Supersets are an excellent way to get more done in less time. There's simply no doubt about that. And if you only have 2 times a week, it's the best way to approach training. There's no fooling around, no social chatter. You just get in and get out. But let's suppose...



But first, let me give you a well deserved 'nice job!' for choosing to make the most of your time in the gym. You are getting more work done and by choosing supersets, you have made your routines more efficient.

Some Overtraining Symptoms:

As long as you keep your routines varied, then your body won't have a chance to adapt. The only routine that I don't recommend anybody do for a long period of time is lifting heavy.

But supersetting is getting more done in less time and with less weight (because you can't do your heaviest weight when you are moving around so much right?).

Here's what I personally do.

But the exercises I will do that session are always different. There's no way my body can adapt because there's simply no set routine.

If you don't give your body a reason to grow and change it won't.

If you always start off with the same supersets, same weight, same reps, same tempo, your body will adapt.

If you do that, then I can promise that your body will not ever adapt because there's so much change, it cannot fall into the typical routine slump.

Variation is the key to avoiding the dreaded plateau! That's where many people end up and it's where the most frustration occurs. They stop making any forward progress at all. Sometimes for weeks and sometimes for years. I've been there. It's not a destination I want to visit again.

How long should you do supersets before your body adapts to them'If you've been reading with me so far, you can do supersets for as long as you want! The main focus of that routine is that it's not a routine per se (so there's no adaptation) and it's using principles to get more done in less time using intensity techniques to make the exercise harder (not easier).

Unlike some routines that you should only do for 6 weeks or so, supersets are a training principle that you can do for years with great results as long as your supersets don't become routines themselves.

So that's why...