One of my favorite and most beneficial types of exercise are supersetting while strength training. If you don't know, a superset is two exercises that are performed back to back with little to no rest; There are also trisets (three exercises), and quadsets (four sets) that can be performed to really shred your beefy rip. Some benefits to stacking your workouts into supersetted blocks are:
1) Great way to save time - There is nothing more annoying to me than staying in the gym for 90 mins to get to my desired REP amount for the day (120 per muscle group).
2) Workout Variety - There are countless amounts of stacks you can make into supersets, which allow for an everylasting fresh and crisp workout. Exs. Chest/Chest, Chest/Tri's, Chest/Cardio, Chest/Back, etc.
3)Incorporates muscle overload and exhaustion - When your muscles are overloaded during activation, lactic acid is produced via the Kreb Cycle. While this sensation is tormenting to most, there is one crucial benefit to it's release: increased Growth Hormone secretion. It is impossible to get big without it, which lead some to take supplements that claim to boost the GH for juicy muscles and a nice fat loss hormone. Save your $80 bucks and stack your sets.
However, recognize that you're not going to be able to do your typical amount of weight when supersetting and trisetting. This type of advanced training requires a mixture of strength and endurance that makes it nearly impossible for the body to keep up with, but you can always experiment what works for you (ex. Heavy first leg of superset, lighter second leg of superset). I also recommend changing up your paired sets for your supersets to gain strength and mass, avoid plateaus, and keep your workouts fun and new.
Keep it real with your supersets, you jerks. And don't forget...winter bulking season only has about 45 days left!!!
PS- check out this workout from Muscle Pharm: http://www.musclepharm.com/sites/default/files/getswole_mens_p3_v2_lowres_0.pdf
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