Um The same can be said by the way for super setting . So super setting is an idea that says , like , wait a minute , you're telling me , dude , I gotta take five minutes in between each set . Well , that's not so much a problem nowadays with phone , with um smartphones because people are filling their interet intervals with social media and texting , correct .
Um If you're just like , I kind of want to get stronger and some other things and you're willing to lose strength , you know , 5% of your strength gains , then you're , you're totally fine . Um The same can be said by the way for super setting . So super setting is an idea that says , like , wait a minute , you're telling me , dude , I gotta take five minutes in between each set .
So that's just sort of like part and parcel . Um If you're not super worried about it , you can actually do Super Setting , which is , let's imagine . Uh again , you're gonna do some , some lunges and while your legs are resting , doing their 3 to 5 minutes , you can go over and do an upper body row or pull and when your upper body is resting , you're going back to legs .
It's always uh what are you willing to give up versus get ? The practicalities of super setting are staggering , push pull , push , pull uh in my mind are real because you have to take over large segments of the gym , which oftentimes leads to a situation where your rest times are too long or highly variable . Because people are working in or you can't finish your set because now someone jumped into the machine , you lose 3 to 5 of your friends because it's obnoxious when you're taking over all the equipment .
Is it ideal ? No , we actually ran a study uh maybe 10 years ago in our lab and we looked at that specifically and we did see a reduction in strength performance in the supers setting group relative to the group who did not superset the question , then it becomes like , is it enough for you to care ? So if you were to , if I were to say , hey , I can cut an hour off of your workout time , but you will lose 5% of your strength gain .
