GymHeads : Isolation or Compound?

[MaxPain]

Which one & why

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

Which one & why

both

compound for building mass and strength

isolation for sculpting

 

[Dominic Decoco]

@YaThreadFloppedB!

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Why choose

 

[-deleted-]

Better do both or I feel bad for you son

 

[boskey]

If you have to ask then the answer is compound. Burns more calories, hits more muscles, increases overall strength.

 

[Software]

Compound if you only have 30 min to workout
otherwise both
but never just isolation

 

[larsattack]

Compound mostly for reasons already stated.

Isolation is great for women trying to shape/build glutes and legs.

 

[Cadillac]

@YaThreadFloppedB!

post might backfire if this gets to two pages or even three

 

[Entropy Fan]

Compound. Get the strength gains without spending all day doing reps on bunch of different lifts.

Kicks your T levels up too

 

[Charlie Hustle]

Both

 

[Koba St]

You do realise you can do both right?

I do both of them in my workout which usually takes about 45mins.

 

[hostsamurai]

Both but in my experience, you're not gonna get huge calves, or biceps without high isolation reps.

 

[Flywin Lannister]

If you have to ask then the answer is compound. Burns more calories, hits more muscles, increases overall strength.

What are your thoughts on the 5x5 programs?

Especially for people who want to eat more/better and gain muscle? I keep reading about the 5x5.

 

[puppetmaster]

Assuming you’re healthy.


Start with compounds then address your weak points. We all got em