I just started to follow the max-ot training schedule in my workout yesterday.

I was able to lift more weight but the rest periods of 2-3 minutes of working sets seemed abit to long for me. I am usually leave about a minute between sets usually and with the extra time it felt like I was starting to cool down, I even started to yawn....

I sort of like the feeling of my heart racing and that I am getting a good workout. I hear alot of good things about Max-ot on this site so i'll stick with it for a while and see what happens

anywone else have the same problem?

It feels like a really long time (it IS a really long time) but the theory is it is essentially to let your muscle fully recover their ATP stores so you can give maximal effort for another set.

It seems logical to me so I do it.

-Allen

I just started to follow the max-ot training schedule in my workout yesterday.

I was able to lift more weight but the rest periods of 2-3 minutes of working sets seemed abit to long for me. I am usually leave about a minute between sets usually and with the extra time it felt like I was starting to cool down, I even started to yawn....

I sort of like the feeling of my heart racing and that I am getting a good workout. I hear alot of good things about Max-ot on this site so i'll stick with it for a while and see what happens

anywone else have the same problem?
I had a tough time resting that long, but I believe I'm seeing a benefit to it. I can tell the difference if I rest 90 sec. versus 120 sec. versus 150 sec. I used to rest 60 sec, and any longer seemed like I was wasting my time. I had put some faith in MaxOT and gradually adapted my rest periods to 75, 90...etc... and found I could get more reps in my 2nd & 3rd sets. Once I was truly able to go to positive failure on every set, I felt I needed that longer rest of at least 2 minutes for most muscles. Bigger movements need & get 150-180sec rest between sets, isolated muscles only need & get 120sec rest.