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    compund movements vs isolation....

    not sure if my last question will be beneficial to me...

    for a mass surge, is it more advisable to go for the barbell compund movements all in one session or break the week down into isolation?
    may seem a broad question, but see a lot of conflicting views...

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    for mass...., make squats, deads, and bench your core exercises each week....i would throw in some heavy BB rows in there as well

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    so do core exercises, and build other isolations around them?

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    Do body parts with compound and isolation movements mixed. Compounds are primary if your goal is mass

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    Quote Originally Posted by topgun1983
    not sure if my last question will be beneficial to me...

    for a mass surge, is it more advisable to go for the barbell compund movements all in one session or break the week down into isolation?
    may seem a broad question, but see a lot of conflicting views...

    I guess I do both at the same time. When ever I do my compound movement, or **** any movement for that matter, I try to isolate which ever muscle I'm using. I always do the bb first and then finish up with I guess what you would call Isolation like: dumbells or cables.
    But yeah the question is very broad.
    Do you mean Isolation like hammer machines or flys? Or both? Im kinda confused on that, not sure if I helped much.
    If you do some searching I'm pretty sure most of the people here think compound movements are the best. Not much of a conflict IMO.

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    Grow by doing heavy compound movements with good form.

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    compound, compound, compound, all the way man, all the way...

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    Agreed. Compound is king for mass and strength. Isolation is for shaping. You cannot shape muscle that is not there.

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