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For heavier strength work - rest as fully as is possible / needed for you. Generally 3+ minutes minimum. I'm usually 3-5, 5+ for when things get heavy, or I'm on the last few of a large amount of sets.
For hypertrophy + assistance work - generally shorter rest periods, as you say, more stress, more hypertrophy.
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when things get heavy
I can't speak to the medical/anatomical side of things, but surely there is a very useful psychological benefit to experiencing yourself pushing your treshold up another notch. A boost of confidence that will hopefully carry through to the hypertrophy work you will do at the end of the session, so a net benefit overall even if you were indulging with 3 - 5 min rests during the T1 exercise at the beginning of the session.
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Problem is I get an hour each morning for the gym. There’s only so many 3 minute tests before you’ve no time left. I just try and cram as much in as possible.
Legs today was a killer.
starfish&coffee
Light_EDDed
With that in mind is It better to rest fully then go into the next set fresher or stress the muscle more by jumping to the next set quickly.
I was under the impression stressing a muscle is what made the tears to increase muscle size and strength.