Monday Just Keeps On Going – Compound vs Isolation Exercises
More about Weight Training!!
My humble opinions about compound exercises vs isolation exercises.
Which are better?
Enjoy!
Dec.01, 2008 | Filed in Strength
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December 2nd, 2008 at 12:36 am
Hi GWNN,
I am not sure what gurus you follow but I always thought that
a squat was a compound exercise whereas a leg extension is an isolation move?
http://www.criticalbench.com/compound-exercises.htm
~C.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:27 am
Hello Jackie,
I appreciate your blog and the great info you are sharing. I am following all the way in Austria.
I agree with your nutrition and your training is badass. Thanks.
Thought I would stop by and say hello.
I also like to make up compound moves. I highly recommend medicine balls. They are fun to use in those squat presses, just don’t drop ’em…damage may occur. lol.
jennifer in austria
ps. I am also in the 40+ and fabulous crowd.
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:02 am
Hey Visionquester, yup, you are totally right…sorry! that’s what I get for yakking off the top of my head without notes! Anything that involves more than one joint action is indeed a compound move. I guess I was talking more about FULL BODY compound moves, but right you are, squats are considered to be a compound move.. moves that incorporate only one joint action are isolation moves, so squats don’t fall into that category.
thanks for the correction, always good to get the slap when needed!
thanks for letting me know you’ve joined us jennifer!! wow, Austria! my grandparents were from there! would love to visit one day!
J
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:30 am
Hey there … new commenter and frequenter of your vlog!
Is there any chance you’ll do a bit more “showing the moves” when you’re talking about specifics?
I often listen and then go “huh?” as I try to recall later what you’ve talked about … a visual would help maybe ? (I may totally be in the minority though)
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Hi Naomi. I can try to incorporate more visual. I am limited by the fact that I hold the camera when I’m talking to it, so if I keep stopping to put in a visual the video gets a bit disjointed. I’ll give it some thought and see what I can come up with!
thanks for watching!
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:16 am
Loved both vlogs! Great info here! I think a little bit of everything is good. Give your body variety and keep it guessing!