Are compound exercises best for hypertrophy? • Stronger by Science
Is it better to isolate a muscle, or should you just stick to the tried-and-true compound lifts? Theoretically, compound movements present more potential bottlenecks to reaching true muscular failure than isolation exercises. When it comes to targeting one muscle as well as possible, this is a downside. There are simply more muscle groups involved – and that means more chances for something else to give out first. In the absence of a precise way to […]| Stronger by Science
