Imagine what the world would be like if you were to wake up one morning, and all of the exercise machines were eliminated from the face of the earth and all of the isolation exercises were outlawed. What would the world look like?
If all of the machines and isolation exercises were to disappear from the face of the earth this very moment, 90% of all trainees would see their workouts improve.
Why is this? Are isolation exercises completely useless then? Should I avoid them at all costs?
No, isolation exercises are not useless… they are overused. Newer trainees should focus a majority of their workouts on the compound movements. This doesn’t mean that isolation exercises don’t ever have their place, it just means that if all the isolation exercises disappeared today, most people would do more of the exercises that they really need the most.
There are 4 main reasons that a trainee might want to use isolation exercises:
1. To strengthen your weakest link: Let’s use the analogy of a chain. If you’ve ever seen a construction crew working with a crane to build a large building, you’ll see the crane with a cable and a hook at the bottom. Construction (more…)
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