- Recovery is critical to bodybuilders. The body needs to repair the microtears in the muscles, which is how bodybuilders build bulk.
For example, bodybuilders might exercise the chest and back muscles on a Monday and the next day work the legs and abdominal muscles. - To build symmetry, bodybuilders work antagonist or opposing muscle groups. This means working the front and back of the body. For example, exercising the chest muscles (pectoral major and minor) and the back (latissimus, trapezius and rhomboids).
To not do so can result, for instance, in a large chest and slender, "chicken" legs. - Supersets is combining two or even three consecutive types of exercises to build muscle bulk and definition in the muscle. For example, you might do chest presses for two to three sets, immediately followed by two or three sets of flys, immediately followed by push-ups. Supersets are brutually demanding and not for beginners because the injury risk is too high. Work with a certified trainer if you are new to resistance training.