It took me over 20 years to finally understand that to see gains I need to rest between sets. I was doing chronic HIIT, cardio with weights, adding more and more exercise each day and not seeing results. For years. Finally, after discovering you, I took a leap of faith. I quit the cardio, hired a trainer to learn how to do the big lifts properly. Doing Anabolic transformed my body. No more circuits, no more cardio other than walking. I rest 2-3 minutes between sets, and lift heavy. I can eat more than I ever could have before, and I have the best body I’ve ever had. Thank you for changing my life, and my relationship to exercise, and food. 😊

You guys put in SO much work to change the narrative of "Sweating It Out" when it comes to proper strength training. I personally still see this all the time with friends and family. Using the information you guys provide has made helping those around me get healthier EXPONENTIALLY easier. Thanks guys. Always killing it with the 🔥 content!

As an over weight woman trying to recomp this is very informative. It's funny once you get honest with yourself . I used to say I hated lifting and loved running but really that's not the case. I'm enjoying less running and more strength

Long time listener, first time commenter. You guys are really knowledgeable on fitness and health, I would stick to that and leave politics alone you’re gonna hurt your audience.

I go lift weights 3 times a week and focus on strength training (this does not apply to the sweet dumbell curls and presses I knock out every so often) and I maximize the value of those three days lifting. This means I rest a good deal longer than I did when I was younger and make sure I am as rested as I can before doing another work set. Warm ups I burn through, but I find myself resting a looong time between work sets on the main lifts I do (standing press, bench, squat, deadlift, bent row) compared to what I used to do. I think I rest around 8 minutes between sets of squats...sometimes I think I need to take a chair to the gym with me.

Thank you guys for helping me change the way I see exercise and food.

As a 40yo dad of three youngins, I appreciate all your perspectives on health and lifestyle changes. Not to mention the brotherly banter between yall. Listening to this channel has been an awesome addition to my daily routine. Keep up all the hard work!

Guys-I love your podcasts-HOWEVER-Please don’t look up at a Video without letting us see it too. I suppose that is ‘On Doug,’ but please ‘fix’ it! You did it today with the TP hack on a blower. Thanks.

I love listening to your fitness advice, but i really enjoy hearing all of the fatherly experiences. I feel like it really helps me relate and realize I'm not the only one having some of these similar experiences.

I have two daughters and they absolutely loved their father daughter dances 🙏🏽😇

Oh man, 18 years lifting and I am just now learning the purpose of a rest period 😫 better late than never I guess 🤦🏻‍♀️

The last episode really opened up my eyes on lifting. I did back and biceps, but implemented the 4/2/2 pauses, and Jesus, my back is still feeling it. I think that kind of lift forces you to do a good rest period between sets. Thank you guys!

I love that Adam kept the newspaper clippings, like a serial killer would 😂

🎉 mega thank you

Your shows always make me laugh, but this one cracked me up. The fitness advice is great too, but the laughs keep me coming back. Thanks guys!

Thanks for the shoutout for Nina Wilder, following! 🎉

Really helpful episode for a former endurance athlete like me that naturally wants to turn everything into a circuit or super set. Thank you guys.

Rest pause technique pushed by Steve Shaw seems to work good. Rests are typically 15 to 30 seconds. That's not much different that circuit training, especially if you do opposing muscle groups when circuit training (more rest). What seems to matter most is making sure you go close to failure (1-3 RIR) and keep the rep range below 10 so you don't get winded. Also, on machines you can go past failure by doing drop sets. I don't circuit train, but I can see it's benefit for people that are limited in time. It's also good for newbies and most people are perpetual newbies because they workout for six months or less then quit for awhile.

Great podcast. Down 160lbs myself. Whoop whoop

Another consideration re: rest periods is that many people think of training results as a function of TIME moreso than EFFORT, particularly when they're paying a trainer. They have it in mind that resting at all is not getting their "money's worth."

You guys have become my role models in my fitness journey Thankyou guys for all the advice 🙏🏼

I will now call rest periods, growth periods 😅 thanks adam

I like the nitrous analogy, the nerd her coming out but in the game need for speed your car literally has to wait/rest for the nitrous to regenerate so that made a lot of sense to me!!

