super set

[dkarnes]

what do you thing about doing super set after doing your set of three?? For example say you doing bench press and just finshed doing your third set. on fourth set do 50% less weight you use on third set and do many reps as you can.do you think this will benfit me or its just wasting my time doing this??? Thanks for all replys

[GeneralSerpant]

not the worst idea in history. I kind of feel like the more similar the exercise, the better, and I don't do super sets because I just end up thinking anything different is a different exercise.

You could get a little closer to what you were doing before, but you could also get a lot further away, doing close-grip bench or something.

[drpcnow]

what do you thing about doing super set after doing your set of three?? For example say you doing bench press and just finshed doing your third set. on fourth set do 50% less weight you use on third set and do many reps as you can.do you think this will benfit me or its just wasting my time doing this??? Thanks for all replys

i thought this was called "drop set" while a super set is two different exercises down back to back. ie, 3 supersets of bench and curls, 1 set bench (no rest) 1 set of curl. that completes one set of super set. then back to bench/curl completes 2nd set, so on.

[GeneralSerpant]

i thought this was called "drop set" while a super set is two different exercises down back to back.

inclined to agree.

[keys_10]

i thought this was called "drop set"

It is

while a super set is two different exercises down back to back. ie, 3 supersets of bench and curls, 1 set bench (no rest) 1 set of curl. that completes one set of super set. then back to bench/curl completes 2nd set, so on.

^Pretty much^. A superset is 2 exercises performed back to back with little or no rest for opposing muscle groups. e.g. Bench press and BB rows.

2 exercises perfomed back to back for the same muscle however is called a compound set, which might be closer to what the OP was thinking of.

[Xfaxtor]

Doesnt have to be opposing muscle groups either. From time to time I superset shoulder presses and bent over lat raises.

Lowering the weight and then going to max isnt really a drop set either. On a drop set you do max (or a set rep range, doesnt really matter) and then immediately remove some weight and continue. Imo you should do at least three reps of these before you can really call it a drop set. Otherwise its just rest-pause set...

[GeneralSerpant]

“When you are not training, remember, someone somewhere is training, and when you meet him he will win”.

I'll be sure and stay away from him then.

[dkarnes]

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[keys_10]

Doesnt have to be opposing muscle groups either. From time to time I superset shoulder presses and bent over lat raises.

Yeah you're right you can do pretty much any 2 exercises.

^Pretty much^. A superset is 2 exercises performed back to back with little or no rest for opposing muscle groups. e.g. Bench press and BB rows.

^Technically though, this is the definition of a superset^ http://www.musclenet.com/weiderbodybuildingsystem.htm

Many people refer to any 2 exercises back to back as a superset just like your example.

When I was training to be a PT any 2 exercises performed back to back was called a superset, even though I knew tecniqually this was wrong I had to go along with it for the puroses of my exam.

Suppose its just me being a bit anal about things!