The Muscle Couple with an analysis of how best to use INTENSITY TECHNIQUES to improve your  results from your training.

The first one we’ll discuss are SUPERSETS!

SUPERSETS defined are when you choose two different exercises and perform them in rapid succession of each other with the goal of taking each set til failure.  This ensures maximum calorie burning and a continual elevated heart rate.  Your body will work  much harder as it forced to perform when it would normally be resting in between sets.

SUPERSETS are a great combination when striving to tax bigger and smaller regions of the same bodypart.  You can also perform them in attacking two different muscle groups at the same time.

They are incredibly difficult but very productive.

The Muscle Couple will use them under the following conditions:

• Pressed for time
• Trying to stimulate a lagging bodypart
• Increasing the intensity of our workout
• Variation in our normal lifting protocol

The video below shows Jay working his entire shoulder region:

Seated DB Laterals SUPERSETTED with Behind the Neck Barbell Presses.

In the next installment of this series, we’ll examine REST PAUSE TRAINING.

As with anything we discuss, please don’t hesitate to ask questions about incorporating supersets into your routine.

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