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REST HARDER

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I just rest between sets until I can go again. Isn’t that right?

Not quite. Manipulating any of the variables in a resistance workout – exercise choice, load, volume, rest period lengths or even the order you do the exercises in – alters the unique structure of the workout and changes the cellular and molecular response you get from it.

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