I need a timer for the breaks.

Rest periods between lifts is definitely an area I need to improve. Thanks for the reminder! Thanks so much for consistently putting out great content like this that keeps me challenged!

I am so happy that MP exists and I am probably very late into discovering this Chanel, would have probably saved me a lot of years of bad training, myths and pain. thanks for putting this out for free guys.

Love your guys content ! Keep it coming you guys have dramatically changed my life and I’m trying to do better in sharing the knowledge. Thank you guys and never stop

I’m a 53 year old guy, I can vouch another reason why the 23 year old today slept with more guys than the 53 year old woman is we lived through the AIDS epidemic. We were scared into celibacy

I totally agree on your rest period arguments. But I did anabolic in Q4 of last year and thought that phase 3, with this very little rest period is kind of against, what you guys are preaching. Am I misunderstanding something here?

Love you guys and your analogy, used it to explain the purpose of “growth periods” to my husband who is a car enthusiast. He gets it now! We are 63 and 66 and love working out together and getting guidance from you guys daily. Keep it coming we are Bay Area neighbors in Saratoga. So happy we recently found you because we just got a Rogue rack set up for our house. Would be awesome to win maps powerlift!

I wonder if Justin noticed that not a single holding penalty was called against the Chiefs!

Such a great explanation of rest periods! I've just started Anabolic Advanced and this couldn't have come at a better time to hear, keep it up guys!

Starting MAPS anabolic today!

The story about Adam's drawstring getting sucked into the blower made me cackle! One week into Maps Aesthetics and im living it!

i take 3 minute breaks atleast and dependent in the muscle. just wanted to add like the aspect of rest periods in a commercial gym. its a public space and i feel like there is a rushed consensus when people are waiting for a machine or barbell. i want to hear your guys' rest period etiquette to help ease the social tension behind waiting for a machine because someone prioritizes their rest period. thank you guys for the episode as always great talk

Father daughter dance you get to 8th grade? We only get till 8 years old, so we just decorate up our basement every year then dress up and we even have my wife’s sister and her husband come over and combine the daddy daughter mommy son dance

I heard you guys say this a long time ago.. I took your advice and rested 3 to 4 mins in between sets for the compound lifts.. I've definitely gotten stronger..

Some days I have to take really long breaks. Other days I have a pretty good tempo. It really depends on the day. Another great episode. Thanks for all you do!

Wow. That power lift program looks good. Need to work on my technique when it comes to compound lifts. Thanks for the content!

Understanding how important is rest periods in strength training is crucial. Thank you for sharing this information

Rest period = Anabolic interval 💥

Sal needs to write that children's story about the garbage truck! Its actually brilliant. That whole convo had me laughing out loud "my wife got to see how brilliant i am" 😂👍

The best advice is take vitamin ,,D,, because I am always ill. I love you guys. Wish I can meet you sometimes.

What program would you suggest for new lifters for proper form my grandkids have started to strength train I’m 63 and have had multiple injuries and don’t want to misinform them on proper techniques

Just found your channel, for losing weight and bodyfat, I'm 215 and want to get to 190, is it advisable to train (for a short period-6 weeks) whole body 5-6 days a week if I moderate intensity on different days ? Thanks. Oh, BTW, I'm 66 years old !

What I always do is walk around the gym and pace back and forth for the 2-3 min. Has no impact on the sets at all but adds steps. Too many people are just scrolling on their phone between sets and not even focused. But walking around for 2-3 min dials me in like a caged wolf for the next set. 😂 After a 50-60 min lifting session, you add an extra 5-6K steps to your daily count and burn an extra 300+ cals per session. But literally, no one ever does this, and everyone just sits on their ass between sets.

Just made it through first week of Pre-Phase on MAPS Anabolic and suddenly I’m actually liking going to the gym all of a sudden. It’s so weird. I don’t understand it but I’m just going to go with it!

