Antagonist Supersets - Explained
Examples of pairing antagonist muscle groups during supersets
Superset = Performing 2 different exercises consecutively without any rest in between.
One of Arnold’s favorite training techniques was to use supersets to get in twice as much volume in each gym session. Instead of working out just one muscle group at a time with rest in between, Arnold would alternate exercises to allow one group to rest while another was working. For example, below you can see Arnold alternating the incline bench press with the bent-over row. After a set on the bench, he would immediately go to the T-bar to complete rows. This allowed the chest muscles to rest during the pulling row exercise and the back muscles to rest during the bench press.
Antagonist muscles - explained
The human body has opposing muscle groups around every joint that “pull’ the limb in different directions. Opposing muscles are those that work at one joint, creating opposite movements. The easiest example of this would be biceps and triceps flexing and extending the elbow.
Try “flexing your biceps” by flexing the elbow joint and contracting the triceps with resisted elbow extension.
