Monday, December 1, 2014

SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone: Alternate vs. Classic Resistance Training: Can You...

SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone: Alternate vs. Classic Resistance Training: Can You...: What now? Wait 3 minutes or off to the bench for an alternate set of bench presses or pulls ? Traditional strength training with 80% of ...



The traditional set workout (TS) consisted of four sets of squats at 80% of 1RM on a force plate with 3-minutes rest between sets.


  • The alternating set workout (AS) also consisted of four sets of squats at 80% of 1RM but with bench press, and bench pull exercises performed between squat sets 1, 2 & 3 with between-exercise rest of 50 seconds, resulting in approximately 3-minutes rest between squat sets.