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[gjohnson5]

I always thought isolation was great for building muscle. It pushes the muscle to the max.

I generally hit the muscle with heavy compound movements, and then burn it out with isolation

When you leave the gym you'll have to turn to the side to get out the door

 

[OMEGA]

These young people trip me out. They love Arnold and all but if they actually looked at his training, they'd see he was in the gym like 4 hours not 2.

Arnold did TONS of isolation.

Same goes for most people hero on here Dorian Yates

They love Arnold but lift like power lifters, I agree 1000%

When I saw pumping Iron, even the expanded version it looks like Arnold built his chest on dumbell and cable flys. And the rest of his cartoonish parts via isolation.

great observation

 

[ProtienFiend]

Compound movements have three benefits I can think of:

1. Increased hormone production through exertion.
2. Fat loss through exertion.
3. Increase in recruitment of stabilizer (slow twitch fibers I believe) muscles

You can also reduce the amount of training time due to being able to hit multiple muscle groups in one movement. Good for those of us on a tight schedule.

 

[theprofessor]

Compound movements have three benefits I can think of:

1. Increased hormone production through exertion.
2. Fat loss through exertion.
3. Increase in recruitment of stabilizer (slow twitch fibers I believe) muscles

You can also reduce the amount of training time due to being able to hit multiple muscle groups in one movement. Good for those of us on a tight schedule.

i love doing compound movements... since i have been going heavy on them.. i have seen some amazing results... but thats just what works for me... everyone's different... i do iso work as well... it may not be the focal point of my workout, but its still important...

 

[OMEGA]

all good philosophies bros

 

[gjohnson5]

This was my chest workout today... And from the sounds of this a few of yall wouldn't like my workout

I generally go by feel on the wrights so I adjust based on feel of the last set. Basically I dont remember the weights.

1. Decline presses 3x 8-10 last is failure
2. Incline Presses 3x 8-10 last is failure
3. Hammer Strength Wide Chest 4x 10-12 Last 2 to failure
4. Hammer Strength ISO Bench 4x 10-12 last 2 to failure
5. Seated Dip Machine 4x 10-12 last 2 machine is maxxed
6. Cybex Bench Press 4x 10-12 last 2 to failure
7. Rope tricep pushdowns 5x 10-12
8 . Rear Delt/Chest Fly Machine 4X 10-12
9. Cable pulley flyes 4x 10-12
10. Flat Benches 3x 10
11. Reverse grip single arm tricep pushdowns 4x 10-12 each arm

 

[gjohnson5]

Forgot I did flat benches after the muscles were already burned

Rest 30 seconds to 1 minute between sets (not much)

Yes this took 2 hours

 

[theprofessor]

This was my chest workout today... And from the sounds of this a few of yall wouldn't like my workout

I generally go by feel on the wrights so I adjust based on feel of the last set. Basically I dont remember the weights.

1. Decline presses 3x 8-10 last is failure
2. Incline Presses 3x 8-10 last is failure
3. Hammer Strength Wide Chest 4x 10-12 Last 2 to failure
4. Hammer Strength ISO Bench 4x 10-12 last 2 to failure
5. Seated Dip Machine 4x 10-12 last 2 machine is maxxed
6. Cybex Bench Press 4x 10-12 last 2 to failure
7. Rope tricep pushdowns 5x 10-12
8 . Rear Delt/Chest Fly Machine 4X 10-12
9. Cable pulley flyes 4x 10-12
10. Flat Benches 3x 10
11. Reverse grip single arm tricep pushdowns 4x 10-12 each arm

its not that i dont like the workout... im just having better success with low rep compound lifts right now... ive done very similar routines to what you have... maybe even more volume... and ive seen gains there as well... im sure some day i'll go back to it...
spending 30-45 min. deadlifting is what im loving right now...

 

[gjohnson5]

To me its's about burning out muscles until dead , not lifting increasingly heavier weight. This is partly due to me being 33 and not 23 anymore. Also I make muscle gains easiest by mixing compound movements and isolation and sometimes mixing it up so it not all compound movements at one time.

 

[OMEGA]

Thread got Hijacked

sorry Skull