Comments on: How Long To Rest Between Sets For Maximum Fat Burning?

By: Power Weight Lifting

Power Weight Lifting — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:13:10 +0000

I am having problems trying to do the Squat routine. It leads to complications with my muscle tissue the following morning. Any advices? Thanks before hand and exceptional article.

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By: Paramjit

Paramjit — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:24:01 +0000

Thanks for the great article. I too have heard this many times but have not seen any research to back it up. The pointer about doubling the metabolic rate by reducing rest period to less than 1 minute is valuable.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:35:09 +0000

Welcome Larry.

Your post is probably the funniest thing I’ve read in the last couple of months. Kudos to you.

Regarding your question: First off, I would suggest skipping isolation movements like curls and leg extensions and instead go for more total body movements like squats, burpees, and chin-ups to name a few.

I actually wrote about total body movements in more depth here -> http://www.thefatlossauthority.com/fat_loss_tips/muscle-isolation-exercises-vs-total-body-movements-for-fat-loss-success/

Secondly, there’s plenty of studies that support supersets and compound sets for increased calorie burn but I don’t recall one specifically measuring the effect of attacking the same muscle group or a different one – a research gap for anyone reading this. If anyone knows of a study, please send it along.

Popular opinion would be to switch muscle groups every set to give you the best total body workout BUT I certainly wouldn’t discourage changing things up and attacking the same muscle group again after a 30 second rest. In fact, some of my best workouts were just that.

For example, I went from a set of pushups right into a set of pull-ups during one of my workouts last week. Really kicked my ass but felt fantastic for days afterwards!

Conclusion: Start with a total body approach but don’t be afraid to challenge yourself.

Mike

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:19:57 +0000

Found you on Josh’s site (you commented on my humor — testicles vs. breasts — article. Love your site, will keep coming back.

Question: when we shorten the rest period between sets, does the metabolic effect differ if we go to a completely different muscle group, or does this pertain to going back to the same group and/or exercise. In other words, if we wait thirty seconds between a killer set of curls before hitting a killer set of leg extensions, is that the same effect as going back in after 30 seconds for a repeat set of curls?

Thanks. Gonna learn a lot here.

By: Rahim

Rahim — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:53:34 +0000

It’s amazing how doing the little things can make so much of a difference. This is one of them. Shortening your time between sets not only saves MASSIVE amounts of time, it also produces much better results.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:38:09 +0000

Great tip.
This will allow me to venture over to the weights and do my workout and leave before any guy comes over and offers a spot. Guys can be such dinks!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:57:44 +0000

This is an awesome tip. I used to waste a ton of time walking around and checking the hotties out.