Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Rest between Reps.........

CSide
CSide
Posts: 47
Joined: 2003/05/21
United States
2003/05/27, 12:02 PM
hey, after i do the number of targeted reps, should i just stop and rest for so long, change the weights, or what before i do the next number of targeted reps? quick help please!!!!!!!yesterday i started and what i did was just do the number of targeted reps and stop for about a minute or so and kind of stretch, is that alright, and then i just did the next number of reps......
Lethal_Banana
Lethal_Banana
Posts: 20
Joined: 2003/05/27
Sweden
2003/05/28, 11:54 AM
Yessss, stretching is important indeed. I suggest you stretch after each set, to loosen up the fibres in yer muscles ^^
plfitness
plfitness
Posts: 198
Joined: 2003/05/25
United States
2003/05/29, 04:55 PM
Usually the time in between sets should be in regards to the type of training. If you are training in the 10 rep range it is reccomended to take less than 1 minute in between sets in order to maximise the natural hormone response. However if you are training for strength(around 5 reps) it is advised to take loger periods of about 3 minutes between sets for muscle gycogen replenishment.

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