Compund Exercices

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>>40763998

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>>40764017
>tfw 2 months into SL
>learn I've been doing Pendlay rows wrong the whole time
>have to deload to 65 lbs

Because multiple muscles and joints are at work

If you do isolated lifts you risk getting an unbalanced body / weak joints

>>40763998
You should be doing both compounds and isolations retard

>>40764056
How were you doing them wrong?

>>40763998
To put it simply, they train you better for typical human things: pick shit up, push shit up, pull shit to you. Isolation is very specific and doesn't help as much overall for progress.

>>40764117
i wasn't hitting my sternum
i was getting like half reps the whole time

>>40763998
FUNCTIONAL STRENGTH

>>40763998

With compound exercises, you kill many birds with one stone

With isolation exercises, you get really good at killing one particular bird with one particular stone

Compounds are the most important part of developing, a strong, functional, stable, healthy body. However isolation exercises are very important for lagging body parts, muscle imbalances, and certain small muscles that don't get hit too well with normal work. Isolations are also improtant for safety (rotator cuff and rear delt isolation is important for lifting heavy weights on the bench press or OHP for example). A good training regime will have you progressively overloading compounds as the primary driver of mass and strength, with isolations there as supplementary work for safety, aesthetics, and to hit weak points

>>40765753
you can't post something reasonable like that here

get out

compounds only, never isolate, 11 inch arms are the new chad aesthetic