Supersets & negatives

[Sicwun88]

I'm a firm believer in supersetting.
I usually train alone, sometimes on a tight schedule.
It allows me to get in & out of the gym,& get a nice workout.

Also I do negatives, usually every other week, mostly w chest, which usually has me sore the following day.

Just looking to hear some opinions from others on this????

 

[CJ]

They are great for saving time. I like to alternate antagonist muscle groups for this, with at most a 1:00 rest between. Usually it's just however long the walk is to the other piece of equipment.

I try to keep the eccentric portion of my reps a bit slower than the concentric. Not ridiculously slow, but 100% under control with tension being kept on the muscle.

Also really like holding the isometric contractions for a solid second, especially on back exercises. Holding the stretch on chest exercises is good too. I feel like this helps tremendously.

 

[Gabriel]

Supers all the time....negs not so much anymore..

 

[Jin]

Negatives are the best way to work around/with injuries.

Also. Just a great technique altogether.

 

[Gabriel]

Your right ...just trying to get out before 5pm............Freaking jungle in there..Drop sets are my fav

 

[dk8594]

Supersets & negatives

It may just be terminology, but in my mind a negative is when you hit positive failure, have a partner help you lift the weight back up, and then lower it. In the absence of that, I just call it controlling the weight.

Tough to do without a partner for chest unless you are on one of those machines with the foot pedal.


Side note: anyone remember the cybernetics 60 day kit that came with a program that required you to go to negative failure? I swear they made they program so hard that that is was impossible to comply with so you wouldn’t call BS on their supplements. 30 lbs in 60 days my a$$!

 

[German89]

Negatives are the best way to work around/with injuries.

Also. Just a great technique altogether.

I have to agree

For me it's my shoulder and knee. I can't get go as heavy so, I am left with playing with TUT and Tempo of the movement with muscle mind connection. Always good workouts.

 

[German89]

It may just be terminology, but in my mind a negative is when you hit positive failure, have a partner help you lift the weight back up, and then lower it. In the absence of that, I just call it controlling the weight.

Tough to do without a partner for chest unless you are on one of those machines with the foot pedal.


Side note: anyone remember the cybernetics 60 day kit that came with a program that required you to go to negative failure? I swear they made they program so hard that that is was impossible to comply with so you wouldn’t call BS on their supplements. 30 lbs in 60 days my a$$!

cybernetics? WWWHAtt? I must be following the wrong I.G pages.

 

[Gabriel]

Yeah,DK..that's how Joe Piescipo got so huge..!!

 

[dk8594]

Yeah,DK..that's how Joe Piescipo got so huge..!!

Yeah. I knew he was on something

 

[dk8594]

cybernetics? WWWHAtt? I must be following the wrong I.G pages.

Auto correct: meant cybergenics. One of the first “kits” of supplements. Not on IG. This is back from the 90’s!

 

[jbev]

I like both. i find that constant variation is most powerful because the body cant adapt it just grows

 

[German89]

Auto correct: meant cybergenics. One of the first “kits” of supplements. Not on IG. This is back from the 90’s!

Ohhh Richard Simmons kinda deal ahahhah

 

[CJ]

Auto correct: meant cybergenics. One of the first “kits” of supplements. Not on IG. This is back from the 90’s!

Cousin bought it. Stuff made you pee neon green.

 

[transcend2007]

Good post man .. thanks for the reminder of ways to mix it up ... last 3 months of 2019 I was mostly a gym no show .. first 6 weeks of this year just getting back in the flow ... my main thing is get to gym 5 times per week ... your post is reminding me showing up is 80% ... but not forget how important it is make the most of every workout (the other 20%) ... like Jin and German (plus just being as old as fvck) ... I have old injuries but they are not excuses ... I still need to bust my arse ... if not with heavy weights ... through solid strategies ...

 

[brock8282]

im not a fan of super setting an entire workout, during the "meat and potatoes" portion of my workout where im working with heavy compound movements, I want to be well rested between sets so I can be as focused as possible on the coming set and move as heavy as weight as possible. I just don't think you can do that with super sets. Too much cardiovascular and brain fatigue.

towards the end where im doing more pump work, super sets can be a great tool though.

if I want to make a workout shorter, ill do a lot less volume but add techniques like rest pause, and drop sets, kinda like dc training.

 

[Gabriel]

The older we get the smarter we have to train................Getting injuried knocks you right out box...can kill a cycle faster than a burrito with extra guac..!!

 

[Gabriel]

Cousin bought it. Stuff made you pee neon green.

That means it's working...

 

[tinymk]

I do quite a bit of super sets and drop sets as the workout is moving along. I don’t do negatives. Just not for me and the way I train. To each their own I guess

 

[Gabriel]

I kinda forgot about drops.......got to get them back in..Leg press drops are killer