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Compound vs. Isolation Exercises
- Thread starter The Rose
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Compounds first! If you isolate a muscle that you would use in a compound movement first, then when you do the compound movement you would be weaker. You wouldn't get the full potential of the compound movement.
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Depends.
Isolation exercises are better than compound exercises for inducing growth of the target muscle. For instance, a cable cross-over is better than a bench press for the chest.
But, because of things like neuroendicrinology, and the actual ROM that each movement has (the point in the lift where the muscle is contracting with the most forcee), the efficiency, among other things that compound lifts cause make them superior overall.
So, if you need to gain 20lbs of muscle, focus on compound lifts and eat. If you need to bring up your chest in specific, do your flyes and limit compound work for that part.
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Isolation exercises are better than compound exercises for inducing growth of the target muscle. For instance, a cable cross-over is better than a bench press for the chest.
But, because of things like neuroendicrinology, and the actual ROM that each movement has (the point in the lift where the muscle is contracting with the most forcee), the efficiency, among other things that compound lifts cause make them superior overall.
So, if you need to gain 20lbs of muscle, focus on compound lifts and eat. If you need to bring up your chest in specific, do your flyes and limit compound work for that part.
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Compound first! Do a compound exercise first such as bench press then finish off the muscle with a isolation exercise such as flies. Just be sure to warm up first.
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Can't never did nothin,(Dedicated to my father)
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Can't never did nothin,(Dedicated to my father)
I agree....do compound movements first. Unless you are pre-exhausting your muscles, which I will do on occasion to shock them.
I agree with TSB.
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Compound exercises should be the "core foundation" of your work-out, and performed first.
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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!
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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!
Maki Riddington
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It would depend but generally I would start with a compound movement.
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If you're doing priority training, then that would be an exception.
For awhile I was using prioriy training on bi's & tri's, so I would do an isolation exercise first. Example, Chest & tri's: skull crushers and/or push downs first, then bench press.
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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!
For awhile I was using prioriy training on bi's & tri's, so I would do an isolation exercise first. Example, Chest & tri's: skull crushers and/or push downs first, then bench press.
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LMAO @ Kermit!
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Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers.
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I ment Mule, I agree with mule.
hehehe, kissen ass again, yuck, I feel so dirty.
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Ya what Prince said.
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