Pros/Cons of Supersetting

[MeteXploR]

What are the pros and cons of supersetting bicep and tricep exercises. I do 7 total sets and 3 exercises for both, but I don't have time to do 14 individual sets.

[Stinker]

What are the pros and cons of supersetting bicep and tricep exercises. I do 7 total sets and 3 exercises for both, but I don't have time to do 14 individual sets.

The obvious benefit for you will be time saved. Other benefits would include a good hypertrophy effect and the active recovery the muscles get from being worked as an antagonist. The downside would be that you may need to tie up more than one machine, and supersets = very high energy excertion.

[Uriel_da_man]

It's a good way of saving time and keeping yourself warm between sets. I've done it lots of times before, and I looked like a madman runing from one place to the other, lifting non-stop
It's a pain in the ass when you find out that someone is using the equipment you need though.

[bigpump23]

What are the pros and cons of supersetting bicep and tricep exercises. I do 7 total sets and 3 exercises for both, but I don't have time to do 14 individual sets.

Pros
Great pump
Quick workout

Con's
Can't go as heavy as you normally would

[bbronswyk2000]

Pros: Time saving,Great while cutting,Burns more calories
Cons:Not good for building size,strength,cant go heavy

When I am cutting I will incorporate it into my workout for 2 of the 4 week cutting cycle. It also gives me more time to do cardio since I dont like to exceed 2 hours in the gym.

[Chimeraman]

I do supersets all the time.

Pro:
Save time
keeps heart rate up

Cons:
not good for heavy lifting
puts tendents under a lot more stress, which can lead to injury

[.aeterna]

actually its great for building size...its a shock to the muscles that they normally wouldnt expect

[TheOak]

pros:
turns 15's to 16's
saves time
pumped bis work as cushions when doing cgbp, I like it.
A **** load of blood/nutrients are pumped to upper arms, must be a good thing.


con: If used too often, possibly overtrain?

How do they put tendons under more stress when you're working with less weight then u normally would?

[ATrainer]

I have to say, supersetting is not a block to going heavy. If you train your metabolism to handle the metabolic upgrade, you can go as heavy as if you weren't supersetting.

It only takes 30 seconds to regenerate half of the creatine burned by a heavy set in a muscle. Creatine is the fuel of choice for the strogest and fastest muscle fibers. If you are doing heavy supersets, and your metabolism is up to ATP and creatine regeneration, then you can maintain the strength to go as heavy as you can under more rest. Rest is recupperation, or regeneration of fuel.

A robust metabolism is adequately able to regenerate faster.