Isolation Exercises or Basic Workouts - Which One Builds Bigger Muscles?
Which is the best way to build muscle? To understand this it is important to look at the various types of muscle training exercises . The most common way to classify weight and resistant training is in terms of how each exercise trains the body and what and how many muscle groups are used in an activity. There are two groups of training, isolation exercises and compound/basic exercises. Compound/ Basic exercises A compound exercise is termed as basic exercises because they tend to use muscle groups together as in normal movement. They simulate real-life activities using a wide variety of movements through a wide range of motion. These multi-joint movements primarily affect one group of muscles but activate several secondary muscle groups. A perfect example of a basic exercise is squats which engage the quads primarily while still working on most of lower body muscle groups such as hamstrings, the gluteus, the calves and lower back muscle groups. The other common compound workout exer...