare those "skinny asses" away with their awesomeness?
Lol. I think th dicks we were talking about are the guys like I described who take up a ton of benches half ass work out and spend more time talking then lifting. We were all that skinny guy learning at one point more power to the guys trying to learn. I just don like h ones who dik around.
Bingo!!! and being a skinny ass noob not having a clue wtf your doing and walking around with your sleeves pushed up and rooster strutting deserves to be fucked with.
Criminal10dinC
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