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elephant man
March 14, 2008, 9:42pm Report to Moderator
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i know people who swear by them saying they use supersets for biceps and triceps cuz they love there arms to feel fully pumped,and by using this method they force the muscles to grow,but i assumed they were to be used only when u hit a a brick wall in your muscle growth,should i use them or not?.do people on here use them?.
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March 14, 2008, 9:57pm Report to Moderator
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Ele.  Whats a superset please?
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Supersets are a popular weight lifting technique among many who are looking to kickstart a stalled weight lifting routine and add more variety into their program. They are a slightly more advanced principle to use so it’s going to be best if you have already have a fairly decent weight lifting background behind you.  

Basically what a superset consists of is two exercises that are put back to back that you will perform with little or no rest in between.  Usually the muscle groups that are chosen for something like this will be antagonist and agonist pairings, meaning they directly oppose each other.

Good examples of this would be biceps and triceps, hamstrings and quadriceps and your chest and back.

So using biceps and triceps as an example, first you would do a set of bicep curls, then immediately after you completed them you would move into a set of tricep kickbacks. After you were finished that set then you would take a short rest period before beginning another set.
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Thanks for that, Man.
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None of the Bodybuilders i know who compete do them. I use them once a month or 2nd month for a week to trick the body and reset things . Other then that i think a good routine is better
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i use them quite a lot along with drop sets and giant sets


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although on super sets i stay with the one muscle group


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Madeira Jon
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Ele.man you say" Basically what a superset consists of is two exercises that are put back to back that you will perform with little or no rest in between."
Do you do these to "failure" or is it better to have a limited number of reps?
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i generally go very close to failiure on the 1st set then balls out on the 2nd one, but thats on 1 body part and if i was training 2 i would go to failiure on both


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i was just about to ask this. i have been told u shouldnt bye a ex bodybuilder i know he says u can work the one muscle group better if u dont. but im not sure if hes right i find them good cause i can do alot more in a shorter space so im not doing 5-6 days a week more rest for me so i think there better.
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