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Isolation Exercises Better Than Compound for Mass?

Steve demonstrating the bottom position on sissy squats

In the last training newsletter, I mentioned that most of the ideal exercises are isolation, or single-joint…

Starting body-part routines with them is not only safer but also more hypertrophic. What?

Am I crazy? Aren’t the mass moves—like barbell squats, bench presses, and rows—the best of the best?… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: compound exercises, isolation exercises, muscle building, single-joint exercises

Mass Mantra #12

Jonathan doing a concentration curl

Here’s a recent quote from respected hypertrophy researcher Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D: [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Brad Schoenfeld, hypertrophy, mass mantra, multi-joint exercises, single-joint exercises

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