*** The Secret to Quick Workouts

Would you love to get more results with your workouts in less time? Of course you would. Read on to find out the best way to supercharge your workout routine.

The best way to supercharge your workouts is with SUPERSETS. There are different ways to superset exercises, but basically it means performing a set of one exercise and then without resting performing a set of a different exercise. This elevates your heart rate and fatigues the muscles faster allowing you to burn more calories during and AFTER your workout.

It always makes your workouts that much quicker because you are not resting for a couple minutes in between sets. Your time is too precious to go the gym and waste your time talking! You can superset 2 different exercises from the same muscle group or you can also superset opposing muscles such as the chest and back or biceps and triceps. Working opposite muscles in this way actually allows the opposing muscle to recover faster in between sets because the opposite muscle has to relax for the other to contract.

Another great way to superset exercises is with non-competing supersets. Which means you perform two exercises back to back that don't involve the muscles. This allows you to get a full body workout with worrying about one exercises fatiguing your muscles and interfering with the second exercise in the superset. An example of a non competing superset would be barbell squats for legs supersetted with barbell shoulder press.

For those of you who really a sucker for punishment you can superset 3 different exercises without rest. Supersets are also a great way to increase your conditioning and burn a lot of calories without doing traditional cardio. You burn fat and build muscle all in the same workout! Here is an example of how opposing and non-competing supersets can be inserted into any weight training workout.

A Incline Barbell Bench Press, 1 max set of 3-5 reps

B1 Flat DB Bench Press, no rest, 4 sets of 6-10 reps

B2 Bent Over DB Rows, 4 sets of 10 reps

C1 Rope Cable Upright Rows, no rest, 3 sets of 12-15 reps

C2 Hanging Leg Raises, 3 sets of 10-15 reps

So for days when you seemed too rushed to get a quick workout, take your normal workout and superset the exercises to get it done in half the time.