Tri This for Good Results

Ways to help you keep your body, health and fitness moving forward to better results

Tri sets are an exercise principle that can produce superb results if they are used sparingly; as in no more than once a week per bodypart.

Think of tri-sets as the sequence of doing three exercises (either for the same or different bodyparts) with absolutely minimal rest between exercises.

Tri-sets can be performed with heavy weights and low reps, but for many people, using tri-sets is easier and quicker if performed with lighter-to-moderate weight with reps higher than eight per set.

Here are a few exercises and bodypart combinations that work well in tri-sets:

Chest-to-Shoulders-to-Triceps

• Dumbbell incline bench press
• Standing one-arm alternating dumbbell press
• Dumbbell one-arm behind head French press

Back-to-Biceps-to-Forearms

• Seated cable row
• Standing curved bar cable curl on low-pulley
• Behind-body reverse barbell forearm roll-ups

Quads-to-Calves-to-Hamstrings

• Wide foot position leg press
• Narrow foot position toe raises on leg press
• Stiff-legged deadlifts with barbell standing on elevated platform or flat bench (to allow the bar to lower to at least shin height for a good hamstring stretch)

Abs-to-Low Back-to-Ab Twists

• Knee-ups (on either supported bench or hanging with arms straight from a chin-up station)
• Low back hyper-extension (no more than 12 reps per set and with only bodyweight)
• Broom handle trunk twists (1 minute continuous from side-to-side)