Body Building Workouts: The Difference Between Compound And Isolation Exercises

In this article we will look at what the differences are of the two basic types of

exercises muscle building and how each type is used for certain muscles and different types of training. Plus we will look at which of the two will get you the best results from your body building workouts.

There are a huge number of exercises and there are several ways to perform these exercise movements e.g., free weights, machines, gadgets, your own bodies weight resistance plus a slew more. Some say isolation exercises should be used more than compound and visa versa. Well, both are correct to a point, and this depends on what you are trying to accomplish or what type of training you are performing. For bodybuilding isolation and compound exercises are the two basic types of exercises and both should be used in training to provide you with the best overall muscle stimulation to activate growth.

What is the difference? :

Isolation exercises focus on a single muscle and usually the exercise involves the movement of a single joint, like your leg extensions and bicep curls etc.

Compound exercises require two or more muscles to engage and moving more than one joint to perform an exercise, like your squats, where you move your knees and hip joints and your bench presses etc.

How are each used? :

Isolation exercises, from a muscle builders perspective, are used as the name suggests isolating a muscle for strengthening or bettering development. A good example of this is, as your performing your body building workouts regularly and in time you notice your right bicep needs some shaping up to even out the strength or size when compared to the left bicep. You then would isolate that muscle by performing a dumbbell preacher curl, which is an isolation exercise, for your right bicep muscle.

Compound exercises, from a muscle builders perspective, are mainly used for overall strengthening and muscle mass. A single exercise uses more than one muscle group to lift the weight and usually they are the larger muscles that are doing the work. A great advantage of compound exercises is that when you have more than one muscle kicking in to help you can move heavier weight thus building greater overall mass quickly. Also, these types of exercises are a natural way of lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Think about it, when you are moving a slightly heavy box from one place to another you use your leg, back and arm muscles to complete the task at hand.

So as you can see both compound and isolation exercises are beneficial to your overall workout routine. You can build your strength and overall muscle mass up with intense compound exercises then go back and shape up muscles that were not fully used in your compound exercises with isolation exercises.

Incorporating both types of exercises in your body building workouts with right mixture for your individual needs is the way to go. And when done in the correct arrangement can make a big difference.

by: J. Alexander

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