ARE SUPERSETS SUPERIOR?

If you’ve been debating the perks of supersets, a study in the Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise shows power-coupling exercises has the potential to improve strength, but doesn’t work any better than traditional lifting when it comes to increasing muscle mass. After eight weeks of training, athletes on a regimen of bench press and biceps curl supersets didn’t develop bigger arms compared to the standard lifting group. But supersetters did improve their ability to keep lifting for more reps. You get twice the volume of work in with supersets in half the time. To squeeze in a quick session, superset these: pullups and pushups, leg press and leg curl, bench press and inverted row, and biceps curls and dips.