Which takes longer to recover from, heavy or high-volume lifting? High-repetition sets to failure kept performance down for up to 48 hours
Oct 27
3 min read
Heavy triples feel brutal on the nervous system; long sets of fifteen feel brutal everywhere else. Lifters often assume heavy work needs the most recovery, yet high-volume sessions can leave them sore and flat. Which really takes longer to bounce back from matters for scheduling: it decides whether a heavy day or a volume day should sit before a rest day, and how close together sessions can be placed.
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