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How is your average workout less than 1 hour? You do way more sets than I and I always need more time than that.

The biggest thing I changed to reduce how long each workout lasts was that I started timing my rest periods. If I didn't time them, I'd take 4 minutes or more of rest without really thinking about it. I don't do a ton of isolation exercises unless, and this helps me save time too, I do them as a super set or a giant set with really short rest periods.

Something thing that I started doing in April is doing more body weight exercises. So more pull ups and more push ups, things I that don't need a ton of rest for in between sets.

I also had less than an hour to get the majority of my workouts done in April. On days where I was really short on time, I would take much shorter rests than usual since I need to leave time for my cardio.

If you have the time available for longer workouts, than there's nothing wrong with that. If I could give myself more time for a workout to space things a bit more I would.

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LightningBuck 8mo ago

Thank you. How close to failure do you train? I find that the closer I train to failure the more time I need to recover or my performance will suffer. Or do I just need to stop making excuses and push harder on the later sets?

AntStrong 8mo ago

You're right about needing a longer rest after a more intense set. Regarding how close to failure you need to train, I would say that it depends on your goals.

If you're aiming for muscle building or bodybuilding, then I would say to get to as close to failure as you can for at least the last set or 2. I would also say that if you're going past 12-15 reps, then you should increase the weight you're using.

If you're goal is strength/power, than I suggest to aim for no more than 3 reps in reserve unless you're trying to max out.

For general health, go for something closer to strength training.

Just be careful to not overtrain so that you can properly recover and reduce the risk of injury. Being self motivated is awesome, but not listening to your body is how you tear something.