1612: Everything You Need to Know About Sets, Reps & Rest Periods
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin lay out everything you need to know about sets, reps, tempo, and rest period.
- Sets, reps and rest periods: The nuts and bolts of exercise programming. (2:51)
- Understanding the difference between exercising and training. (5:51)
- Sets.
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- Defining what it is and the proper dose per week. (8:10)
- Mind Pump’s thoughts on German Volume Training. (13:27)
- The value of supersets. (18:02)
- The dos and don’ts. (19:18)
- Reps.
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- Defining what a rep is and what is the best range? (21:10)
- The various tempo schemes and how to manipulate them in your exercise programming. (29:13)
- Is there value in loose, forced, and partial reps? (35:19)
- Rest Periods.
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- Why the rest is as important as the active part of the workout. (37:42)
- What is the ideal rest period? (40:02)
- A guaranteed way to break through your training plateau. (43:30)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- August Promotion: MAPS Strong and MAPS Powerlift 50% off! **Promo code “AUGUSTSPECIAL” at checkout**
- Visit Drink LMNT for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
- German Volume Training: Benefits, Exercise Plan, and More
- Why You Need to Mix Rep Ranges After Periods of Training – Mind Pump Blog
- How To Use Supersets For Maximum Muscle Gain – Mind Pump Blog
- Which Is Better: Low Reps Or High Reps? - Mind Pump Blog
- MAPS Fitness Anabolic | Muscle Adaptation Programming System
- Why Your Tempo Matters When You Workout! - Mind Pump TV
- How Phasing Your Workouts Leads to Consistent Plateau Free Workouts
- Mind Pump #945: The Best Rest Periods For Muscle Gain & Fat Loss
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Stan “Rhino” Efferding – CSCS (@stanefferding) Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Mind Pump, right in today's episode. |
| 0:20.0 | We talk about sets, reps, and respirions. |
| 0:23.0 | Why are they important? |
| 0:24.0 | What are the best ones of all of them? |
| 0:25.0 | Like, how many sets? |
| 0:26.0 | How many reps? |
| 0:27.0 | What's the best resp period? |
| 0:28.0 | We break it all down for you. |
| 0:31.0 | If you listen to this episode, you should be able to construct a good workout program for yourself. |
| 0:37.0 | And if you want it all done for you, go check out our workout programs at mapsfitinusproducts.com. |
| 0:42.0 | By the way, running a sale all month long, maps strong as half off, and maps power lift is half off. |
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