Will Goes Boing
New member
Ok so after much reading on this site I noticed that the majority of you are big advocates of compound lifts. But I also noticed a lot of you are not exactly body builders since some of your stats indicate body fat in the 20+%.
From what I know so far power lifters are usually big guys who are strong as hell, but they also look "fat". When I watch videos of strength training the main things they do is DL/Squat/Bench.
On the contrary when I see body builders training they are doing all isolation exercises.
I'm not looking to be 200+lbs and join the 1000lb total lift club, nor am I trying to look like Arnold. My goal is to be at around 155lbs with 7-8% bodyfat (height is 5'10). I don't want to be "huge", I want to be athletic and ripped. I'm already at 150lbs right now and my bulking put me at 12% bodyfat. Once I hit 165 I'm going to cut 10lbs and hopefully that will land me in the single digit.
So in order to obtain my goal should I be doing mostly compound exercises or isolation?
From what I know so far power lifters are usually big guys who are strong as hell, but they also look "fat". When I watch videos of strength training the main things they do is DL/Squat/Bench.
On the contrary when I see body builders training they are doing all isolation exercises.
I'm not looking to be 200+lbs and join the 1000lb total lift club, nor am I trying to look like Arnold. My goal is to be at around 155lbs with 7-8% bodyfat (height is 5'10). I don't want to be "huge", I want to be athletic and ripped. I'm already at 150lbs right now and my bulking put me at 12% bodyfat. Once I hit 165 I'm going to cut 10lbs and hopefully that will land me in the single digit.
So in order to obtain my goal should I be doing mostly compound exercises or isolation?