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Supersets

Learn about supersets, their benefits, and how to do them when logging workouts with Hevy.

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multiple supersets in a Hevy workout, marked in different colors

What are Supersets?

Supersets are an intensity technique where you typically do two exercises back-to-back with little to no rest in between. It’s generally best to combine:

  • Exercises that target agonist-antagonist muscles (for example, the biceps and triceps)
  • Isolation exercises (for example, bicep curls and dumbbell lateral raises)
  • Compound and isolation exercises (for example, barbell bench press with bicep curl)

You can also combine exercises that target different areas of the body, such as bench presses (upper body) with lying hamstring curls (lower body).

How to do Supersets in Hevy

Hevy allows you to effortlessly create as many supersets as you want while logging a live session at the gym or creating a routine (reusable workout template). 

To create a superset, you must add at least two exercises in the workout. Tap the three dots next to an exercise, select + Add To Superset, and select the movement you want to pair it with.

You can limit your supersets to two exercises or add multiple movements to the same superset, essentially creating a circuit. 

To make a multi-exercise superset, tap the three dots, select + Add To Superset, and pair the movement with another. Then, tap the three dots of another exercise and add it to the existing superset. Repeat as many times as necessary.

Alternatively, pair exercises–-for example, bench press with lat pulldown, shoulder press with bicep curl, and chest fly with face pull. Each superset in a workout has a unique color for easy distinction during training.

To remove an exercise from a superset, tap the three dots and select Remove From Superset.

Smart Superset Scrolling

Smart superset scrolling is a workout setting. When enabled, Hevy automatically scrolls to the next exercise of a superset when you mark a set as complete.

To enable it, scroll to the bottom of a live session and tap the grey Settings button. Scroll to Smart Superset Scrolling and enable it via the toggle button.

For instance, let’s say you have the bench press, lat pulldown, and face pull as part of one superset. When completing a set of bench presses, it automatically scrolls down to lat pulldowns. Then, as you complete a set of pulldowns, the app scrolls down to face pulls.

Once you complete a set of face pulls, it scrolls back up to the bench press, which saves you time and makes workout logging more intuitive.

You can also select a specific rest period for each exercise. That way, in addition to automatically scrolling to the next exercise of the superset, Hevy displays your rest timer and notifies you when it’s time to do a set of the next movement.

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5/5

Best workout tracking app

This is by far my favorite workout tracking app. You can tell that the creators work out themselves because they know how important it is to be able to label drop sets, failure sets, supersets, etc. It allows me to track everything I need. When if it’s been a while since I did an exercise I can easily take a look at my history.

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I have been using this app since January. I love it. It’s the thing that had kept me in the gym this year because it helps me see results. I love how it syncs with my watch and I can input the weight and reps on my watch or phone. I appreciate that it supplies workouts for different splits so I don’t need to pay for a trainer. I love how it holds the last rep and weight from the previous time I did the exercise.

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My focus now is on building functional strength to avoid injuries as I age. Coming back to lifting as an adult with moderate gym anxiety, the Hevy app has helped me track progress on my weights and allowed me to make intelligent choices about increasing the amount I’m lifting. I really appreciate the illustrations and animations that help me learn new movements.

Supersets allow you to do more training in less time. Instead of resting after each set, you can strategically pair exercises and do them back-to-back while maintaining good performance throughout your workouts.
Good supersets are those where the individual exercises target different muscles and don’t interfere with one another to cause a significant drop in performance or impact your technique.
Unless you get winded and your cardio forces you to stop a set before you’ve trained the target muscles hard enough, not resting between sets is the most time-efficient way to go about it. That said, you can add up to 60-90 seconds of rest between exercises if that helps you perform better.
Supersets are a tool for adding variety to your training, doing more work in less time, and pushing yourself in new ways. That said, they are not mandatory; straight sets can be just as effective if you have the time and prefer to train at a more leisurely pace.
No. Hevy allows you to add as many exercises as you want to a single superset and as many individual supersets as needed to a workout.