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assante74 Posts: 185 Joined: 2001/10/19	2003/03/24, 04:48 PM I was wondering if supersets are good for the body? What are the benefits from it if there are any?
lewdog_55 Posts: 383 Joined: 2002/01/23	2003/03/24, 05:52 PM Yeah I use them every once in awhile to give a good shock to my muscles. Doing a superset usually gets a good pump in the area.
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/03/26, 05:41 PM Supersets can be used in a two manners. 1. You can do a set for one muscle group and immediately follow it with another for the same group. This method increases fatigue and is best for hypertrophy. Likewise, you could do a compound movement for a large muscle group and super set that with a movement for a smaller support group. An example would be combining a chest movement with a tricep movement. 2. You can do super sets with antagonist or opposing muscle groups. This creates an interesting synergistic effect. While you're working one group, the other is forced to relax more than normal to facilitate the motion. This improves set to set recovery. An example would be bench presses (chest) and rows (back). -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan