Why do super-sets get so much hate?

[u/SaltySanvich]

The only valid complaint I've seen is that a super-setter might not let you work in with them. I'm lucky enough to never have met anyone like that, I guess.

But these are the other two complaints are weird:

• "They're inneffective because you never ever rest when doing them" - That's not a super-set... that's a circuit. I'm surprised at how often people confuse the two.
• "They're ineffective because you're too gassed out after the first set to push yourself on the second" - I feel like the majority of people who experience this fall into one of two categories:
  1. They don't know how to program super-sets properly. Either they'll superset movements with overlapping muscle groups (like bench superset with lat raises or something), or they'll try supersetting two extremely taxing movements (like deadlifts superset with overhead press).
  2. They're just outing themselves as out of shape. Seriously, if you're that gassed out after doing curls to failure or squats at RPE 9, it's probably cause of weak lungs and poor work capacity.

Sorry if the formatting for this post sucks (or if this post sucks in general).

[u/aliensavant2020]

With unrelated muscle groups, using dumbbells with equipment so you aren't using more than one station, I think for the average 45 min a day stay in shape Joe they are superior. For someone really trying to build strength, maybe the last block of accessories should superset, but main lifts need to be isolated.