rest ....

[tave]

we all know we should rest, but how much?. How does rest between sets affect your execise,gains,etc?.How long should one rest between workout sessions?. what exectly is rest, just sitting around on your ass?

[KickChick]

You should rest at least 48 hours before you work any muscle group again. Muscle's require rest to build and to replenish the proper nutrients. You can do calisthenics and martial arts training around your weight training. Try not to work chest, back and shoulders one day and then the next day go to class and do 100 pushups that work the same muscles. Its not true that the more you workout, the faster muscle will grow. Working the same muscle group day after day will only fatigue the muscles to the point of injury. You know you can even take a whole week off (like in a vacation) from your weight training without losing any gains.

[tave]

what about rest between bodyweight exercises should it treated the same?

[KickChick]

Individual muscle groups need to rest between training sessions whether you are bodyweight training, or machine/free weight training but you also have to rest the entire body by not training too many days in a row. When you train way too much this places excessive demands on your nervous system and like I said above you are more prone to injury.

[TkdWarrior]

what about rest between bodyweight exercises should it treated the same?

NO
if i m not right..
it depends if u r working for 1 repMax then u need to hav at least 2-3 minutes b/w sets...
otherwise maxtime would be around 45 secs
-TkdWarrior-