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Originally Posted by Eric S.
What's up, Combat?
Nice numbers as usual.
Man, you sure haul ass through your workouts. Seems like it took me an hour & 20 minutes most days.
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Ha-ha, I sure try. I really worked on my recovery time since my first run through with the program. My goal during the upper/lower splits was to trim down my rest between sets to 90-120 seconds. It seemed to work well and my increased fitness level translated to this program better than I expected.
I do feel that my preworkout dextrose played an important part as well. AST's DGC dextrose really made the difference for me since all other things remained equal. IMO it's most underrated, and you'll never see it in the top 50 selling products!
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DGC (Dextrorotatory Glucose Crystals) is a unique glucose crystal that supplies an unmatched fuel source for fast and efficient muscle energy. DGC requires no digestion prior to absorption into the bloodstream. This means an ultra-fast fuel supply for supporting quick and sustained muscle energy requirements and mental function.
Supplement Facts:
Serving Size: 4 Level Scoops (46g)
Servings Per Container: 21
Amount Per Serving:
Total Calories: 184
Total Carbohydrates: 46g
Sugars: 46g
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Aside from that shameless plug, nothing's changed in my supplementation. I still use fairly high amounts of BCAA's stacked with citrulline malate a la Xtend.
Other than the aforementioned, I've been running my rest between sets short for the first 3 sets, then taking a longer break during the final 2 sets since it's increasingly harder. If you think about it, I don't see a need to keep the rest between sets uniformally 'X' amount of minutes. At least for the first few sets, even during the PR week, won't be too rough. Some exercises also need more rest than others. My deadlifts, for example, needed 2 minutes between every set whereas my weighted pullups only needed about a minute more or less. So my "trick" is to get whatever I can done as fast as possible without sacrificing strength/form. Trimming time off here and there gets me out of the gym within 1 hour, 15 minutes during my heaviest workouts..And an hour during the first 2 weeks. Shorter the rest, the more I stand to benefit regardless.