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Originally Posted by sdf42450
a single "rest-pause" set consists of lifting (reps) to failure, 20-30seconds of breathing, lifting (reps) to failure again, another 20-30 seoconds breathing, and lifting (reps) to failure again. thats ONE rest-pause set.
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Thanks, but I'm aware of what an RP set is. The reason I was talking about them in terms of several "groups" or "sets" (notice I used the term working groups) is because there are different ways and opinions regarding doing them. Some people advocate picking a weight that will have you fail at a certain prescribed number, picking a number of reps, usually around 20, and going to that number no matter how many pauses it takes you.
It would be different for different people, but that could have someone go to failure, pause, go to failure again around five times. DC seems to differ. I was trying to get to the bottom of it. I am not planning on doing DC, but 0311 has incorporated the DC RP sets into other training, and I was trying to draw on his experience with them.
The way you described them, it would seem that one RP set should consists of three trys to failure.
Now, if you rest up to 30, imo, you are getting out of the realm of what a rest pause is anyway. I sometimes only rest 30 seconds between regular sets. The way you described them is one; I have seen them described other ways.
Its really semantics in any case. A RP pause "set" is really just several sets to failure with very short rest periods.