Supersets and giant sets work well for inducing metabolic stress, especially those that stress the muscle at different lengths.
Here's a skull crusher variation where I lower the bar to my nose for 10 reps, then to my forehead for 10 reps, then behind the head for 10 reps. Try it!
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