Although "Rest/Pause" sets are challenging, they are successful.
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Writing training programs revolves on sets and reps, whether we're talking about 5x5, 3x10, or 8x8. However, there is a paradigm-shifting, high-intensity technique that turns the concept of sets and repetitions on its head in order to quickly add muscle.
With the "Rest/Pause" approach, an advanced bodybuilding technique, you do your sets as near to total failure as you safely can, whatever many repetitions it takes, before pausing briefly and restarting, this time with the goal of failure in mind.
The theory behind this approach is that by depriving your muscles of even the smallest amount of recovery time, you force them to draw on their reserves to an ever-increasing extent, resulting in fresh new muscle growth as well as the development of mental fortitude and an increased pain threshold—all crucial factors in breaking through muscle building plateaus.
Retry, Breathe, Fail
Let's say your training plan asks for three sets of ten repetitions of chest lifts as an illustration of how the rest/pause approach may be used. You begin by performing as many reps (with perfect form) as you can, stopping only when you can no longer physically drive the weights off your chest. This prevents you from simply going through the motions, hitting ten reps, taking a walk around the gym, updating your Instagram, and haphazardly starting the second set when you finally remember what you're supposed to be doing. Next, get up, take 10 deep, slow breaths, collect your weights, and start again. Repeat the "fail, breathe, repeat" process until you complete all thirty repetitions; at that time, you are finished. Trust us; you will be finished.
quicker, stronger, and bigger
If you can do all thirty repetitions in only two or three sets, you know it's time to increase the weight and start again. At first, your sets could look like this: 13, 7, 5, 3, 2, but if you can, you know it's time to increase the weight. The basis for muscular growth is this kind of "progressive resistance."
Be careful to adhere to the crucial rest period of only ten deep breaths as you repeat workouts and increase weight to make sure you aren't allowing your body any more (or less) time to recuperate.
Using this method, you won't require more than one to two exercises for each body area in a session. In fact, you won't be able to take on much more if you're doing it correctly. Your best bet for success is to focus on two to three body parts every session, progressing from the largest, most difficult motions to the smallest.
Not Suitable for All
Although it seems straightforward on paper, this complex approach is intended to spur rapid muscle development in intermediate trainees who have reached a plateau. Sticking to "straight sets," gaining strength, and perfecting your form is still the way to go for you if you lack experience. Use this technique cautiously if you're a relative novice in the weight room and want to give it a go. Save it for the last exercise of your program or just apply it to weaker body parts.
Exercises with a higher risk, including deadlifts and squats, should be avoided.
You must also maintain a razor-sharp form when exercising with this level of intensity. As a result, activities with a greater risk of injury, such deadlifts and squats, should be avoided, while exercises like the bench press should only be done with a spotter. I can speak from my experience here.
The Push Exercise
worked the triceps, shoulders, and chest muscles.
1. Perform 30 dumbbell bench presses.
Choose a weight or a pair of dumbbells that you could only press for 15 repetitions with. Lock out your elbows while you lay flat on the bench with your feet firmly planted in the ground and your bells pressed into the air (A). Slowly lower the bells till your chest is reached (B) Keep your elbows at a 45-degree angle to your torso, stop, and then push back up quickly. Repeat. Drop the dumbbells to your knees until you can no longer lock them out above, then take 10 deep breaths. Repeat.
2. Do 30 dumbbell z-presses.
With your legs extended and a set of dumbbells on your shoulders, take a seat on the floor. (A) Breathe deeply, engage your core, maintain an upright posture, and push your weights above (B). Controlled descent to your shoulders. Take your 10 breaths and then keep going until you can no longer lock the weights out above your head or control their fall.
3. Dips x 50
Jump up between two parallel bars or gymnastics rings, keeping your arms straight and your palms facing inward (A). Make sure your elbows don't flare outward as you slowly drop until they are at right angles (B). Repeat the process as you climb back up to the top. Rest until you are unable to push yourself up from the lowest, stretched position. Add weight if you can complete more than 20 repetitions using just your bodyweight.
4. 50 lateral raises
Holding two small dumbbells at your sides, stand tall. (A) Extend both of your arms straight out in front of you until they are parallel to the ground (B). After pausing, carefully drop the dumbbells to your sides while maintaining control. Use weights that will enable you to complete at least 20 repetitions in your first set.
5. Perform 50 dumbbell tricep extensions
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Lock your dumbbells out in front of your chest while you lie flat on a bench or the ground (A). As you gently lower the bells toward your forehead with your arms locked at your sides, bend at the elbows. Stop right before the bells contact the floor (B), then push back up quickly. Repeat. When you can no longer straighten your arms, stop.
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