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Exercise Selection: Big Compound movements or Isolation Work

When it comes to train a body part, you have several options. But, there are basically two ways of thinking this. You can either do variety of exercises for a single body part or you can do just one big exercise for that body part. Now, here's the problem, which is better, and what should you do? This is a common question that every lifter asks himself/herself and to other people as well. Some would say do this exercise or do that exercise for gaining that muscle, some says do one big compound movement to get all the muscles trained in one go. Now, everyone who you encounter and ask this question will have different opinions. Powerlifters, will prefer to use mostly compound lifting approach and they will tell you the same, but a bodybuilder will tell you to use isolation exercises to target a specific muscle. Powerlifters will argue that compound lifts are great for functional training as well as gaining muscle mass, and you should be doing the main exercises like Squats, Ben

Workout 3 Days a Week - Why it makes sense?

Infinite gym and workout sessions may not be a cup of tea for everyone. In fact, most of us are better off working out than going to gym all 7 days a week. Often people follow lifestyle of pro-bodybuilders and fitness models because it makes sense that to achieve that body you have to work super hard. However, it is not true, and does not apply to all. Most of people do not belong to fitness models or bodybuilder group. They are just normal human being who are professionally involved in some other activities. If you are among them, ask yourself why do you need to follow a 5 or 6 days workout routine that a pro bodybuilder does? It makes no sense to follow such routines if you are a regular guy with a regular job, or a guy who has such a tight schedule that he barely thinks about working out. What usually happens in this situation is that you ruin your life. It may seems good for first few weeks, but you will soon be overwhelmed by this routine. Now, you are taking days off from th