Increase Gains With The Rest Pause Technique

The the rest pause technique/method is designed to allow the lifter to do more work in a shorter time period. This method allows for the use of heavier weights and will shock your body into getting stronger and in turn adding on some muscle. Many people have had great success with rest-pause training and have found it to be an effective way to blast through training plateaus on bench press, squats, military and other lifts.

How do I perform a rest-pause set?

1. Perform a set as you would with your given 6-10 rep weight. Set the weight down.
2. Take 5 slow, deep breaths, pick the weight back up, and rep to failure again.
3. Repeat step 2. (Or continue to repeat until you perform 10-15 total reps)
   *These 3 steps combined make up one set for that exercise. *

Here is a video of Gabe implementing the rest pause technique during a shoulder workout.