Well, if compound movements would be better because they maximize the effects of loading on as much muscles as possible per exercise, how would this be "effective" loading if you arent able to really "concentrate" on the secondary muscles(such as triceps in bench press) and squeeze them extra hard, etc..
Or is this all useless? Meaning, if you "focus" on a targetted muscle during a specific movement, do you recieve more benefit then if you just go through the movement with proper form??
Because I've always thought "putting your mind" into each "targeted muscle" for each exercise is very important. But I am curious does this really have added beneficial effect on hypertrophy?
The next thing is, from what does hypertrophy exactly occur? The question for me is, is it just the "load"(otherwords increased tension by added weight) or is it the causing as much damage as possible to the muscle. Otherwords, is performing reps and concentrating on shredding as many fibers as possible the ideal thing to do, if you want maximal hypertrophy, or does that just affect muscle endurance/strength? Because it would seem logical that isolation exercises would be more effective for "burning out" a targetted muscle then a compound movement... but with that logic it would make it seem that compound movements are inferior to isolation movements.
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07-27-2002, 10:12 PM #1
Compound movements vs Isolation movements
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07-28-2002, 12:02 AM #2
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Re: Compound movements vs Isolation movements
Originally posted by Gmav
Well, if compound movements would be better because they maximize the effects of loading on as much muscles as possible per exercise, how would this be "effective" loading if you arent able to really "concentrate" on the secondary muscles(such as triceps in bench press) and squeeze them extra hard, etc..
Or is this all useless? Meaning, if you "focus" on a targetted muscle during a specific movement, do you recieve more benefit then if you just go through the movement with proper form??
Because I've always thought "putting your mind" into each "targeted muscle" for each exercise is very important. But I am curious does this really have added beneficial effect on hypertrophy?
The next thing is, from what does hypertrophy exactly occur? The question for me is, is it just the "load"(otherwords increased tension by added weight) or is it the causing as much damage as possible to the muscle. Otherwords, is performing reps and concentrating on shredding as many fibers as possible the ideal thing to do, if you want maximal hypertrophy, or does that just affect muscle endurance/strength? Because it would seem logical that isolation exercises would be more effective for "burning out" a targetted muscle then a compound movement... but with that logic it would make it seem that compound movements are inferior to isolation movements.
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10-23-2012, 05:00 PM #3
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10-23-2012, 05:05 PM #4
You're worrying too much over the little things.
Do both /thread~Jesus Christ Is My Savior Crew~
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The sand at the core of our bones continues on
Hey I just met you. And this is crazy. But today is chest day. So spot me maybe?
Art thou prone to such insurmountable force upon thou biceps?
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