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12.16.2015

#LGFitmas Challenge: Shoulders + Glutes (W4D4)

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Training Tip Thursday: Isolation vs. Compound Exercises and why we use them both! Isolated exercises are those which specifically target one muscle group at a time. For instance, a barbell bicep curl is a good example of isolation movement. It targets the biceps very well and nothing more. Now a compound movement is an exercises that combines multiple muscles and joints (bench press, squats, deadlifts) these are also known as “major movements” because of how they incorporate the entire body into the movement. I have found what works best for me and many others is to combine the two different types of exercise styles to create the best of both worlds. I like to think of it as using the compound movements as my foundation to my home and the isolation movements are the finishing touches like the decorating of the house ((lol – in my past life, I think I was an interior decorator ;))

Both styles are useful and that is why you need to keep the muscles guessing by using both! For instance, today, each superset begins with an isolated exercise- either for the glutes or deltoids then we move into a compound movement to recruit several different muscles.

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