Rest times

Training Q&A [Moderated]
1

Thanks for all of your help Jordan I really appreciate it

we discussed this before but I wanted to clearly ask
givwn I’ve run bb1 a few times and am advanced trainer, I am following the advice of resting 3 min between every set, compound movements but even isolation ones and bicep curls rtc

do you think I should shorten it to 1.5 min or 2 min rest, to increase metabolic stress etc or 3 min rest is best since it would allow me to lift the most weight? I believe you had said the latter but I didn’t ask about the metabolic stress part

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I would not rest shorter than ~ 2 minutes, as most of the research on this has shown reduced hypertrophy and strength, which is most likely attributed to reduced training volume as a result of fatigue build up.

I discuss this here:

I would be resting 2-4 minutes between sets in this context.