REST-PAUSE TECHNIQUE

If you want to increase the intensity of your workouts, you'll undoubtedly look into alternative training methods that enable you to accomplish more in less time. Several well-known strategies include drop sets, super sets, and alternating sets. This article will also be highlighting a different strategy called rest-pause training. The methods of rest-pause training will each be thoroughly explained in this article, along with the advantages of each.

What is the Rest-Pause Method?

One set is divided into multiple mini-sets with a brief break in between with rest-pause training. You can adopt one of two techniques, depending on the degree of difficulty of the weight you select and the purpose for which you're employing this strategy. The first involves failure training and is more focused toward hypertrophy. The second method, while not requiring you to train to failure, is one of the best available for acclimating you to using heavy weights.

Method 1: Rest-Pause Training For Hypertrophy

You can complete your typical workout of three sets of six to ten repetitions, which will regularly stimulate growth. This technique, however, will show you that there is much more you can get out of your muscles in a short amount of time.

Rest pause training can help you lift for 20 additional seconds while exerting as much effort as three 30–40 second sets, whereas a 6–10 rep set with a 2-3 second negative will take you 30–40 seconds. While you shouldn't substitute it for your three sets in every workout, you should add it in when you have the stamina to mix up the routine. This is it:

1.  Perform a set as you would with 6-10 reps. Set the weights down.

2. Breathe deeply for 15 seconds, then pick the weights back up and perform the reps until failure.

3. You can repeat step two as often as you wish (most people do it twice).

On steps two and three, you'll discover that you can complete a challenging set of 2-3 reps, but it actually seems like many more. Each rep is intense, and as you inhale deeply, you can feel muscle fibers being accessible that a typical 6–10 rep set simply can't.

Because you can more thoroughly exhaust the muscle fibers, this technique is fantastic for promoting hypertrophy. Because short bursts of intense effort allow you to connect your mind and muscles, it tends to produce more of a pump. Additionally, it's a terrific approach to break through a plateau because it trains your body to push through difficult reps so that the next time you perform a straight set, you'll probably get an extra rep or two.