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Originally Posted by Robbie
You don't "fully rest and recover between sets". That completely ruins the whole reason of doing sets.
You take about 15 seconds between sets. That gives the muscle enough time to get ready for the next set without it "cooling off".
There is a very good reason to do sets when you excercise. And it has nothing to do with resting or recovering...and everything to do with getting bigger and stronger.
If you fully rested and recovered between sets you would be back to zero on working that muscle.
And yeah, I know you're just saying that sets don't count in how many pullups can you do in a row without stopping. I was just pointing out what sets really mean.
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incorrect.. big guys will take 2-3 mins in between sets when going heavy, and this has been proven over and over again to be the most effective for strength gains and building size. It depends on your goals but short rests are generally for endurance/cardio purposes not gains.
oh. i can do 20 or so.. i normally strap on weights instead of doing more, got up to 65lbs or so but can probably only do 25lbs if i went in there today. doing reps of more than 20 is mostly jerking off...