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Old 05-16-2008, 08:13 AM   #253 (permalink)
DirtyMartini
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Originally Posted by Bytsi View Post
The superset helped me. It made it more challenging (since I feel that I can't necessarily increase weight without losing form and hurting myself on most of the exercises). AND I can't deal with sitting around between sets for that long when I know I'm gonna barely screech in to work on time. Honestly, if I hadn't supersetted, I wouldn't have had time to do ANY HIIT (as it is, I skipped the prone cobras).
I did my first 5B workout yesterday (same as 3B with more sets, fewer reps, longer rest periods - 2 minutes!). The supersets went pretty well and made the workout pretty challenging there toward the last set in the superset. The 2-minute rest periods are much needed, though.
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