Longer Interset Rest Periods Enhance Muscle Strength and Hypertrophy in Resistance-Trained Men
Schoenfeld, Pope, Benik, Hester, Sellers, Nooner, Schnaiter, Bond-Williams, Carter, Ross, Just, Henselmans, Krieger · 2016 · Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 30(7):1805–1812
Randomised trial · Rang 4 von 9
What this work gives Aellic
21 trained men, 8 weeks, 3 full-body sessions per week at 3 × 8–12 RM. Three minutes of rest beat one for strength (1RM squat and bench press both significantly higher) and for hypertrophy — with the caveat that the size advantage was site-dependent: significant in the anterior thigh, only a trend at the triceps brachii (p = 0.06). Overturned the old dogma of “short rests for hypertrophy”.
Correction of 26 July 2026
“For hypertrophy as well as for strength” reproduced the authors' own conclusion but hid that hypertrophy reached significance at one measurement site out of two. Stated plainly now.
The entry on the register was wrong. It was not replaced but kept — with what holds instead standing next to it.
Where this sits in the engine
This work is on the register, but nothing computes with it today — mostly because the feature it belongs to has not been built yet. It is listed so the numbers on the overview do not claim more than they carry.
Register entry schoenfeld2016_rest · Randomised trial