Super setting...

[JoeR.]

I was wondering if everyone does this
ex.

Chest/Upper Back day
-Flat Bench Press
-wide grip chins
-Peckdeck
-Lat pulldowns(close grip)
-Incline Bench Press
-Back Pullbacks


That would be one set, then start at flat benches, and do it all over again. Do you tend to train in that style or just do your 4 sets of peckdeck succesively?

 

[squanto]

most would do 4 sets of each exercise consecutively, i think.

 

[CowPimp]

There's nothing wrong with doing it that way for a change of pace, but I can't see it being any more effective than the standard style of training where you finish a few sets of one lift before moving to the next.

 

[Monolith]

So wait... youre supersetting all of those exercises together?

 

[JoeR.]

Yes, I am. I was taught to do it that way way back in 7th grade(senior now), when I wasnt really lifting hardcore. And Ive just carried it over. I cant really think of why it would be bad, if anything I think it would be better. Seeing as how each excercise gets more a fair amount of energy.

Just recently when I read Arnolds Enyclopedia on bodybuilding I do level 1, like how I said in my first post.

Is there anything wrong with this?

 

[JoeR.]

How come this isnt the standard pratice? If you did all 4 sets of flat bench press, at the begining, wouldnt your chest and your energy be much lower for say Incline benches?

 

[titans1854]

Originally posted by JoeR.
How come this isnt the standard pratice? If you did all 4 sets of flat bench press, at the begining, wouldnt your chest and your energy be much lower for say Incline benches?

It does lower your energy for the next exercise but that's the way it goes. You can't expect to have the same strength at the end of your workout than at the beginning.

 

[22"bi's]

i only do circuits for a change of pace...

 

[firestorm]

Actually I use that training method peridically on bis and tris. I'll do a bi exercise followed immediately with a tricep excercise. The thing is I don't do it every week. Once a month.

 

[JerseyDevil]

I some times do a 'giant set' as a shock. It was in one of Lee Haney's books and he promoted doing this once every 4 to 6 weeks as a shock. You move from each movement with no rest in between sets, and shoot for 6-8 reps per exercise. Do three rotations resting 90 seconds between each giant set. It is a killer, and very effective, but there is no way you could workout like this on a permanent basis.

For example.

Legs:
Squats
45 degree leg press
Leg extensions
Leg curls

Biceps:
Barbell curl
Preacher curl
Incline DB curl
Concentration curl

 

[Monolith]

Originally posted by JerseyDevil
I some times do a 'giant set' as a shock. It was in one of Lee Haney's books and he promoted doing this once every 4 to 6 weeks as a shock. You move from each movement with no rest in between sets, and shoot for 6-8 reps per exercise. Do three rotations resting 90 seconds between each giant set. It is a killer, and very effective, but there is no way you could workout like this on a permanent basis.

For example.

Legs:
Squats
45 degree leg press
Leg extensions
Leg curls

Biceps:
Barbell curl
Preacher curl
Incline DB curl
Concentration curl

Yeah... but look at how Joe has his set up. He's doing an exercise for chest/back/chest/back/chest/back etc. So he's really not even supersetting anything, because he doesnt have 2 exercises that work the same muscle stacked back to back.

It actually looks closer to circuit training to me. I can't really see any benefits from the way he's got it set up... all it'll do is make you out of breath and get your HR up. Deplete your glycogen nice and fast, too.

 

[miamiguns]

That chest/back routine looks interesting, but it's not textbook super setting. I'd give it a try if I had a gym to go to because it fits into my routine nicely.

Right now I am lifting 3 times a week.

Monday: legs
Wednesday: chest and back
Friday: arms and shoulders

 

[JoeR.]

Starting tomarrow I will try doing it the "normal" way, and see how it does.