Compound movements are multi joint movements that use more than one muscle group at a time these are more effective because you recruit greater amounts of muscle fibres overall with these movements allowing more weight to be lifted.
A few examples of compound exercises are:
- Bent over Row
- Lat Pull-down
- Pull ups
- Deadlifts
- Squats
- Overhead Shoulder Press
- Bench Press
The benefits of performing compound exercises they allow you to lift heavier weights which will help you build more muscle mass. Including them in your workouts can shorter the time you need to be in the gym for as you can hit more muscle groups with one movement instead of multiple exercises for separate muscle groups saving you time and putting it to better use.
Compound movements should be the core of your workout plan with some isolation exercises included also this will give you a good foundation for a workout plan to follow If your not doing compound exercises, starting doing them don’t waste your time anymore doing 20 different isolation exercises making your workout session duration 2 hours long. Start off learning the movements and correct form and build up the weights from there if you need any help or would like a session going through these just send me a message.
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