Compound Vs Isolation

[DMC]

abs+back

[Palakol]

that area between the balls and the assh*le.

[Jacques]

Personally, I do not do/prioritize any direct ab work except when I feel "extra-energetic" on a given day. Whenever I do deadlifts and squats, I feel my abs getting worked by stabilizing the body. The only time I really train abs directly and regularly is whenever I would enter a bodybuilding show, not expecting to "etch" deeper cuts but more on practicing to hold the ab poses.

 

Lastly, I never would train forearms directly. I find doing wrist curls boring and insignificant since your forearms are physically demanded everytime you do pulling excercises.

[geneticfreak]

the forearms siguro. I don't do excercises that specifically target this area. unlike my calves which i do calf raises for my forearams don't recieve too much attention (kaya mahina ako sa bunong braso kahit matanda natatalo ata ako hehe)

[geneticfreak]

For people who do MMA,Boxing or other combative sports (or other sports in general) compound excercises in my opinion are the way to go. Not only does it build the neccessary strength for these kinds of activities but they help the body's muscle memory form a "firing sequence" of sorts so that when a given movement is executed the body muscles help each other out and produce a more desirable result. e.g. if you're shooting for a takedown or trying to control someone in the guard.

[LimitedEdition]

abs.. ang hirap paliitin... sabi kailangan mo sabayan ng diet

[Swiper]

I would say my hamstrings. It just hurts like hell whenever I train them hard.

[Palakol]

neck. no joke this time.

[Palakol]

i think isolation is for bodybuilders. more for a fine tuning after years of extensive compound movements.

[Jacques]

i think isolation is for bodybuilders. more for a fine tuning after years of extensive compound movements.

My thoughts exactly

[dikhedd]

Compound movements are definitely the way to go if you want to build overall strengths.

 

Small muscles not recruited during isolated movements - the rotator cuff for example on the bench - will not strengthen the same rate as the muscle group because they are not used as much resulting in an overall weakness.

 

Isolated exerecises are best to get "weaker" muscles in a group to catch up to the rest.

[DMC]

yah... forearms.. dont wanna be popeye. hahaha!

[themeatman79]

Just a thought guys. One good scientific explanation behind compound exercises being much better than isolated exercise is synergistic testosterone shooting. So the more muscles being stressed, the more testosterone is being released by the body--- leading to stimulation of you secondary sex traits including increased muscle growth. That testosterone shoot when doing a full squat is much more potent than doing isolated exercises of your quads, gluts, etc.

[Palakol]

that's why people should stop with all the concentration curls, all the while referring to their arms as "guns," pick up a barbell, and do some damn deadlifts.

[Pepeng Manas]

one thing i've noticed with isolation(ers), is, they more often than not, have disproportioned muscle development... esp. the tricep part.