Okay people, let’s try something new. I want opinions and what you think. Let’s go wild, and I’ll comment at the end of it once I’ve read enough. To start it off, here’s an easy teaser coming from our friendly neighborhood bodybuilder.. abang Jay. Abang Jay is a disturbed individual who is ‘DM APPROVED’ and knows his stuff real well too.. so.. hear him out. But every now and then, he would annoy us with an issue like below:
Heres one open for debate…
One particular fitness manager approached one of his trainers (one of my boys) when he was dual-setting bis and tris… saying,
“Ei, what you doing?”
…duh (what i think anyways)
“Supersetting bis and tris…why?”
“Thats not called supersets…”
“Yes it is…”So what ya all think bout this particular scenario?
Jay
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can i vote?hehe i think thats superset alrite..agonist-antogonist muscle training or the same muscle part training..eg@bicep then tris workout….or bicep then bicep workout again…still call that superset..u figure?
ok… as far as I “feel”, supersetting is about working the same muscle group(eg. shoulders muslces) non-stop(or little) for 2-3 sets but with a different technique/style? each. What the trainer was doing, hitting bis, tris… or even shoulders, non-stop is more like erm… he’s following the HITT program. More info at uknowwhere.com DONE.
Hey, doing bi and tri are supersetting. Much like doing Chest and Back or Shoulder and Lats…or back and hams…
but supersetting too meant that you will do the same muscle group with two different exercise back to back with minimal rest…
at it’s best, supersetting meant doing two or three exercise back to back with minimal rest.
and it work best with opposing muscle…
i agree with what healthfreak said. both cases (either woking on same muscle group or antogonist muscle groups) can be known as supersets.
That’s Is not superset
It COULD BE superset,but no indication to that
superset:
1.Minimal rest,almost directly going from one training to another
2.a.Most of the time,its training THE SAME GROUP of muscle,to offset/balance the fatique level
2.b.Of course sometime people do the opposite muscle,like bi and tris,back and chest,but rarely(and if you do chest,actually you REST your back)
Like when my triceps is not strong enough,it prevent me from doing more bench,by my chest still can take it
So,I go to pec dec machine,before the bench
after the bench,the fatique/soreness is about the same,on triceps and pectorial
and sometime i’m doing hamerclaws,before concentration curl,for my biceps
Its feels more intense,but I’m not sure its correct or not
how many reps do i have to do for 1 set of a same muscle group superset for each exercise
to make your precious training time efficient and fully utilized, try supersetting upper body with lower body, and alternate between pushing & pulling exercises.
example, superset a Squat (lower body push right there..) with Pullups (upper body pull.. weeeee)
so while your Legs are taking a breather, you are working your upper body (your back in this case).. you wont lose much performance even with minimal or no rest between those sets.
Deadlift (lower pull) with Dips (upper push)
Bench Press (upper push) with Good Mornings..
you get the idea….
cheers
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