In this Week's Hump Day Q'n'A I answer the question "how long should I be resting". I know what you're thinking, a whole podcast on rest periods, geez, and you'd be right. I even surprised myself with how many considerations I make and approaches I utilise to maximise a clients progress when it comes to programming rest periods.
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In the episode I discuss: 
- What some of the current research says about rest period times for strength, hypertrophy and higher volumes of work and how applying it blindly isn't all that practical for most gym-users who only have 60-75 minutes max' to train.
- What considerations need to be made when programming rest periods into a training session.
- How exercise selection and level of exertion effect programmed rest periods.
- Why I utilise rest periods with my clients.
- How I utilise certain programming structures and training methods to still achieve the rest recommended in the current research whilst also increasing the time efficiency of a training session, get more overall work done in the session and increase training density.