Just Compounds?

[mikeyro]

Hey just wandering, if you was to do JUST the excercises listed below and nothing else, would you get an all round good physique (eating well obviously included). If not, any suggestions on any isloation excercises for any muscles i may have missed?

[mikeyro]

Hey just wandering, if you was to do JUST the excercises listed below and nothing else, would you get an all round good physique (eating well obviously included). If not, any suggestions on any isloation excercises for any muscles i may have missed?

Squats
Deadlifts
Bench
Military press
shrugs
bicep curls
Bent over rows

[JK29]

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and those exercises.

[coalmonkey]

for the last year all i have trained after a fairly long layoff is:

bench
squat
front squat
overhead press
deadlift
power clean
dip
pull up

i'll be the first to admit i dont have the best physique but i think ive built a decent base to work on.

[mikeyro]

for the last year all i have trained after a fairly long layoff is:

bench
squat
front squat
overhead press
deadlift
power clean
dip
pull up

i'll be the first to admit i dont have the best physique but i think ive built a decent base to work on.

So maybe throw a powerclean workout into that Routine?

[matjusm]

Squats
Deadlifts
Bench
Military press
shrugs
bicep curls
Bent over rows

Yes, if you just stuck to compounds you'll do very well. Isolation exercises aren't really necessary, or at least not for beginner or intermediate lifters.
As for your choice of exercises, I would hardly consider curls or shrugs compounds. Get rid of those and stick in some chins, power cleans and dips.

My current routine is focused solely on freeweight compound exercises (only exception being Smith calf raises) and I'm seeing some nice improvements in strength all round.

[coalmonkey]

So maybe throw a powerclean workout into that Routine?

i did power cleans instead of bent over rows.

also, i didnt all those lifts in one workout!

[d218]

this is all i do:
squats
bench
rows
deadlifts
weighted chins/dips
db snatches
standing OH Press

[azzuk23]

isolation work should focus on glute activation, core stability, scapular retraction and depression, rotor coff work, neck flexors and grip work

btw, i do (not all in one workout)
squat
dl
power clean
bench
dip
pullups
one hand sntch or on hand deadlift
press
good mornings or deadlift variation

[lee__d]

since i changed my routine about 3 weeks ago, i dont rly do isolation work, except i guess leg extensions

workout A:
deads
bent over rows (weighted pullups every other week)
oh press
upright row

workout B:
squats
leg ext
bench press
weighted dips

[Farley1324]

Squats
Deadlifts
Bench
Military press
shrugs
bicep curls
Bent over rows

Funny you list bicep curls in there when your title specifies compounds.

[carsonlifter]

Funny you list bicep curls in there when your title specifies compounds.

This. :P

Are shrugs a compound? hmmmm.

[Farley1324]

This. :P

Are shrugs a compound? hmmmm.

Typically noobs don't do 15 sets of shrugs.

[ptwa9]

Typically noobs don't do 15 sets of shrugs.

Loving it. You're going to see me in there doing 15 sets because I'm hardcore, not because I'm getting nowhere like your imagination.

[mikeyro]

This. :P

Are shrugs a compound? hmmmm.

Ok i should of specified, my Traps and Bi's need extra work, goddamn physics.

just had to say that, so i could say this :

no **** sherlock lol

cheers guys

[Fire8085]

If you're new and have lagging bodyparts, incorporate some isolation work if you wish.

Want bigger biceps? Pick up heavy stuff, row heavy stuff and do some barbell curls.

Keep in mind though, the majority of your arm is your tricep as well.