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your workouts definitely look intense. How much time do you spend resting between sets on workouts like these? Beginner question: why so many sets? Is this the "volume" people are referring to?
Yeah...Everything you see on my program that has repeated sets of 5,8, 10 or 20 is straight volume work..The way I keep track of my volume workouts isn't per set, but per workout..
For instance..I won't count 10 sets of 10 pullups..but I'll count out 100 in a workout..
For volume work (high rep, high set count), I always rest 1 single minute between sets..when I chain the lifts together (ie SQUAT/BENCH) I dont rest between them..but rest one minute after ive completed both.
For Raw strength sets I rest 3 minutes between...deadlifts and squats always get 2 minutes of rest, followed by 1 minute of active rest (mostly hip rotation, dorsal flexion).
this isnt set in stone though....for high volume work with high weight, I will rest 4-5 minutes to recharge..