Chapter
The Importance of Resting Actively Between Sets
10:39 - 16:54 (06:15)
Practicing exercises to shake water off your limbs during rest periods between sets of strength exercises can increase endurance and prevent vessel constriction, ultimately making athletes faster and more enduring. Strengthening respiratory muscles can also contribute to increased endurance levels since metabolites from these muscles can make blood vessels in limbs constrict.
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Strengthening the respiratory muscles can prevent reflexive vessel constriction, increase endurance and help you go farther while remaining relaxed during running.
10:39 - 13:43 (03:04)
Summary
Strengthening the respiratory muscles can prevent reflexive vessel constriction, increase endurance and help you go farther while remaining relaxed during running. Incorporating exercises between sets of strength exercises can lead to better results.
ChapterThe Importance of Resting Actively Between Sets
EpisodeEp 57: Pavel Tsatsouline Answers Your 15 Most Popular Exercise Questions
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Exerting muscles powerfully for a short period of time and then resting actively can help develop mitochondria in fast twitch fibers and increase endurance.
13:43 - 16:54 (03:11)
Summary
Exerting muscles powerfully for a short period of time and then resting actively can help develop mitochondria in fast twitch fibers and increase endurance. Resting actively between sets is important with a recommended work to rest ratio of 1 to 5 or 1 to 6.