Is the pain pulsing? I had similar sensation back then when I was squatting. Wasn't breathing enough while repping out. They call it exertion headache. I rest up and fixed my breathing to solve that issue.

I went home and sleep a fuk load. And yeah stiff neck muscles would cause that too. I had that back then, that's when I stop doing just cardio to warm up. Instead, I do stretches.

You trying to build some muscles man?

So you missed Dan's point then. If you see properly what he said, if you're ONLY trying to have a healthier body, you're doing good. Not so much for building muscles. If you wanna build mass, time to do a fugload of reading.

Google keywords "Build mass for noob bodybuilding.com" etc... go read all them stickies... and follow a reputable newbie program.

In addition to comments from above sifus, about your deadlift. Your deadlift setup is already entirely wrong. The bar and plates should be dead on the floor (hence deadlift). And it looks more like a romanian/stiff leg deadlift. Or you're trying to do rack pulls?

Don't build your own routine. Go find a good beginner program (google it). 20 reps.. you tryin to do cardio with your arms brah?

I bet you always kill heavy fat guys cause you stronk as fuark........

mirin like mad brah.... took u how long to reach ur current level ? the longer i cut the angrier i feel about my past...

Good stuff man, looks like you did everything right from the get go. Meanwhile, I'm still stuck on my initial cut at 16% BF. Did you start out lean?

Always makes me jealous af

I started from skinny fat. Went through dreamer bulk to 27% BF, been cutting for over 4 months got down to 16-17% now.

Though if I can turn back time, I wouldn't bulk like how I did back then. I would instead just eat at maintenance and fix my macros. Being at around 20% BF, I would do no good if I bulk like what I did.

You shouldn't repeat my mistake. You should read/research a lot before taking the bulking path. Seriously, I would only consider bulking when I'm at 13%. Or if my cut still stalls, I would do reverse dieting and work my way up to a slow bulk.

lol dreamer bulk bro.... stupid decision there.. didn't even track. I can really eat a fug load.... too bad I don't have a blackhole in my stomach like darklight

tummy size mostly has nothing to do with the training duration... it's what you eat brah

you need to do a lot of readings... go do some research of your own then only come back when you have questions

15-20 reps? U're doing more reps than I do for warmups..

Not sure bout hormones but I wouldn't listen to these guys for advice. I think bulk or cut is solely up to you, your goals.

If I were to do it, I'd bulk as long as I can minimizing fat gain, and cut 1-2 months.

Alright, time to bump this thread.

I wonder, how long do you guys usually rest between sets? I did some readings and experimented on myself. From what read, some say 30-60 secs, some 60-90 sec while some go 3-5mins.

Some said 3-5 mins for Strength training.
Some said 45-60 secs for Size.
Lastly, some said as long as needed to complete the next set (but not as long as 10 mins or until muscle went cold).

I personally timed my rest for about a min+. Some of my lifts struggled (mainly big movements). So I tried resting slightly longer, about 90 secs to 2 mins. The result was pretty good on my next set having to rest slightly longer.

So I hope some of you experienced lifters could chip in with your comments. Does it matter? Or it affects hypertrophy hyperplasia? Or it's actually better to allow sufficient ATP recovery to be able to perform the up coming set with max effort and efficiency?

Let's use common compound movement like (bench press, shoulder press) with programming of 3x8 at 75-80% 1RM as an example, and training for size.

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Even with 60 seconds, the form of my compounds will likely degrade on the third set. So what's your take on this? Would you still keep it short or would you rather complete your next set with max effort while maintaining good form?

Sweat doesn't mean much to me though. I start sweating when I do some light warmups and stretches in an air conditioned gym. As far as I know, DOMS doesn't mean much? (correct me if I'm wrong).

What is your goal? Are you training for stamina?

I think you're the same for those who agreed on taking as much time needed for the body to recuperate but made sure that it's not too long (until body went cold). Any tips for this? Do you wait till your breathing became normal or there's a certain way to judge?

About maintaining intensity, I kept my lifts rather hard. Every set, the 7th and 8th rep is rather hard. Though, I sacrificed a bit of form on my last few reps of my 3rd set if I maintained the same rest time. Which made me wonder if I could compromise a bit before my third set, by increasing my rest duration. It would still be hard especially on my last few reps even with those extra seconds of rest. Is this what you meant by maintaining intensity?

You must have some crazy stamina there or something else. I could never maintain proper form to lift the same weight on my next set with that short amount of rest. What is your goal though? To improve your stamina by keeping the heart rate high? And could you explain please the benefits of keeping your heart rate up?

Not to offend you, just out of curiosity. But if I wanted to keep my heart rate up while doing some form of exercise, I would of just do cardio. Cause that's the goal of cardio, yes? While I weight lift with hypertrophy in mind.

Same here, I'll never make it with anything less than 60 secs.

I always do straight sets for the sake of progression. It's hard for me to track properly with drop sets or pyramid sets. And yeah, I'll have to experiment more with rest time along with more research.