time between sets?

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  • George1567
    George1567 Posts: 107
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    I too agree there is no set magic number to rest. As just mentioned, heart rate is an indicator to consider. I use a Polar FT80 that has a weight lifting function. It will recomend starting your next set based of your heart rate recovery. I don't let the watch rule my workouts, but it helps me keep on track.

    To go off subject slightly, by watching my HR during lifting I have really been able to tell which lifts are the "money makers". Did legs today.....leg press machine, extension machine, and hamstring curl machine raise my HR very little (<130bpm). Dumbbell lunges, barbell deadlifts, and barbell squats will shoot my HR way up (170> bpm). So the higher the HR the longer it takes to come back down, and the longer the rest period between sets. I usually start my next set when my HR gets back to 120bpm.

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