Rest Periods and Volume: Chasing Performance

The speakers discuss the importance of resting as long as needed to fully recover and argue against chasing metabolic fatigue through short rest intervals. They emphasize the impact of mechanic tension and progressive tension overload on hypertrophy and highlight some issues with light load training. They also mention the practicality and effectiveness of performing high rep sets with heavy loads in real-world scenarios and stress the importance of chasing performance during training.

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