Which Works Best For Building Big, Muscular Biceps?
Compound exercises require certain muscle groups to work simultaneously and in coordination with each other. For example, in the bench press, military press and T-bar row, your arms work in coordination with your chest, shoulders and back, respectively. Although these compound movements can produce significant growth in your larger muscle areas, in most instances these exercises do not sufficiently isolate your arms to stimulate maximum growth. Isolation training, however, is specifically intended to put maximum resistance on your arms by forcing them to power the weightlifting movement throughout each exercise. I frequently come across articles in which a fitness “expert” will insist that you must choose between isolation and compound exercises in setting up your weight training program. The usual argument asserts that compound exercises are absolutely better than isolation techniques without any consideration of your specific training objective. In reality, it’s a false debate becaus
