Now days everyone is looking for the quickest way to achieve their goals and so when it comes to muscle building it isn‘t surprising to see the same concept holds true. Well the good news is that there are ways to boost your muscle building process and superset workouts happen to be one of the best ways to do so.

So what exactly is a superset? And how is it different from regular sets? A superset, simply put it, is doing back to back workouts with no rest in between compared to regular sets where you take a break in between exercises. For example you do one set of bicep curls and soon as you finish you perform tricep extensions.

Benefits of Supersets

At this point you might be asking yourself, what exactly are the benefits of supersets compared to regular sets? Well supersets happen to have several benefits that make them well worthwhile.

First off supersets are more time efficient. Since you are performing back to back workouts with no rest you will be saving a lot more time and be able to complete your workouts more quickly.

Supersets also increase intensity and provide muscle overload which is a great way to add muscle mass. Since your muscles are doing more work than they are used to they are forced to grow to compensate for the extra stress put on them.

Finally they are great for a change of pace and breaking through plateaus. If you have been working out for a while you probably know about the dreaded plateau where your muscles refuse to grow no matter how hard you workout. Well at this point it is important to change things up and supersets happen to be ideal for the change as they can add additional stress that your body is not used to thus forcing it to grow again.

Types of Supersets

So how do your perform supersets? Well there are several different ways to perform supersets but for simplicity purposes I am going to focus on the three main types.

1) Single body part supersets: This is where you perform two different workouts for the same body part. For example you combine a set of flat bench press with incline dumbbell press without any rest or a set of seated rows with lat pulldowns. The goal here to overload the same muscle group with back to back workouts.

2) Antagonist supersets: This is where you perform back to back workouts for opposing muscle groups. For example you do a set of dumbbell curls with tricep pulldowns or a set of bench press with bent over rows. Basically you combine chest and back, biceps and triceps, or quadriceps and hamstrings.

3) Staggered sets: This is where you perform workouts for two unrelated body parts back to back. For example you do a set of squats followed by bicep curls or a set of bench press followed by crunches. The benefit of this is that it allows you to complete your workout faster.

These are the three primary ways of performing supersets. Remember that superset workouts are very intense as you will have very little time to rest and recuperate but at the same time it is this intensity that makes them so effective for muscle building. So the next time you are headed to the gym and are looking for a way to take your workout to the next level be sure give supersets are try.

 

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