What do you do between sets? I rest 5-7 minutes between my heavy

Wow, that's incredibly ineffective use of your time. Look up "active rest". I usually do isolations of some other muscle group in the meantime. If I do heavy squats, I can do preacher curls or something else while resting my legs.

But some studies indicate that doing very light and careful reps of the same, or similar, exercise works better to recover the muscles being worked.

https://breakingmuscle.com/learn/time-to-change-how-you-recover-between-sets

>>41500331
are you a powerlifter or what?
resting more than 3-5 minutes is just excessive

>>41500399
No just I'm just doing 5x5 strength training. I have shit cardio and I can only complete my sets if I rest a lot. I find 5x5 incredibly taxing. I thought I had good cardio because I can easily cycle 50km or so. Guess I was wrong.

>>41500387
That's interesting. If I'm doing something like pullups I'll do some facepulls as a super set, but If I'm doing squats or deadlifts I find myself too exhausted to really do anything.

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>>41500331
be like the crossfit fags and run circles around the gym getting in everybody's way, then autistically screech at anyone who tries to use your barbell

>>41500460
interesting. I was doing 5x5 for the past year, with 3 min rests and virtually no cardio (cause running in windy/rainy Scotland sucks)
isn't also possible that you are going way too heavy?

I would suggest reading news/longreads/articles on your phone, makes the time fly by

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>>41500331
I do the same but people are actually trying to make eye contact with me bcus beastmode, usually some little twink makes eye contact with me I fuck his ego up, anyway I avoid contact between sets and focus on breathing and psyching myself up and finding the right song to max gains


shitty thread, kys op

>>41500545
>beast mode
what are your stats. Be honest now.

>>41500331
Im in between right now, doing this.

>>41500642
beast' mode"

133457lbs

>>41500657
Fuck off

>>41500676
13 3 4 5 7

I just walk around a little and shake the part I have just trained.

>>41500657
Get the fuck out, gyno

>>41500331
I sometimes read manga.

I talk to my buddies or stretch.

>>41500507
>you are going way too heavy
I second this. Even if TM for example says you should do 90% of your 5rm on volume day, it's probably too much at first, for lower body at least. I could bench and ohp 90% of my 5rm for 5x5 no prob but only like 70% for squat and deadlifts at first. I added 10% to the intensity every 2 weeks until I got to the prescribed 90%.