shoulders-triceps superset combo

[rvngu]

Of course the best superset combo is biceps-triceps. I'm wondering if anybody tried the shoulders-triceps superset combo? thanks!

[jp6v]

In the multi-thousand year history of men trying to get stronger I think I am safe in saying, that yes, someone somewhere at some point has tried the shoulder-triceps superset combo.

[jonny62]

Originally Posted by jp6v

In the multi-thousand year history of men trying to get stronger I think I am safe in saying, that yes, someone somewhere at some point has tried the shoulder-triceps superset combo.

lol,yeah but i wouldnt do it

[oldmanmarley]

What makes you think that bis/tris is the "best" combination to superset?

I've never tried supersetting delts and tris. I don't superset much of anything. I don't think it would be a great idea to superset a triceps exercise with any upperbody pressing exercise, but maybe supersetting with lateral raises would be a reasonable time-saver.

[jonny62]

Originally Posted by oldmanmarley

What makes you think that bis/tris is the "best" combination to superset?

i never said that,i dont superset bi's and tri's even tho i do them on the same day....so there..lol

[oldmanmarley]

Originally Posted by jonny62

i never said that,i dont superset bi's and tri's even tho i do them on the same day....so there..lol

Was I talkin' to YOU, PINHEAD? (no costanza)

[danj112]

Originally Posted by jonny62

i never said that,i dont superset bi's and tri's even tho i do them on the same day....so there..lol

The thread starter said it was the best, dimwit.

Supersetting shoulder presses and any tricep exercise would be pointless, and counter productive. Shoulder iso movements and tricep iso movements would be fine, but that would only be useful as a time saver.

[lebfreak]

That is not true - It is productive

Tried it here and there is nothing wrong with it

[danj112]

Originally Posted by lebfreak

That is not true - It is productive

Tried it here and there is nothing wrong with it

What's productive? You've got to be a lot more specific than that. Like how was it productive, what exactly did you do, how long did you do it for, etc.?

[lebfreak]

hehe sure

Tried it using Waterbury's Total body training. Its a fullbody workout with good periodization paremters. He suggests super setting angatonistic muscles such as chest/back quad/ham bi/tri while keepin rests the same between them.

In my case and since I took of one lower body exercise and added an upper body exercise, an example day in my workout would look like this:

C - Flat BB Chest Press
C - Machine Pulldown
C - Squats
C - Machine Shoulder Press
SJ - Cable Tricep Pushdown
SJ - calf Raises

So super setting would be on Chest/back squats/calfs and Shouder/Tris, which was not completely as described in the TBT, but it did the job.

It did the job in sense that muscle growth was good however I think strength gains were better and more obvious. I added close to 50lbs to the bench press and about 150lbs to squats in 2 months.

Overall I think supersetting this way is good on strength possibly some endurance/stamina and most importantly good variation of the workout.

[rvngu]

thanks for all your opinions. I meant that if time is factor, then supersetting bicep=triceps is the best superset because you get a huge pump in the arms. superset shoulders and tricep might not the best then.