i forget the actual name of when you do 2 or 3 exercises in a row with no rest with the same bodypart, do you think its a good idea to do this? i feel my training has become stagnant and i havent gotten many big gains in quite a while so im looking to change up my routine up alittle.
I think they call it supersets. I couldn't say if it'll help with your plateau
damn someones gotta know. is 2 exercises per body part enough to gain strength?
About plateaus. Forgive me for sounding like a salesman but consider getting the book "Beyond Brawn". It has tons of info in it about how to tweak your routine to avoid that sort of things.
Yes, it is called a super set. That sort of thing is fine to do sometimes, but i wouldnt do it all the time.
Think about changing your lifts up every couple weeks. Change your grip, the angle, the velocity, ect. to keep things interesting.
-doug-
thanks for the replies. when i do the supersets its very hard and i cant lift as much so I think that says something. Also I have been changing up the exercises so instead of doing just bench, incline DB and flat bench DB now i'll do bench and fly's or decline bench ect so im doing different exercises hopefully that will help and it wont be as stagnant.
Seems you are talking about doing like a circuit of several different exercises in a row without rest between each exercise, completing the circuit and then resting. When doing this you should optimally do opposing exercises...ex. Curls, followed by military press, followed by bent over rows...pull, push, pull... a complete circuit of those...then rest ...
To me a superset is do an exercise, take off weight, do another set of the same exercise, take off a little more weight, do another set, etc. continuing the sets while taking off weight each time...typically do these at the end of the workout because of the fatigue factor and depletion of the muscle....
fightsfan
What you are describing is not what most people call a superset. I think it's called pyramid or back-down set or something.
I've always heard it called 'compound sets' for multiple exercises on one body part, and 'superset' for multiple exercises done in a row on a couple or several body parts.