Rest-pause: Definition and How to Program It | Onyx Coach

Rest-pause

Definition

A set taken close to failure, then 10 to 20 seconds of rest, then more reps with the same weight, repeated once or twice.

Example: 10 reps at RPE 9, rest 15 seconds, 4 more reps, rest 15 seconds, 3 more. Seventeen hard reps in roughly the time of one set.

It packs effective reps into little time, which suits intermediate hypertrophy work on machines, dumbbells and cables. It is a poor idea under a loaded spine.

Use it on the last set of an exercise and stop the block if the total reps stop climbing.

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