When time is an issue and you want to make the most out of your 30-minutes-or-less workout, chances are you either do super-sets—alternating one strength move with another for the opposite muscle ...

People often ask me, “How much rest do I need between sets?” Typically, if you are coming from the body-building, powerlifting and even speed/agility training background, the rest periods are greater ...

What Are Rest Day Workouts? Rest day workouts are the activities you do to stay active without doing traditional fitness routines. On your recovery day, you stop doing high-intensity exercises and ...

Most fitness advice urges people to squeeze in more workouts. That’s reasonable, considering government data show that only about a quarter of American adults meet the current guidelines for adequate ...

Let's talk rest. Specifically, rest days, defined as a day(s) off from your regular workout routine to allow muscles to recover, rebuild, and become stronger. Do rest days mean sitting on the couch ...

I've always thought that the term "active rest" sounds like an oxymoron. To me, it's analogous to "jumbo shrimp" or "seriously funny" (both of which I regularly say). If I was new to exercise ...

Like many, you may have a New Year’s resolution. However, these resolutions don’t always work out. For those prioritizing exercise, nevertheless, creating a workout schedule oftentimes forgoes rest ...

The following cheat-sheet will give you an idea of how many rest days you need a week, depending on your goals: ...

How long are you resting between your sets in the gym? Do you even know, or do you just make it up as you go along? Maybe you don’t even take real rest periods (please say you do). Just as having rest ...

When you are focusing on learning skills and techniques, some of the best places to put them into programming is during a similar activity's rest periods. This is especially true for swimming, ...