By Conor McLean, Drummond Tutor & Senior Lecturer, & Lifestyle & Obesity Specialist for Edinburgh Leisure
Supersets are a great way to hit all the main muscle groups in the body, especially if you are quite short in time. All these Supersets are using opposing (agonist & antagonist) muscle groups, meaning as one muscle group is working, the other is resting, so you should be able to keep intensity and work rate quite high. All exercises should be accessible in most gyms! But anyone going to give it a go will need to select the best weight (resistance) for them. Remember the 1-10 RPE Scale? Go for a weight you would rate anywhere around 7/8 in order to get best bang for buck with this session. Enjoy!
Super Superset:
Superset | Exercise | Sets | Reps | Rest |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dumbbell Chest Press | 3 | 10 | ||
1. Upper A | Dumbbell Prone Bench Row | 3 | 10 | 90 secs |
Seated Leg Extension | 3 | 10 | ||
2. Lower A | Seated Leg curl | 3 | 10 | 90 secs |
Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press | 3 | 10 | ||
3. Upper B | Lat Pulldown | 3 | 10 | 90 secs |
Bodyweight Glute Bridge | 3 | 10 | ||
4. Lower B | Mountain Climbers | 3 | 10 | 60 secs |
Cable Tricep Pushdown (Rope) | 3 | 15 | ||
5. Arms | Cable Bicep Hammer Curl (Rope) | 3 | 15 | 60 secs |