Depending on your goals, you may need to wait a minute or two between sets—or even five minutes. Here's how you know when to rest longer.

As I sit here to write, I am having one of those weeks where my schedule has blown up with activity — some good and some hard, but all exhausting and unexpected. However, in the midst of the ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Rest days are an ...

We’re always told to stay active and get regular exercise. But whether you’re training for a competition or feeling extra motivated, more isn’t always better. Rest days are just as important as ...

Rest has a bad rap in our culture. Most of us think about rest as merely the absence of work—not something valuable in its own right. Sometimes, it’s even equated with laziness. But nothing could be ...

As I’ve been putting a paper together for my Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group (RMOUG) Training Days 2009 presentation REST from Web Services Frustrations, I have been wanting a very simple HTTP ...

How long you should rest between resistance training sets will vary depending on whether you want to grow your muscle mass, lose weight, or improve your strength, power, or endurance. Resistance ...