The importance of repeated sets.

[Professor.Viking]

Many people's day in the gym looks like this:Bench*4 setst--->incline*4sets--->fly4sets--->Preaacher curl*4 sets, ect, etc, My day in the gym looks more like this:Bench 1 set ---> Preacher curl 1 set---> chin ups 1 set---> inclines 2 sets---> whatever else I feel like.I like to bounce around and take on whatever takes my fancy, however, someone informed me that this might be the wrong way to go about it as I am not keeping the CNS activated for one specific movement for as long as possible.Any opinions on this? Just how uniform should you keep your workout?

[Gl;itch.e]

Depends. There are a number of different ways to achieve the same task.Using your setup as an example, yeah you would lose some of the CNS stimulation spillover from that set of bench to the incline. But you'd also find that your muscular recovery would be better as well. So from a strength stand point youd probably find youd preform the same if not better doing it your way. You might not induce the same muscular fatigue however, and that could be slightly detrimental to muscle gain.When working on size I think its benefical to follow big movements with the next biggest exercise/s that are training that same muscle before going on to a different movement pattern or muscle group. But you can certainly break these rules and get results as well.

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