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    You may call me an extreme novice, I do not care. But I have one simple question.

    Do I perform one set of the same workout after another? Or do I switch to a different workout and then come back to it.

    Example: Upright Rows set>Curls>Then back to Upright Rows?
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    do all your sets before moving on to the next exercise.
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    Originally Posted by CamShaft View Post
    You may call me an extreme novice, I do not care. But I have one simple question.

    Do I perform one set of the same workout after another? Or do I switch to a different workout and then come back to it.

    Example: Upright Rows set>Curls>Then back to Upright Rows?
    Depends.

    Some do it the way you described, alternating their way through.

    Others, do one body part first, and than the other.

    Another technique is to complete one exercise for one bodypart, and do the next for another body part.
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    Originally Posted by DJAuto View Post
    Depends.

    Some do it the way you described, alternating their way through.

    Others, do one body part first, and than the other.

    Another technique is to complete one exercise for one bodypart, and do the next for another body part.
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    if you rotate exercises that all work the same body part, and go through that several times that can completely exhaust the muscle, but if you go from back rows to biceps and then back, you are giving a lot of time for the muscles to recover which will limit your growth compared to doing them one body part at a time.
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    Just do your sets...like 3 or 4..then move on to the next, once you have a little more experience you can move into supersets and other techniques.
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    Thanks for the info guys, I really do appreciate it!

    Helped me a lot. Thanks
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    Super setting sucks. You are giving your muscles too much time to recover.
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