I have to admit that I constantly have to remind myself to rest in between sets. I know the concept behind it, and totally believe it. However, putting it into practice is a mental battle that I am constantly having with myself. On top of that, getting my son to understand proper rest periods when we are working out together is an even bigger challenge. I've seen that his gains have stalled the past couple of weeks that we haven't been able to work out together because of scheduling. He blows through a workout in 30 minutes when it should take 60, and then wonders why he's not seen as much progress. He's only 13 so we have time to work on this together.

It’s hard for me because I’ve been so consistent with training, and my recent surgery is forcing me to rest. This makes me feel more comfortable about taking a break once in a while

How much rest is a good amount? I heard women need less rest, true?

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Thank you. I needed to hear this today. You guys are the best and I really appreciate all the amazing content 🙏🏼

Let goo love these guys❤

Why TF didn’t yall show the big ass Nike sweatpants?!😡

“I can feel my teeth!” 😂😂

I hope you guys don’t continue talking about politics, especially in a negative way against anyone trump or Biden. To make fun of an older man that has a speech impediment it’s just mean 😢. We are here for health and fitness not politics. Keep up the good work on health and fitness inspiration let’s stay out of politics.

Boom !!!! 🎉

The days of pushing a button for NoS broooo, have been long gone 😂. It's all controlled by the ECU now. But good analogy

For Biden “Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt“ -Abraham Lincoln

I have really never thought much about rest periods, but you all explained their importance well. 🧠 It makes sense that the breaks will make weight training more effective!

I really should watch the whole show before commenting, but apparently I never learn...but I've heard that BOTH buden and trump have said they're not planning to debate in the general. Theyre BOTH experiencing the brain rot.

I love this episode! Info ✅ laughs ✅✅ little bit of tears ✅✅ ❤❤

Ohhhh! Thank you re rest periods & circuit training. I do the machines for convenience. But I also take rest periods.

Simple way to explain, you ever have a girl send you mixed signals... the body feels the same way you do. Confused

Can you please do a video on how to lose fat and build muscle as a vegetarian?? I struggle a lot hitting even 100g of protein and I feel I lose much more slower or need to cut more calories as when I was eating everything. It’s frustrating since I don‘t want to est animals because of ethical reasons but I have gained like 15 pounds since been a vegetarian 🥲 Thanks!

How about “Recovery Periods”? 🔥👍🏻

I just purchased the extreme fitness bundle and am currently on my day 6. This is helpful to know about the benefits of rest period. I tend to skip it. 😆

Maps Anabolic Advanced has really taught me the importance of breaks. The personal trainer I used to work with many years ago was very adamant about breaks.

I'm concerned for Adam. He will become part of the Borg and never figure out it's happening. 😏

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Trump doesn’t debate why should he.. 😂 also I understand him better than Trump 😂

Lift, rest, visualize.. repeat

Sal- “iS It fOR coNStrUCtiON WeRK?!”

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FEEDBACK: whenever the guys want something popped up , can the viewers see what they’re seeing? Entertaining purposes.

How did not bring up chiefs parade getting shot up

Be very careful making fun of the elderly because someday it will be you

Look up the Dark Brandon meme to learn about the red eyes.

9ers probably the better team barely special teams blooper blew the game

Sorry! I spoke too soon. 😂😂😂

Sal never TP a house? I thought that was a thing every kid did. Has anyone forked a yard? That takes time and dedication to put a couple hundred plastic forks in someone's yard.

Shoes in a tree are where non-anabolic drugs are sold 🍻

I didn't watch the Super Bowl because I would rather watch hockey but that game definitely was rigged because somebody put a video online of them recording the television and a rushing play had happened where the guy gained two yards after being first and 10 and not only did it get reset to First and 10, the clock never moved. Or at least it got reset.

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If rest periods are so crucial then why have straight sets with myo reps worked so well for myself and many others

12:11 nah its just a meme thing from 2016, the laser eyes. Bidens teams trying to appeal to zoomers

Biden meme is poking fun at republican conspiracy mind, originating from “dark Brandon” meme

It's more of conditioning than it is cardio with weights😅

Sal what is up that hair??.. its really unflattering for you😆

You guys are in great form tonight…I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at Mind Pump! “We should do that!” 🧻🤣🤣👌🏻👌🏻