Comments on: Two Killer Rest Pause Workouts http://www.dieselcrew.com/muscle-building-workouts-build-strength-and-muscle-with-rest-pause-training Strength and Conditioning for Elite Athletic Performance - Free Articles, Videos for Coaches, Fitness Professionals, Personal Trainers, Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists for All Sports Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matt "Wiggy" Wiggins http://www.dieselcrew.com/muscle-building-workouts-build-strength-and-muscle-with-rest-pause-training/comment-page-1#comment-4658 Matt "Wiggy" Wiggins Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:32 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=3702#comment-4658 Hey Smitty - how long have you found that you can do that many sets (4-5 attempts) of Rest-Pause in your workouts? I'd think that many done in that fashion would fry the CNS pretty quick... And if this is covered in AMD, then just tell me to shut up and buy it - LOL! Great stuff! Wiggy http://www.workingclasscardioworkout.com Hey Smitty – how long have you found that you can do that many sets (4-5 attempts) of Rest-Pause in your workouts? I’d think that many done in that fashion would fry the CNS pretty quick… And if this is covered in AMD, then just tell me to shut up and buy it – LOL!

Great stuff!

Wiggy
http://www.workingclasscardioworkout.com

]]> By: JOEY http://www.dieselcrew.com/muscle-building-workouts-build-strength-and-muscle-with-rest-pause-training/comment-page-1#comment-4514 JOEY Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:20:54 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=3702#comment-4514 HI I THOUGHT REST -PAUSE WAS USING A REALLY HEAVY WEIGHT AND DO ONE REP, PAUSE THEN ANOTHER REP, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, PRESS A HEAVY DUMB BELL, HOLD FOR A FEW'S SECOND THEN PRESS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER REP UNTIL YOU GET ALL THE REPS NEEDED IN A SET. HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN. AM I WRONG OR HAVE THE WRONG IDEA? THANK YOU, JOE HI I THOUGHT REST -PAUSE WAS USING A REALLY HEAVY WEIGHT AND DO ONE REP, PAUSE THEN ANOTHER REP, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, PRESS A HEAVY DUMB BELL, HOLD FOR A FEW’S SECOND THEN PRESS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER REP UNTIL YOU GET ALL THE REPS NEEDED IN A SET. HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN.
AM I WRONG OR HAVE THE WRONG IDEA?
THANK YOU,
JOE

]]> By: Jim Smith http://www.dieselcrew.com/muscle-building-workouts-build-strength-and-muscle-with-rest-pause-training/comment-page-1#comment-4477 Jim Smith Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:22 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=3702#comment-4477 Workout sounds brutal Dave! Workout sounds brutal Dave!

]]> By: Dave Hedges http://www.dieselcrew.com/muscle-building-workouts-build-strength-and-muscle-with-rest-pause-training/comment-page-1#comment-4473 Dave Hedges Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:43:18 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=3702#comment-4473 Smitty thats a new spin on rest pause! Only ever done it with deadlifts, but I suppose the Kettlebell Sports drills kinda fall into the catergory. With the deadlifts i would lift every 5 days alternating between 5x5 and rest pause. Rest pause would consist of 5 ascending sets of reps. Then drop some of the weight and knock out 20 rest pause deads. Hurt, but by the end I was jacked! Will return to that in a while, different goals right now... Smitty thats a new spin on rest pause!

Only ever done it with deadlifts, but I suppose the Kettlebell Sports drills kinda fall into the catergory.

With the deadlifts i would lift every 5 days alternating between 5×5 and rest pause. Rest pause would consist of 5 ascending sets of reps. Then drop some of the weight and knock out 20 rest pause deads.
Hurt, but by the end I was jacked!
Will return to that in a while, different goals right now…

]]> By: Peter http://www.dieselcrew.com/muscle-building-workouts-build-strength-and-muscle-with-rest-pause-training/comment-page-1#comment-4435 Peter Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:07:10 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=3702#comment-4435 Those workouts look extremely intense. I've only ever done two variations of rest-pause. I've done them with bodyweight exercises, like rest-pause towel pullups and pushups. Just max reps, then rest 10-15 seconds, go max again, and repeat until I can't get a rep. Great way to bang out a hard workout in a short time. You don't feel like you've shortchanged yourself, because you literally couldn't do more. I couldn't work myself up to doing these too often, though, because I'd be wrecked when I finished and the day after too. I chose those two because I could do them outside my apartment door, with the towel over the I-beams of the staircase and the pushups on the pavement. I've also done another variation. I'd pick a pair of exercises like dumbbell rows and dumbbell bench, and set a goal total of reps (usually 75) and sets (usually 3). I'd do nearly max reps, and then rest for 1 second for each rep I made. If I got 30 reps, I get 30 seconds rest. Only 10? Rest for 10 seconds. When the rest ends, go again and again until I hit my goal total. The rests get shorter as the reps you can crank out get fewer and fewer. Then go and do the antagonist of the pair after a short rest (1-2 minutes is all you want). If I could get my goal reps in my goal sets or less, I'd go up in weight the next workout. I found this worked really well for building up my strength-endurance in a short time. Not exactly the same approach as rest-pause, but I think the intention is pretty much the same. Those workouts look extremely intense. I’ve only ever done two variations of rest-pause.

I’ve done them with bodyweight exercises, like rest-pause towel pullups and pushups. Just max reps, then rest 10-15 seconds, go max again, and repeat until I can’t get a rep. Great way to bang out a hard workout in a short time. You don’t feel like you’ve shortchanged yourself, because you literally couldn’t do more. I couldn’t work myself up to doing these too often, though, because I’d be wrecked when I finished and the day after too. I chose those two because I could do them outside my apartment door, with the towel over the I-beams of the staircase and the pushups on the pavement.

I’ve also done another variation. I’d pick a pair of exercises like dumbbell rows and dumbbell bench, and set a goal total of reps (usually 75) and sets (usually 3). I’d do nearly max reps, and then rest for 1 second for each rep I made. If I got 30 reps, I get 30 seconds rest. Only 10? Rest for 10 seconds. When the rest ends, go again and again until I hit my goal total. The rests get shorter as the reps you can crank out get fewer and fewer. Then go and do the antagonist of the pair after a short rest (1-2 minutes is all you want). If I could get my goal reps in my goal sets or less, I’d go up in weight the next workout. I found this worked really well for building up my strength-endurance in a short time. Not exactly the same approach as rest-pause, but I think the intention is pretty much the same.

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